PhD in AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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PhD Seminar Series: “A personal history of space tethers”

We continue our seminars serie, on Monday, October 26th, 16:00 H. On site: Sala Adoración de Miguel, Agustín de Betancourt Building, 1.2.C16. For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Sven G. Bilén, professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania,…

PhD Thesis Defense – Ghasem Sharifinajafabadi

On October 27th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Ghasem Sharifinajafabadi, shall take place. Ghasem will be presenting his thesis titled “Operational Solutions and Validation of Critical Subsystems for Autonomous and Compact Deorbit Devices Based on Bare Electrodynamic Tethers” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Gonzalo Sánchez Arriaga (UC3M) and…

PhD Thesis Defense – Alejandra Martín Frías

On October 23rd, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Alejandra Martín Frías, shall take place. Alejandra will be presenting her thesis titled “Contrail Mitigation in Commercial Flight Planning: From Model Integration to Policy Design” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Manuel Soler Arnedo (UC3M). Below, you will find all the…

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Upcoming Events

Location When Summary Description
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 23 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 am – 12:30 pm PhD Defence - Alejandra Martín Frías. "Contrail Mitigation in Commercial Flight Planning: From Model Integration to Policy Design"  
Sala Adoración de Miguel, UC3M Leganés 26 Oct, 2026 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm PhD Aerospace Seminar - Prof. Sven Bilén (Penn State University) PhD Seminar Series: “A personal history of space tethers” by Dr. Sven G. Bilén, professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. On this occasion, the seminar will not be broadcast online.
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 27 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 am – 1:00 pm PhD Defence - Ghasem Sharifinajafabadi. "Operational Solutions and Validation of Critical Subsystems for Autonomous and Compact Deorbit Devices Based on Bare Electrodynamic Tethers"