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Itoh Lab
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The lab conducts research on air traffic management that achieves both safety in the skies and environmental sustainability.
AboutAbout the lab
Aerospace mobility with the world as its laboratory
Itoh Lab (Aerospace Mobility Lab) conducts research on air traffic management, air traffic control, and air transportation.
The lab works on automated systems that support air traffic control to reduce congestion at airports and in the skies, and on flight operations that reduce fuel consumption and the environmental impact of contrails.
Together with airlines, air traffic control operations, and research institutions in Japan and abroad, the lab also conducts experiments such as simulations in which air traffic controllers participate.
The lab also pursues interdisciplinary research, such as 'geoeconomics of air transportation,' which combines aviation with geoeconomics, a field in the humanities and social sciences.
Key terms
- Air Traffic Management
- A system that coordinates the flow of air traffic and the use of airports so that aircraft can fly safely and efficiently
- Human-in-the-Loop Simulation
- A simulation experiment run in real time in which people, such as air traffic controllers and pilots, take part in operating the system
- Geoeconomics
- A field that analyzes national strategy and economic security from geographic conditions and economic connections
NewsLab news
The lab's international joint research team won the Best Paper Award at CAS2026
Prof. Itoh's co-authored book 'Geoeconomic Strategy for the Skies' published by Nikkei BP
Results of the interdisciplinary humanities-and-sciences research 'Geoeconomics of Air Transportation' published in an English-language paper
Research results announced on a descent method that reduces both fuel consumption and air traffic control workload
ResearchResearch themes
Under the motto 'Co-creating the value of next-generation aerospace mobility, with the world as a laboratory,' the lab's research starts from air transportation and air traffic management systems. The lab aims to pioneer new mobility systems in the aerospace field and extend them into the fabric of society.
*Illustrative imageAutomation Systems for Air Traffic Management
To resolve air traffic congestion, the lab researches automation systems that support air traffic controllers and pilots, jointly with research institutions and universities, led by the Electronic Navigation Research Institute. It also works on operations that connect the management of arrivals, departures, and airport surface movements.
*Illustrative imageSustainable Aircraft Operations
Jointly with airlines and companies, the lab studies flight operations that reduce fuel consumption. It also works on predicting fuel consumption with machine learning, and on the climate impact of contrails in collaboration with labs in meteorology.
*Illustrative imageAir Traffic Management in the ASEAN Region
Targeting the ASEAN region, where demand for air transportation is expected to grow, the lab studies methods for managing arrival flows over a wide area and airspace operations that are resilient to congestion, jointly with institutions such as Nanyang Technological University.
*Illustrative imageAir Traffic and Flight Simulation
To evaluate new air traffic management systems and operations, the lab conducts numerical simulations run on computers as well as human-in-the-loop simulations in which air traffic controllers and pilots take part.
MembersFaculty
Itoh Lab members include faculty, advisors, collaborative and visiting researchers, PhD, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorEri ItohPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKatsuhiro SekinePublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorChelsea Ng
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “The FAA air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport” Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Automation Systems for Air Traffic Management: “Aerial view of Singapore Changi Airport and Changi Air Base - 20110523” Pulkitsangal. / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Sustainable Aircraft Operations: “Aircraft Contrails Closeup” Nestek / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Air Traffic Management in the ASEAN Region: “KLIA2 air traffic control tower” Axadem / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Air Traffic and Flight Simulation: “Cockpit Motion Facility” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Electric Propulsion Lab): “Ion Engine Test Firing - GPN” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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