MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
The department offers programs leading to the Master of Engineering degree and Ph D degree with a major in aerospace engineering. The programs include the following six research fields: Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Materials and Structures, Propulsion Systems, Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Systems Design Engineering, Space Utilization Technology. Students are supervised by one of the professors listed below. The cooperative graduate school programs with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) also allow students to be supervised by guest professors in these research institutes.
(1) AERODYNAMICS AND FLUID DYNAMICS
Professor: Masahito ASAI (Fluid Dynamics)
Associate Professors: Toshio TAGAWA (Magneto-Hydrodynamics, CFD)
(2) MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Professors: Naoyuki WATANABE (Structural Mechanics and Composite Materials), Koichi KITAZONO (Aerospace Materials)
(3) PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Professor: Haruki TAKEGAHARA (Electric Propulsion)
Associate Professors: Ayumu INASAWA (Aeroacoustics and Heat Transfer), Takashi SAKURAI (Rocket Propulsion and Combustion)
(4) GUIDANCE, CONTROL, AND DYNAMICS
Professor: Hirohisa KOJIMA (Guidance and Control)
Associate Professor: Noboru TAKEICHI(Guidance and Control)
(5) SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING
Professor: Hironori SAHARA (Astrodynamics)
Associate Professor: Masahiro KANAZAKI (Optimal design, CFD)
(6) SPACE UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGY
Professor: Hajime FUKUCHI (Satellite Communications, Microwave Remote Sensing)
COOPERATIVE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Professors: Toshiaki TSUJII (JAXA: Navigation Systems), Kohei MIZUTANI (NICT: Optical Remote Sensing), Shingo OBARA (JAXA: Space Tribology)