Tokyo Institute of Technology
RWTH Aachen University
joint Workshop on „Aerospace“
November 27 – 28, 2023

RWTH Main Building, Skylounge (4th floor)
Templergraben 55, 52062 AachenDirectionsVenue
Skylounge (4th floor), RWTH Main Builing
Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen

If you enter RWTH Main Building through themain entrence, please cross the Foyer.

Walk the stairs and take the corridor on yourrighthand side, with „Rektorat“ wirtten on the door. 										Take the elevator on your lefthand side to the
4th floor.

AgendaMonday, November 27
Skylounge (4th floor), RWTH Main Builing, Templergraben 55, 52062 AachenOpening
9:00 - 9:10 CET		
17:00 - 17:10 JST		

Welcome adresses
Prof. Nobuhiro Hayashi, Vice President for International Affairs of Tokyo Tech
Prof. Ute Habel, Vice President for International Affairs of RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Sven Ingebrandt, Representative for the cooperation with Japanese
universities of RWTH Aachen University

Space Manufacturing / Robotics
Chair: Prof. Toshihiro Chujo
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder
9:10 - 9:30 CET				HOMERProf. Kai-Uwe Schröder, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Lightweight Design,RWTH Aachen University

9:30 - 9:50 CET		
17:30 - 17:50 JST

Mechanics of Deployable Membrane Space Structures
Prof. Hikaru Sakamoto, Tokyo Tech School of Engineering

9:50 - 10:10 CET		
17:50 - 18:10 JST		

Laser Sources and Photonic Production Technolgies for Space Applications
Dr. Thomas Schopphoven, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

10:10 - 10:30 CET		
18:10 - 18:30 JST		

Advanced space systems using robot technology
Prof. Hiroki Nakanishi & Kenichiro Takahashi, Tokyo Tech School of Engineering

10:30 - 10:50 CET		
18:30 - 18:50 JST		

Hybrid Testbeds for Sensors in Aerospace
Dr. Jörn Thieling, Institute of Man-Machine Interaction, RWTH Aachen University

10:50 - 11:30 CET		
18:50 - 19:30 JST		

Open Discussion

11:30 - 13:00 CET
19:30 - 21:00 JST		Lunch

AgendaMonday, November 27
Skylounge (4th floor), RWTH Main Builing, Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen

Innovative Methodology and Technology for Spacecraft Control
Chair: Prof. Hiroki Nakanishi
Prof. Ali Gülhan
13:00 - 13:20 CET		
21:00 - 21:20 JST		

Variable shape spacecraft and its applications
Prof. Kei Watanabe, Tokyo Tech Institute for Innovative Research

13:20 - 13:40 CET		
21:20 - 21:40 JST

Space propulsion
Prof. Jan Deeken, Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery,
RWTH Aachen University

13:40 - 14:00 CET		
21:40 - 22:00 JST		

Application of Small Spacecraft with Solar Sail to Exploration in Sun-Earth-Moon
System and Key Technology Development
Prof. Toshihiro Chujo, Tokyo Tech School of Engineering

14:00 - 14:20 CET		
22:00 - 22:20 JST		

Active Drag Reduction Works
Prof. Wolfgang Schröder, Chair of Fluid Mechanics and Institute of Aerodynamics,
RWTH Aachen University

14:20 - 14:40 CET		
22:20 - 22:40 JST		Passive Planetary Probes: Balloon, Kite, Sail
Prof. Daisuke Akita, Tokyo Tech School of Environment and Society

14:40 - 15:30 CET		
22:40 - 23:30 JST		

Open Discussion & Coffee BreakAgenda
Monday, November 27
Skylounge (4th floor), RWTH Main Builing, Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen

Fundamental / Elemental technology
Chair: Prof. Daisuke Akita
Prof. Stefan Schael
15:30 - 15:50 CET		
23:30 - 23:50 JST				
15:50 - 16:10 CET		
23:50 - 00:10 JST				

VKa-band Phased Array Systems for SATCOM
Dr. Dongwon You, Tokyo Tech School of Engineering
Aerothermal Design Challenges of Space Transportation Systems
Prof. Ali Gülhan, Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery,RWTH Aachen University

16:10 - 16:30 CET		
Deployable Membrane Reflectarray Antennas and Planar Waveguide Slot Array
00:10 - 00:30 JST		
Antennas for Spacecrafts				Prof. Takashi Tomura, Tokyo Tech School of Engineering
16:30 - 16:50 CET		
00:30 - 00:50 JST						iBOSS-Intelligent building blocks for on-orbit satellite servicing
Prof. Kai-Uwe Schröder, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Lightweight Design,
RWTH Aachen University

16:50 - 17:30 CET		Open Discussion
00:50 - 01:30 JST						from 18:00 CET		
Dinner at Restaurant „Elisenbrunnen“
from 02:00 JST		Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz 14, 52062 Aachen

AgendaThuesday, November 28
Skylounge (4th floor), RWTH Main Builing, Templergraben 55, 52062 AachenSpace Technology / Science
Chair: Prof. Yoichi Yatsu
Prof. Johannes Schleifenbaum
10:00 - 10:20 CET		
18:00 - 18:20 JST		moonFibre
Dr. Alexander Niecke, Chair of Textile Technology in Mechanical Engineering,
RWTH Aachen University

10:20 - 10:40 CET		
18:20 - 18:40 JST

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Prof. Elisabeth Clausen, Chair and Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies,
RWTH Aachen University

10:40 - 11:00 CET		
18:40 - 19:00 JST		

Time-domain astronony in UV wave-band from space
Prof. Yoichi Yatsu, Tokyo Tech School of Science

11:00 - 11:20 CET		
19:00 - 19:20 JST		AMS-100: The next generation magnetic spectrometer in Space
Prof. Stefan Schael, Chair of Experimental Physics I B and Institute of Physics I,
RWTH Aachen University

11:20 - 12:00 CET		
19:20 - 20:00 JST		

Open Discussion

12:00 - 13:15 CET		
20:00 - 21:15 JST		Lunch

13:15 - 13:30 CET		
21:15 - 21:30 JST

Transport to Campus Melaten

13:30 - 15:45 CET		
21:30 - 23:45 JST		

Laboratory Tours
Chair for Digital Additive Production
Chair of Experimental Physics I B and Institute of Physics I
Chair of Manufacturing Technology

15:45 - 16:00 CET		
23:45 - 00:00 JST

Transport to City Center