yukimoon's - Resume

Resume for Yuki D. Takahashi

I am currently studying.

My Career Goal

Design, develop, and implement spacecraft and spacesuit systems to enable more affordable private exploration of the outer space (including lunar orbit).

Other past positions

2002/8-2003/1 Colorado School of Mines (Dr. Michael Duke, Lunar and Planetary Institute)
NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts study: Astronaut-Aided Construction of a Large Lunar Telescope
Worked with engineers, investigating the rationale, requirements, and design for the telescope.

Education

2002 - 2008: I am currently studying Physics for my PhD at University of California, Berkeley.

2001 - 2002: I am currently studying Physics & Astronomy for my Masters Degree at University of Glasgow.

1997 - 2001: I studied Physics for my Bachelor Degree at California Institute of Technology.

Other education and training

Schools in Japan (1984-1994) and USA (1991-1997).

Research and publications

2003-Present UC Berkeley (Prof. William Holzapfel) / Caltech
South Pole experimental cosmology project Measurement of cosmic microwave polarization from the South Pole
Built and deployed a microwave polarization telescope at South Pole to study the Big Bang.
Designed & integrated the motion control system, star pointing camera, calibrator, electronics.
Analyzing data and preparing for the next field deployment in 2008.
K.W. Yoon, J.J. Bock, W.L. Holzapfel, B.G. Keating, A.E. Lange, Y.D. Takahashi, et al. The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter. Proceedings of SPIE, 6275, 2006.

2001-2002 US-UK Fulbright Fellowship (Dr. Graham Woan)
M.Sc. research: Proposal for a radio observatory on the Moon
Investigated various aspects of the proposed mission to the Moon. Presented at conferences and published a refereed paper.
A Concept for a Simple Radio Observatory at the Lunar South Pole. Advances in Space Research 31, 11: 2473-2478, 2003.

Volunteer Positions

2004-Present Project ASTRO Astronomer, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Partnered with a teacher to teach astronomy to a class of 4-6th graders.