My ultimate mission is to create a diverse and sustainable human cultural sphere in space.
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Texas A&M University
GPA: -/4.00
Thesis: "Design of a Physics-Based Diagnostic Model and Digital Twin Simulation for Autonomous Anomaly Resolution in Space Habitats" (tentative)
Advisor: Prof. Daniel Selva
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Thesis: "System design optimization of a lunar navigation and communications constellation to meet uncertain lunar development demands in a phased manner."
Advisor: Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
GPA: 3.80/4.00
Thesis: "A study on satellite system and their orbit estimation in the early lunar navigation satellite system"
Advisor: Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka
Research on virtual assistants (VA) for spacecraft anomaly treatment during long duration exploration missions
Supported by NASA's Human Research Program (Grant #80NSSC19K0656) and NASA STTR Phase II (Award #80NSSC24CA028, with TRACLabs)
Contribution: Developing a physics-based anomaly diagnosis capability for Daphne-AT, a prototype VA, using hybrid model-based reasoning and simulation-based fault trend analysis with real-time telemetry.
Advisor: Prof. Daniel Selva
Collaborative research project with JAXA on lunar pressurized rover systems
Contribution: Conducted Equivalent System Mass (ESM) calculations and comparative analysis between current rover designs and an advanced pressurized rover with a regenerative life support system.
Advisor: Dr. Masato Sakurai & Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka
Space Music Hall is a cultural facility module for a future space station in low Earth orbit
Contribution: Systems engineering process (Stakeholder Analysis, Cost Estimation, Conops, Requirements, and subsystem integration)
Nano-satellite to provide navigation and IoT communication services to lunar orbiters and spacecraft on the moon
Funding: Space Exploration Fundamental Technology Advancement Program adopted by MEXT
Advisor: Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka & Dr. Toshiki Tanaka
Two geostationary satellite missions "SPHERE EYE-1" (launched Jan 2023) and "ONGLAISAT" (launched Nov 2024)
Contribution: Chief responsibility of structure development, structure analysis with CAD and verification by vibration test, management and standardization of complex hardware assembly, safety assessment review
EQUULEUS 6U CubeSat lunar mission jointly proposed by JAXA and University of Tokyo, launched as secondary payload of NASA SLS rocket in Nov 2022
Contribution: Thermal operation from initial critical phase to nominal phase, maintaining thermal conditions within allowable range through passive monitoring and active heater control, dealing with thermal transition uncertainty during thrusting operations
Business development of commercial utilization of protein crystallization experiments using microgravity at JEM on ISS
Contribution: Research on potential business partners and clients to identify their needs regarding protein crystallization experiments using microgravity at JEM
To Prof.Shinichi Nakasuka in “Exercises in Space Engineering “
Created report assignments: satellite system design for a GEO communication mission
Topics: multi disciplinary design optimization, subsystem design of spacecraft
To Operation of the SLS onboard CubeSat explorer project (EQUULEUS)
Two-year funding (tuition + stipend) for Ph.D. study abroad. Maximum 5 years for stipend.
Agency: Nakajima Foundation, Japan
Two-year stipend funding for graduate study
Selected as one of the JAXA-sponsored students for the ISEB Student Programme at IAC 2024, participated in specialized events, presentations, panel sessions, and meetings with senior representatives in the global space community.
Agency: ISEB
Title of work: The Design of Space Music Hall
Nominated as one of the 28 great works in the artistic category from 404 works
Travel expense for the 52nd International Conference on Environmental Systems in Calgary
Agency: The NEC C&C Foundation, Japan
English (High level, TOEFL 99/120)
Japanese (Native)
Python, MATLAB, C, C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, LaTeX, Git
First-Class Technical Radio Operator for On-The-Ground Services
CAD (SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion360) & Femap
Thermal Desktop
Circuit board design
Hobbyist systems: Arduino
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Email: kazengtoma@tamu.edu
Phone: +1-979-326-3668
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toma-kazuki/
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Graduate Student (Ph.D. Program)
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering
Texas A&M University
Systems Engineering, Autonomy and Knowledge Laboratory (SEAK)
3141 TAMU, 620C H.R. Bright Building
College Station, TX, United States, 77843