The Katyanagi Emerging Leadership Prize will be awarded annually to an individual recognized as an emerging research leader. The prize carries a $10,000 honorarium. The recipient is chosen through a selection process involving formal nominations and voting by committee members at both Carnegie Mellon and TUT.

2008: Erik D. Demaine
Origami, Linkages, and Polyhedra: Folding with Algorithms

2007: Takeo Igarashi (Inaugural Year)
Interactive Smart Computers