Biography - Nobuyuki Kaya
 Professor Nobuyuki
KayaCo-Chair
IAA Study Group
Professor Nobuyuki
Kaya, B.E.,M.E. and
Ph.D., earned his
degrees at Kyoto University.
He is currently the Vice Dean
of the Graduate School of
Engineering at Kobe University
in Japan. He held the position
of Visiting Associate Professor
of the Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science. His
areas of research include Space
Solar Power (SPS), microwave
power transmission and space
observation of energetic
particles. He has performed
numerous space and ground
demonstrations; in 2006 he
and an international team from
Japan and the European Space
Agency successfully tested
microwave beam control for an
SPS using an ISAS sounding
rocket and three daughter
satellites deploying a large web:
the “Furoshiki” experiment.
He played a central role in the
demonstration of key solarpowered
wireless transmission
as part of the Orbital Power
Plant episode of the Project
Earth television series on
the Discovery Channel. Kaya
is Vice President of a UN
NGO, the SUNSAT Energy
Council and is also Chair for
Space Infrastructure in the
International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Steering
Committee and was Chair of
the IAF Power Committee for
six years. |
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