Education
Ph.D. student (2017-present):
Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Advisor: Prof. Jay McMahon
M.S. (2017), B.S. (2015):
Intelligent Space Systems Lab. (ISSL)
Aeronautics and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Advisor: Prof. Ryu Funase & Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka
Professional experience
NASA JPL visiting student researcher (Jun.-Aug. 2018):
Outer planet mission analysis group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Graduate research assistant (2017-present):
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR), University of Colorado Boulder
JSPS DC1 research fellow (Apr.-Aug. 2017):
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
JAXA ISAS Assistant researcher (2015-2017):
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Graduate teaching assistant (Apr.-Aug. 2016):
“Exercise in Space Engineering”
Professors in charge: Prof. S. Nakasuka, Prof. R. Funase, Prof. K. Komurasaki
Study area
Astrodynamics, Optimization, Celestial Mechanics, Control theory, Estimation theory, Space mission design
In my free time…
In my free time, I like to play tennis, baseball, snowboarding, rock climbing, etc (I like most sports). I also love traveling around as a backpacker or by bike. Given the Boulder’s splendid mountains and beautiful weather, I’m especially enjoying hiking, mountain-biking, rock climbing, and other outdoor activities!
It’s good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood. Anyone working on a big vision will get called crazy, even if you end up right. Anyone working on a complex problem will get blamed for not fully understanding the challenge, even though it’s impossible to know everything upfront.
– Mark Zuckerberg