Koji Shukawa
Astrophysicist
Education / Academic Research
PhD in Astrophysics, Johns Hopkins University
Probing the Universe's Origins with NASA & NSF funded telescopes (William H. Miller III Graduate Fellow)
Particle Physics at CERN (Master's thesis)
Unveiling the Mysteries of Dark Matter
Researcher at Quantum Matter Group
Exploiting Quantum Effects in Materials
BA and MSci in Physics, University of Cambridge
First-Class Honors with Distinction (United Steel Companies Scholar)
Experience
Founder and CEO of SwarmMatrix Labs
Pioneering Affordable Fixed-Wing Drone Swarms for Modern Applications
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer
Designed Roll Controller and improved rocket flight dynamics models of a commercial liquid-fueled suborbital rocket
Chief Engineer at AIAA Design Build Fly Team
Designed Remote-Controlled Aircraft for International Competition
President of Cambridge University Gliding Club
Lead gliding club operation, managed Airfield Operations and Built a Community of Aviators
Projects
Robotics Competition
Designed and Built Robot, Reached Regional Semi-Finals
3D Printed Drone
Designed 3D printed Drone Frames, Developed Stabilization Software
Remote-Controlled Plane
Built and Flown Foam-Board Aircraft
Machinist
Machined Precision Components for Scientific Experiments
Software Projects
Android Application
Sold 500+ Copies of Online Purchase Automation App
Back-End Web Server
Built Django Server with PayPal Integration
Front-End Portfolio Site
Built this portfolio website using React, NextJS, Shadcn and Tailwind CSS
National Cipher Challenge
Decrypting Ciphers, Ranked 8th Nationwide