Yuki Takahashi

Current

• Co-founder at Innovations to Society
• Physics Graduate Student Researcher at University of California Berkeley

Past

• Team Scientist at "Universities Space Research Association

Education

• The University of Glasgow
• California Institute of Technology

Connections

82 connections

Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

Websites

• My Website

Yuki Takahashi’s Summary

Through hands-on teamwork, I'd like to build and test vehicles that enable personal exploration of outer space.

Yuki Takahashi’s Specialties:

design & development

Yuki Takahashi’s Experience

• Co-founder

  Innovations to Society

  (Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year)

• Physics Graduate Student Researcher

  University of California Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2002 — Present (7 years)

  Built and deployed a novel telescope at South Pole as a principal member of a 10-member team to study the Big Bang.
  Designed/integrated the servo system, interlock system, star pointing camera, electronics, and precision calibration devices.
  Analyzing data and performing final calibrations in the field after operating successfully for 3 years. http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/~yuki

• Team Scientist

  "Universities Space Research Association

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  August 2002 — January 2003 (6 months)

  Astronaut-Aided Construction of a Large Lunar Telescope, NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts study.
  Conducted a study with engineers for NASA Langley Research Center in a 5-member team.
  Investigated the rationale, requirements, and design for a telescope on the Moon.

Yuki Takahashi’s Education

• The University of Glasgow

  M.Sc. , Physics & Astronomy , 2001 — 2002

  As a US-UK Fulbright Scholar, investigated the scientific motivations, design, and the best sites for a Moon based telescope mission.
  Presented at 5 international conferences and published a refereed paper.
  http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/~yuki

  Activities and Societies:

  UK Students for Exploration and Development of Space, Sub-Aqua Club, Shorinji Kempo Club, Japanese Society, International Society

• California Institute of Technology

  BS , Physics , 1997 — 2001

  As the president of Caltech SEDS, managed a list of >400 members, organized star parties, public NASA-TV viewing, Yuri's Night, special observatory/planetarium tours, visits to space-related facilities like the JPL Cassini Flight Operation, participation in conferences like the Telescope Makers Conference and Space Frontiers Conference, etc.
  Formed and led a team to construct a science-grade CCD camera setup for the campus telescope.

  Activities and Societies:

  Students for Exploration and Development of Space (President), Mars Society, Caltech Y (Executive Committee), Caltech Environmental Task Force, Tennis Team, Fleming House

Additional Information

Yuki Takahashi’s Websites:

• My Website

Yuki Takahashi’s Interests:

personal space travel

Yuki Takahashi’s Groups:

Space Generation Advisory Council, Lunar Explorers Society, International Lunar Observatory Association

•    Caltech Alumni Association
•    California Alumni Association - UC Berkeley

Yuki Takahashi’s Honors:

* Space Visionary Award (2008, Cape Canaveral)
* NASA Student Ambassador to the International Astronautical Congress (2008, Glasgow) - one of 16 nationwide.
* NASA Student Ambassador to the International Astronautical Congress (2006, Valencia) - one of 14 nationwide.
* Young Lunar Explorer Award, International Lunar Exploration Working Group (2003, Hawaii)
* Fulbright Award (2001-2002, UK, one of 17 out of ~500 applicants) - to learn about a new part of the world.
* National Security Education Program Scholarship (1999, Russia) - to learn about the Russian space program and study Russian.

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