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Kohei Okada

• Profile
  Joined EMOBILE in 2007 as a new graduate and engaged in operation and development of customer management, rate calculation, and call center systems. In 2013, he was involved in the system integration project for the Softbank merger. 2015, he was transferred to SB Energy Corporation. After working on mega solar remote control, VPP & blockchain R&D, setting up a local subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, NEDO cyber security WG, etc., he will join Softbank's HAPS project in 2019. Currently, he is researching the next generation energy system for stratospheric use and developing solar HAPS aircraft.
• Research area
  • HAPS airframe development and mass production technology
  • Stratospheric energy simulation
  • Ultra-efficient lightweight solar modules
  • Perovskite tandem solar cells
  • Fluid flow simulation
  • Laser power transmission
• Major achievements
  • Exploring HAPS' Long-Duration Flight from an Energy Perspective
  • The Challenge of Ultra-Lightweight Solar Modules for HAPS
• Interests
  Piano. Taking advantage of the Corona Disaster home time, he tried his hand at "Chopin's Revolutionary Etude," a piece he loves but never seems to be able to play, and to his surprise, he was able to play it all the way through. Continuation is power. However, my hand cramps up when I play it twice in a row. When I was a university student, I was fascinated by Bill Evans and played jazz piano for a while.