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General Information

Full Name Kota Kondo
Languages Japanese (native), English (fluent)

Education

  • 2023 - Present
    PhD in Aerospace Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Aerospace Controls Laboratory, advised by Prof. Jonathan How
    • GPA: 4.8/5.0
  • 2021 - 2023
    SM in Aerospace Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Aerospace Controls Laboratory, advised by Prof. Jonathan How
    • GPA: 4.8/5.0
    • Thesis: Decentralized Multiagent Trajectory Planning in Real-World Environments
  • 2020
    Summer Session
    Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
    • DWARF Satellite Project at the Space Rendezvous Laboratory
  • 2019 - 2020
    Exchange Program in Aerospace Engineering
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • 2016 - 2020
    BS in Aerospace Engineering
    Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • GPA: 3.82/4.0

Research Experience

  • 2021 - Present
    Graduate Research Assistant
    MIT Aerospace Controls Laboratory, Prof. Jonathan How
    • Multiagent trajectory planning, funded by Boeing Research & Technology
    • Developed multiagent trajectory planner robust to communication delay
    • Implemented imitation learning-based trajectory generation
  • 2020 - 2021
    Research Assistant
    University of Michigan & Kyushu University, Prof. Kolmanovsky & Prof. Hanada
    • Detumbling of under-actuated satellites with Model Predictive Control (MPC)
  • 2020 - 2021
    Research Assistant
    University of Michigan, Prof. Ella Atkins
    • Explicit Model Predictive Control applied to keep-in geofencing in low altitude

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • MIT MathWorks Fellowship
  • 2023
    • Best Poster Award at ICRA 2023 CAMRS Workshop
  • 2022
    • Recruit Scholarship
  • 2020
    • Funai Overseas Scholarship
  • 2019
    • James H.M. Sprayregen Scholarship
    • TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship
    • ISTAT Foundation Scholarship
  • 2018
    • Chiyoda Foundation Scholarship
  • 2017
    • Yamakawa Prize (President's Award), Kyushu University
    • Dean's Award (Top 2% freshman GPA), Kyushu University

Academic Service

  • Primary Reviewer (19 manuscripts)
    • IEEE ICRA: 7, IEEE RAL: 5, IEEE TRO: 2, IEEE IROS: 3, IEEE OJCSYS: 2
  • Assisted PI with manuscript reviews
    • IEEE TRO, Journal of Field Robotics, Science Robotics

Skills

  • Proficient: MATLAB, Python, C++, LaTeX, ROS, ROS2, Gazebo
  • Experience: Julia, C