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Research, engineering, and technical experience.
General Information
| Full Name | Aashish Sarode |
| Role | Doctoral Researcher, Space Robotics Laboratory |
| Institution | Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan |
| sarode.sudam-aashish759@mail.kyutech.jp | |
| Website | aashishsarode.github.io |
Summary
- Doctoral researcher completing a PhD in March 2028. Research centers on multibody dynamics, robotic manipulation, and spacecraft systems engineering for on-orbit and lunar exploration missions.
- Building telemetry logging and robotics visualization workflows with ROS and Foxglove, alongside practical experience developing 6U CubeSat platforms.
Experience
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Oct 2024 - Present Doctoral Student
Kyutech Space Robotics Lab, Kitakyushu, Japan - Engineered a physical robotic testbed for microgravity casting manipulation, developing custom actuator mechanisms to validate tether deployment and payload capture kinematics.
- Bridged multibody dynamic models with hardware execution using ROS, MCAP, and Foxglove to log telemetry and analyze robotic performance.
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Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 Teaching Associate
International Space University, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil - Managed team operations and technical instruction for interdisciplinary space studies projects.
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Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 Research Intern
Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory, Sendai, Japan - Designed simulation-based space debris capturing motion control algorithms and improved robotic arm CAD models using SolidWorks.
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Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 Student Trainee
Tech Mahindra, Pune, India - Developed data collection protocols for space debris detection satellite projects and analyzed ADCS trajectory models.
Education
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Oct 2024 - Apr 2028 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Space Robotics
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan -
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 Japanese Training for Advanced Studies (JTAS), Japanese Language
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan -
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 Master of Science (M.S.), Space Studies
International Space University, Strasbourg, France -
Aug 2017 - Aug 2021 Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Aerospace Engineering
MIT ADT University, Pune, India
Projects
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Oct 2025 - Present Turan-1 Satellite (Mirzo Ulugbek Satellite)
Spacecraft mechanical architecture and AIT - Engineered 3D CAD models and 2D manufacturing drawings for payload and subsystem accommodation.
- Executed hands-on assembly, integration, and testing protocols to validate flight-ready hardware.
Awards
- Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Apr 2024 - Mar 2028.
Skills
| Software and Data | |||||||||
| ROS | |||||||||
| MCAP | |||||||||
| Foxglove | |||||||||
| MATLAB | |||||||||
| Project Chrono | |||||||||
| SolidWorks | |||||||||
| Docker | |||||||||
| Proxmox | |||||||||
| Core Competencies | ||||||
| Multibody Dynamics | ||||||
| Systems Engineering | ||||||
| Spacecraft Architecture | ||||||
| Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) | ||||||
| Orbital Mechanics | ||||||
Languages
| Languages | |||
| English | Fluent | ||
| Japanese | Intermediate | ||