On June 7, 2023, Prof. Sudhira De Silva, a 2008 doctoral graduate of Saitama University, was awarded the most outstanding scholar of the Year 2022 of University of Ruhuna at the 20th Academic Sessions and 19th Vice Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony of the University of Ruhuna. This prestigious award is given to the best scholars in the university. 

Mr. Upul Kumarage Chamara Sandaruwan, a 2021 master’s graduate, was awarded 3^rd place of the Cluster Award for Infrastructure by ADB-JAPAN Scholarship program under Thesis of the Year Award 2022.

Dr. Usama Zafar et al. received the best paper award at the 7^th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Concrete Technology (ICSECT’22) for the paper “Influence of nonlinearities on the vertical kinematic Interaction of piles” on Apr 12, 2022.

Ms. Katrina Montes, a doctoral student, et al. received Intelligence, Information and Infrastructure Excellent Data Award for the paper titled “Semi-autopilot UAV flight path control for bridge structural health monitoring under GNSS-denied environment” at the 2^nd AI/ Data Science Symposium organized by Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 2021. 

Assist. Prof. Adnan Anwar Malik et al. received the Best Presentation Award at the 1^st International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST2020), for the paper titled “Tip shape effect on screw pile installation and ultimate resistance”.

Visiting Prof. H. Mutsuyoshi and Prof. Maki received the 2021’s Principal’s Encouragement Award for Research on Nov 5, 2021. This award is given to those who have done distinguished achievements in education and research activities. 

Ms. Fahmida Parvin, a 2021 master graduate, received the Best Paper &Best Presenter Award for her paper titled “Study of hydration and chloride binding properties of slag blended cement” at the 8th International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS-2021) held on Oct 7, 2021, co-hosted by Saitama University and the University of Ruhuna. 

Mr. Syed Kamran Hussain Shah et al. received the best presentation award for the paper entitled, “Effect of Moisture Content on Particle Breakage of Recycled Concrete Aggregates during Compaction” at the 1^st International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST2020)” in Mar 2021. 

Mr. Sal Saad Al Deen Taher received the Award presented by the President of Saitama University for outstanding academic research and extracurricular activities. He also received Young Researcher Award at the 9^th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures for the paper, “Autonomous Multiple Damage Detection and Segmentation in Structures Using Mask R-CNN”, in 2021.

Dr. Mohammad Najmol Haque, a 2020 doctoral graduate of Saitama University, received the “Integrity Award” from Roads and Highways Department, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh for his outstanding professionalism and integrity in government service for the fiscal year 2020-2021.