BIO

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
University of Tokyo

Advisor: Keiji Kawachi
Bachelor’s thesis: The relation between heave control and pitch-angle in Bombus terrestris flight (in Japanese)

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland

Advisor: Derek A. Paley
Collective Dynamics and Control Lab
Dissertation: “Mosquito-inspired swarming and pursuit for autonomous rotorcraft”

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania

GRASP Laboratory
Advisor: Vijay Kumar

Assistant Professor
George Mason University

Department of Mechanical Engineering