Kevin T. Hayakawa
Email: kevinhayakawa [at] ucla [dot] edu
Ph.D. Candidate in Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Adjunct Professor of Astronomy
El Camino College
Santa Monica College
Adjunct Professor Physics
Moorpark College
Research Experience
- My research involves studying the origin of gas and dust in debris disks.
- I am especially interested in the connection between debris disk formation and planet formation, since the fate of both are intertwined.
- Master's Thesis: "Irregular Satellite Collisions: A Formation Mechanism for Circumstellar Debris Rings" (M.S. Astronomy awarded June 2018)
- Advisor: Brad Hansen
- Summer 2018 Internship: I will be investigating the origin of gas in debris disks with Yasuhiro Hasegawa (JPL)
Teaching Experience
Awards
- 2018-19 TA of the Year Award (UCLA Physics & Astronomy)
Moorpark College
- Spring 2021: Physics M20BL (Thermodynamics & Electricity Laboratory)
- Fall 2020: Physics M20BL (Thermodynamics & Electricity Laboratory)
Santa Monica College
- Spring 2020: Astronomy 2 (Planetary Astronomy)
El Camino College:
- Summer 2019: Astronomy 20 (The Solar System)
UCLA:
- Spring 2020: Astronomy 82 (Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology)
- Winter 2020: Astronomy 127 (Stellar Atmospheres and Interiors)
- Fall 2019: Astronomy 5 (Life in the Universe)
- Spring 2019: Astronomy 82 (Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology)
- Winter 2019: Astronomy 127 (Stellar Atmospheres and Interiors)
- Fall 2018: Astronomy 3 (Introduction to General Astronomy)
- Spring 2018: Astronomy 5 (Life in the Universe)
- Winter 2018: Astronomy 127 (Stellar Atmospheres and Interiors)
- Fall 2017: Physics 17 (Quantum and Statistical Mechanics)
- Fall 2017: Astronomy 3 (Introduction to General Astronomy)
- Summer 2017: Astronomy 5 (Life in the Universe)
- Spring 2017: Astronomy 82 (Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology)
- Winter 2017: Physics 1A (Mechanics)
- Fall 2016: Astronomy 5 (Life in the Universe)
UC Berkeley:
- Summer 2016: Physics 111A (Electronics Laboratory)
- Spring 2016: Astronomy C12 (The Planets)
- Fall 2015: Astronomy C10 (Introduction to General Astronomy)
- Spring 2015: Astronomy C10 (Introduction to General Astronomy)
Samples/Resources:
- Stellar Evolution Flow Map Worksheet: appropriate for GE astronomy classes, lower division astrophysics classes, and even senior-level astrophysics courses
- Equations of Stellar Structure Tree Map Worksheet: appropriate for both lower division astrophysics classes and senior-level astrophysics courses
CV (coming soon)