Timeline

Kazuki Toma
Ph.D. Student at Texas A&M University
Aerospace Engineering

  1. Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
  2. Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024 Trade Study of Lunar Navigation Satellite System (LNSS) Nano-satellite to provide navigation and IoT communication services to lunar orbiters and spacecraft on the moon
  3. Dec, 2021 - Feb, 2022 Conceptual Design of "SPACE MUSIC HALL" Space Music Hall is a cultural facility module for a future space station in low Earth orbit
  4. Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2024 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
  5. Apr, 2022 - Aug, 2024 Structural Design Lead at ArkEdge Space Inc Two geostationary satellite missions "SPHERE EYE-1" (launched Jan 2023) and "ONGLAISAT" (launched Nov 2024)
  6. Apr, 2022 - Aug, 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant To Prof.Shinichi Nakasuka in “Exercises in Space Engineering “
  7. Aug, 2022 - Mar, 2024 Thermal Operation Engineer at ISAS/JAXA EQUULEUS 6U CubeSat lunar mission jointly proposed by JAXA and University of Tokyo, launched as secondary payload of NASA SLS rocket in Nov 2022
  8. Aug, 2022 - Present Assistant Researcher of ISAS/JAXA To Operation of the SLS onboard CubeSat explorer project (EQUULEUS)
  9. Sep, 2022 - Aug, 2024 WINGS CFS Fellowship Two-year stipend funding for graduate study
  10. Oct, 2022 - Nov, 2022 Marketing Assistant at SpaceBD Inc Business development of commercial utilization of protein crystallization experiments using microgravity at JEM on ISS
  11. Nov, 2022 28th Campus Genius Contest Finalist Title of work: The Design of Space Music Hall
  12. Apr, 2023 - August, 2024 Trade Study of Regenerative System for a Pressurized Rover Collaborative research project with JAXA on lunar pressurized rover systems
  13. Apr, 2023 Travel Award for Researchers Attending International Conferences Travel expense for the 52nd International Conference on Environmental Systems in Calgary
  14. Aug, 2024 - May, 2028 (Scheduled) Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Texas A&M University
  15. Aug, 2024 - May, 2028 Design of Space Habitat Anomaly Diagnosis System Research on virtual assistants (VA) for spacecraft anomaly treatment during long duration exploration missions
  16. Sep, 2024 - Sep, 2026 Nakajima Foundation Study Abroad Fellowship Two-year funding (tuition + stipend) for Ph.D. study abroad. Maximum 5 years for stipend.
  17. Oct, 2024 ISEB Student Embassy @ IAC2024 in Italy 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.