Resume

Mizuki ABE

• Master of Engineering (Aerospace)
• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-5831

Education

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
Master of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering)
Masters thesis: Predictive Semi-Active Vibration Control with Learning-Based Switching Criterion and Disturbance Model

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Senior thesis: Model Predictive Semi-Active Vibration Control of Space Structures based on Tree Traversal Algorithm

Research Experience

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
May 2019 - Mar. 2023

• Model Predictive Semi-Active Vibration Control of Flexible Aerospace Structures
• Developing an advanced control method that integrates Semi-Active vibration control by piezoelectric transducers and Model Predictive Control (MPC)
• Space Structures Laboratory

Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Sep. 2021 - Feb. 2022

• Visiting research scholar of College of Engineering
• Collaborative research on developing new methods for capturing three-dimensional deformations of SMA-driven adaptive structure and creating an effective model*based feedback controller across distributed actuators
• Multifunctional Materials and Aerospace Structures Optimization (M²AESTRO) Laboratory

Rice University, Houston, USA
Aug. 2018 - Sep. 2018

• Visiting research scholar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Nakatani RIES Fellowship Program
• Professor Spanos’s Laboratory.
• For more information about my experience at Rice, visit here.

Awards

Dean’s Award
Mar. 2023
Given to a student in recognition of the academic achievement in the Master’s program in the discipline of Aerospace Engineering at Tohoku University.

JSASS Outstanding Student Award, Mar. 2021
Given to the students who have outstanding grades based on academic achievements and research, awarded from the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS).

Global Leader Certification, Aug. 2019
This certification is given to the students who completed certain credits on international communication skills, understanding of global cultural differences, and courage to dive into the international environment and also had some international experience, as well as a certain level of English.

Skills

Programming

• MATLAB
• Julia
• C/C++
• Python

Computer softwares

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)
• LaTeX (Overleaf)
• Git/GitHub @Mizu49

Prototyping

• Solidworks (3D CAD)
• EAGLE (Electronic design automation software)
• Hardware skills (based on Raspberry Pi)
• Machining Operation (Lathe, Milling Machine, CNC Machine Tools etc.)
• 3D Printing