Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

Professors

NAKASUKA Shinichi

Professor

  • Research Interests : Micro/nano-satellites, Navigation,Guidance and Control, Space Systems, Autonomy and Intelligence
  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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FUNASE Ryu

Associate Professor

  • Research Interests : Guidance, Navigation and Control of Spacecraft, Micro/Nano-Satellites, Deep Space Exploration System, Spacecraft Autonomy
  • Professor at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA
  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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IKARI Satoshi

Associate Professor

  • Research Interests : Astrodynamics, Attitude Control, Micro-Satellite, Spacecraft Formation Flying, GNSS
  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics
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KAWABATA Yosuke

Assistant Professor

  • Research Interests : Trajectory Optimization, Trajectory Design, Orbit Determination, Optical Navigation
  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo
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MIYASHITA Naoki

Project Associate Professor

  • Research Interests : Space System Engineering, Multi-functionalization, Mass Production of Small Satellites
  • Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Space System Engineering
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Administrative Staff

KANEKO Mari

Project Academic Specialist / Administration Chief, Support of Research and Development

KATAGIRI Akiko

Project Specialist / Administration

SHIINA Yumiko

Project Specialist / Administration

Research and Development Staff

NOMURA Shunichiro

Project Researcher

  • Research Interests : Systems Engineering
  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

FUSE Ryota

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : Planetary Science, Science Instrument
  • M.E.

SUZUKI Takeshi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : Satellite system design, Aerospace engineering, Control engineering

YOKOBORI Shinichi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : Satellite system design, Thermal Design/Structure Design

ISHIKAWA Akihiro

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : Stochastic Optimal Control
  • M.E., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

MATSUMOTO Takeshi

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : Satellite system design, Communication design, LPWA Communication

MURAI Kazue

Project Academic Specialist / Research and Development

  • Research Interests : GNSS positioning system(Ionosphere)

PhD Students

IDOBATA Hiroaki

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Software Engineering
  • M.E., The University of Tokyo, Aeronautics and Astronautics

NERY Vinicius

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Adaptive Optics for Space Optical Communication, Free-Space Optical Communication for Time Comparison
  • B.E., The University of Brasilia, Electrical Engineering

SUZUKI Toshihiro

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Formation Flying

SEKINE Hirotaka

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Deep Space Exploration Trajectory Design

TAKASHIMA Kazuki

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Space Optical Communication System, Autonomous Orbit Determination

TSUTSUI Masaki

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Trajectory Design & Orbit Determination of Deep Space Exploration

MOCHIZUKI Tomoki

Ph.D. Student

  • Research Interests : Presice Formation Flying Control System Design

OGAWA Takumi

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Formation Flying

KUSANO Yuki

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Space Optical Communication

SHIMOMURA Shunsuke

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : GN&C performance analysis of precise FF

SETO Shoichi

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Systems Engineering, Knowledge Management

NAKAMURA Riki

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Spacecraft Autonomy, Planning & Scheduling

Master Students

OKADA Hirotaka

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Deep Space Exploration Trajectory Design

OGOSHI Sae

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Deep Space Optical Navigation

KAKE Michinari

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Relative Orbit Control for Formation Flying

SHITARA Kuna

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Space Optical Communication

TAKANO Takahiro

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Precise Formation Flying Control System Design

NAKAMURA Kai

Master Course Student

  • Research Interests : Presice Formation Flying Control System Design

ITO Masaki

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : Formation Flying

OI Shunta

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : Orbit

TAKAMOTO Hideki

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : Space Optical Communication

HATAE Takato

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : Systems Engineering

FUKUDA Kazuya

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : GNSS positioning system

YAMASHIRO Yojiro

Bachelor Course Student

  • Research Interests : Orbit

Bachelor Students

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Alumni

Ph.D. Students

Hirotaka Kondo, Spring 2024

CHARLESTON Dale Ambatali, Spring 2024

Toshihiro Shibukawa, Spring 2023

Ryo Suzumoto, Spring 2023

Masahiro Fujiwara, Spring 2023

Kontaxoglou Anastasios, Summer 2022

Kota Kakihara, Spring 2022

Ryohei Takahashi, Spring 2022

Nobuhiro Funabiki, Spring 2022

Shunichiro Nomura, Spring 2021

Shintaro Nakajima, Spring 2019

Naoya Ozaki, Spring 2018

Satoshi Ikari, Spring 2017

Takayuki Hosonuma, Spring 2015

Jun’ichi Takisawa, Spring 2015

Kensuke Shimizu, Spring 2013

Yoshinori Mikawa, Spring 2013

Takaya Inamori, Spring 2012

Master students

Kosuke Ogino, Spring 2025

Kazuki Toma, Spring 2024

Yutaro Ito, Spring 2024

Kentaro Enokida, Spring 2023

Yoshinari Gyu, Spring 2023

Shingo Nishimoto, Spring 2023

Ryuichi Hirayama, Spring 2023

Kazuma Fujimoto, Spring 2023

Tatsuya Arai, Spring 2022

Taiki Karakawa, Spring 2022

Kenta Suda, Spring 2022

Toshio Imamura, Spring 2022

Tomotaka Yamamoto, Spring 2022

Sho Ishiwata, Spring 2021

Hiroto Seki, Spring 2021

Hiroki Aohama, Spring 2021

Wataru Mikuriya, Spring 2021

Keidai Iiyama, Spring 2021

Yusuke Murata, Spring 2020

Daiko Mori, Spring 2020

Kento Tomita, Spring 2020

Masashi Tomooka, Spring 2018

Yuki Koshiro, Spring 2018

Takumi Kudo, Spring 2018

Akifumi Wachi, Spring 2018

Verspieren Quentin, Autumn 2017

Kaito Ariu, Spring 2017

Shunichi Otsuka, Spring 2017

Kenshiro Oguri, Spring 2017

Masataka Fujimoto, Spring 2017

Kazutaka Nagata, Spring 2017

Takuro Furumoto, Spring 2016

Kohei Yoshino, Spring 2016

Yuko Kawasoe, Spring 2016

Yuki Yamagishi, Spring 2016

Takayuki Asoma, Spring 2016

Kuma Okada, Spring 2015

Nakatani, Spring 2015

Miki Yonehara, Spring 2014

Takumasa Ochi, Spring 2013

Ryuhei Hamaguchi, Spring 2013

Tomoya Suehiro, Spring 2012

Bachelor Students

Yuki Kusatsugu, Spring 2023

Toshifumi Igeta, Spring 2021

Ryo Ito, Spring 2018

Mikihiro Ikura, Spring 2017

Kakeru Tokunaga, Spring 2016

Toshihiro Matsuguma, Spring 2015

Motoki Kimura, Spring 2013

Satoshi Miyatani, Spring 2013

Kohei Ozawa, Spring 2012

Kaname Sasaki, Spring 2011