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Engineering Faculty Profile

Masatoshi Hirabayashi

Assistant Professor

Aerospace Engineering

319 Davis Hall
thirabayashi@auburn.edu
334.844.5220

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Education:

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado
M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University

Research Interests:

Applied dynamics
Space system technology developments
Planetary science
Small body explorations

In The News

Aerospace assistant professor joins two asteroid exploration missions

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, assistant professor in aerospace engineering, is part of two on-going asteroid exploration missions — OSIRIS-Rex, a NASA asteroid sample-return mission, and Hayabusa2, a Japanese asteroid sample-return mission. Hirabayashi investigates the geophysical features of these target asteroids.

Masatoshi Hirabayashi

Aerospace assistant professor joins two asteroid exploration missions