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Tsuchiya Lab
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The lab explores how aircraft and spacecraft fly and how to control them, covering everything from vehicle design to piloting.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying how aircraft and spacecraft fly
The Tsuchiya-Fujikawa Lab studies the flight dynamics of aircraft and spacecraft and their control.
Its main research includes the simultaneous optimization of vehicle shape and flight path, and the human-machine interface in aircraft piloting, meaning how pilots and machines interact.
The lab also conducts flight tests of unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones, as well as experiments with pilots.
Key terms
- Flight Dynamics
- The study of how aircraft and spacecraft move under the influence of aerodynamic forces and gravity
- Human-Machine Interface
- The point where humans and machines exchange information, such as control devices and instrument displays
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
- A method that considers the requirements of multiple fields, such as aerodynamics, structures, and propulsion, together to find the best design for the whole system
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Outstanding Paper Award in the Flight Dynamics category at the Aircraft Symposium
A master's student received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Press release on drone operation technology developed jointly with NEDO and others
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on flight dynamics, meaning how aircraft and spacecraft fly, and on their control. It also works on the simultaneous optimization of vehicle design and flight path, the research and development of flying robots, the analysis of pilot control behavior, and air traffic management systems.
*Illustrative imageAircraft and Spacecraft Control
The lab studies "do-not-crash" guidance and control, online flight path optimization that optimizes the path during flight, and control that coordinates pilots and automatic control.
*Illustrative imageUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
The lab studies flight control of drones and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, the computation of optimal trajectories, and analysis that combines aerodynamic forces and structures. It also works on automating vehicle design and building aircraft with 3D printers.
*Illustrative imageMultidisciplinary Design Optimization
This research designs hypersonic vehicles and future space transportation vehicles by optimizing across multiple disciplines at once. Together with JAXA, the lab studies the feasibility and conceptual design of spaceplanes, as well as the analysis methods needed for them.
*Illustrative imagePilot Control Analysis
The lab analyzes how pilots fly in order to develop better training content. It also aims to develop control that coordinates pilots and automatic control to reduce accidents.
MembersFaculty
The Tsuchiya-Fujikawa Lab consists of faculty members, technical and administrative staff, researchers and staff of joint research projects, professors emeritus, research students, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakeshi TsuchiyaPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorTakahiro Fujikawa
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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: “In For Landing ( )” Mathew Schwartz / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Aircraft and Spacecraft Control: “Boeing 737 flaps fully extended for landing” Manic-nirvana / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): “DroneUASFirefighting-SixRivers-AA- )” Region 5 Photography / Public domain (cropped)
- Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: “The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate ( )” NASA/DFRC/Jim Ross / Public domain (cropped)
- Pilot Control Analysis: “Boeing 707-123B cockpit, Deutsches Museum” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ogawa-Odagiri Lab): “BepiColombo spacecraft model” National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Nakasuka-Funase-Ikari Lab): “FORESAIL-1 Flight Model” Petri Niemelä / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Astrodynamics and Space Systems Lab): “Hayabusa2 approaching asteroid” DLR German Aerospace Center / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Himeno Lab): “Compressor case from turbojet” Olivier Cleynen / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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