Ryota FuseABE Space Science Laboratory
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Nihon University
7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi-shi, Chiba, Japan 274-8501
csro17030(at)g.nihon-u.ac.jp

Education

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (April 2017-)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University, Japan
Advisor: Associate Prof. Shinsuke Abe
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (March 2017)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nihon University, Japan
Advisor: Associate Prof. Shinsuke Abe
Bachelor Thesis: Observation of Lunar Impact Flash by Deep-Space 6U-class
Spacecraft EQUULEUS

Teaching
Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant (April 2017 - March 2019)
Aerospace Engineering Experiment , Prof. in charge: Associate Prof. S. AbeProjects

APPROACH (2018-present), PI: Associate Prof. S. Tanaka
・working on an onboard camera system design
・JAXA s M-class mission Working Group to clarify origin and evolution of theMoon by Penetrator (concept study phase)・one of science missions, space-based observation of lunar impact flashes
by an onboard camera from lunar low orbit
EQUULEUS (2016-present), PI: Associate Prof. R. Funase
・working on an onboard camera system development, DELPHINUS”
・JAXA s CubeSat mission to explore cis-lunar space with low energy transfer,one of 13 CubeSat payloads on NASA s SLS-EM1・one of 3 science missions, space-based observation of lunar impact flashes by
DELPHINUS” from Earth-Moon Lagrangian L2 point

Honors &Awards

Student Session Finalist(2017): Individual honor
In 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science
Title: The Study of the Space-Based Observation of Lunar Impact Flashes”
Outstanding Presentation Award(2017): Group award
In 61st Nihon University College of Science and Technology Academic Workshop
Title: Performance Test of DELPHINUS onboard Small Deep-space CubeSat”
Outstanding Presentation Award(2016): Individual award
In 60th Nihon University College of Science and Technology Academic Workshop
Title: Observing Lunar Impact Flash using DELPHINUS onboard EQUULEUS”

Journal
Publication

Conference
Proceedings

1. R. Fuse, S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, R. Funase and H. Yano, Space-based
Observation of Lunar Impact Flashes, Transactions of the Japan Society
for Aeronautical and Space Sciences. (January, 2018, accepted)

First author
1. R. Fuse and S. Abe, Observation of Lunar Impact Flashes from Earth
Moon Lagrange Point, In 13th Impact Research Meeting, Hyogo, Japan,November, 2017.
2. R. Fuse and S. Abe, Observation of Lunar Impact Flashes from Earth
Moon Lagrange Point, In 61st Space Sciences and Technology Conference,
2017-P72, Niigata, Japan, October, 2017.
3. R. Fuse, The Study of the Space-Based Observation of Lunar Impact
Flashes,” In 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science,
2017-s-15-k, Matsuyama, Japan, June, 2017.
Student Session Finalist
4. R. Fuse, S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, H. Yano and R. Funase, Observations ofLunar Impact Flashes and NEOs from Earth-Moon L2 Halo Orbit, In 5th
IAA Planetary Defense Conference, PDC-17-05-P35, Tokyo, Japan, May, 2017.
5. R. Fuse and S. Abe, Observing Lunar Impact Flash using DELPHINUS
onboard EQUULEUS, In 60th Nihon University College of Science andTechnology Academic Workshop, K7-80, Tokyo, Japan, December, 2016.
Outstanding Presentation AwardCo-author
1. R. Yamada, M. Yanagisawa, S. Abe, T. Fukuhara, T. Kawamura, K. Onodera,
R. Fuse, K. Shirai, S. Tanaka, Y. Ishihara, H. Shiraishi, M. Wieczoreck,
The lunar impact flash observations among two nations and application ofthe results to future lunar seismic experiments, In JpGU2018, PPS05-09,Chiba, Japan, May, 2018.
2. S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, H. Yano, R. Funase, S. Ikari, R. Fuse, Y. Masuda,
R. Shimada, K. Yamamoto and R. Kobayashi, Development of Lunar Impact
Observing Camera DELPHINUS onboard EQUULEUS,” In 18th Space Science
Symposium, P-096, Kanagawa, Japan, January, 2018.
3. Y. Masuda, S. Abe, R. Fuse, M. Yanagisawa, H. Yano and R. Funase,
Performance Test of DELPHINUS onboard Small Deep-space CubeSat,
In 61th Nihon University College of Science and Technology AcademicWorkshop, K7-85, Tokyo, Japan, December, 2017.
Outstanding Presentation Award
4. S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, H. Yano, R. Funase and R. Fuse, Mining Earth’s
Mini-moons near Cislunar Space by 6U Spacecraft, In 61st Space Sciencesand Technology Conference, 2017-2D16, Niigata, Japan, October, 2017.
5. Y. Masuda, R. Fuse, S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, R. Shimada, S. Ikari, M. Ikura
H. Yano and R. Funase, Development of Lunar Impact Observing Camera
DELPHINUS onboard EQUULEUS,” In The Japanese Society for Planetary
Science Fall Meeting 2017, P63, Osaka, Japan, September, 2017.

6. S. Abe, R. Fuse, M. Yanagisawa, H. Yano, R. Funase and DLP team,Development of Lunar Impact Flash Near-Earth Asteroid Observing Camera
DELPHINUS on Deep-space 6U Spacecraft EQUULEUS , In 2017 Asia-PacificRegional IAU Meeting, P1-21, Taipei, Taiwan, July, 2017.
7. S. Abe, M. Yanagisawa, R. Fuse, K. Oguri, M. Ikura, H. Yano and R. Funase,
Development of DELPHINUS camera system onboard EQUULEUS,” In 17th
Space Science Symposium, P-025, Kanagawa, Japan, January, 2017.

Last updated: May 24, 2018