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PhD Seminar Series: “Guiding vector fields for autonomous drone navigation”

We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, September 11th, 12:15 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Héctor García de Marina, Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Computer Engineering, Automation and Robotics (ICAR) group at the University of Granada, Granada, España. The…

PhD Thesis Defense – Matteo Guaita

On the July 21st, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Matteo Guaita, shall take place. Matteo will be presenting his thesis titled “Kinetic modelling of plasma thruster plumes” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Eduardo Ahedo Galilea (UC3M) and Mario Merino Martínez (UC3M). Below, you will find all the pertinent…

PhD Thesis Defense – Francisco de Borja De Saavedra García del Río

On the July 14th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Francisco de Borja De Saavedra García del Río, shall take place. Francisco de Borja will be presenting his thesis titled “Mission-Based Sizing and Direct Characterization of Externally Wetted Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Daniel Pérez…

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Upcoming Events

Location When Summary Description
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 11 Sep, 2026 at 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PhD Seminar - Prof. Héctor García de Marina (UGR) PhD Seminar Series: “Guiding vector fields for autonomous drone navigation” by Dr. Héctor García de Marina, Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Computer Engineering, Automation and Robotics (ICAR) group at the University of Granada.Online link: https://media.uc3m.es/live/event/62136ff78f420825398b45a1
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 28 Sep, 2026 at 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PhD Seminar - Prof. Pavel Trivailo (RMIT University)  
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 3 Nov, 2026 at 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PhD Seminar - Dr. Zhong Zhang (Politecnico di Milano)