PhD in AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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PhD Seminar Series: “Lessons Learned from Global Trajectory Optimization”

We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, November 3rd, 12:15 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Zhong Zhang, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. The event will…

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…

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Upcoming Events

Location When Summary Description
Salon de Grados, Leganés Campus, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 21 Sep, 2026 at 4:00 pm – 6:15 pm María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence Kick-off Event Please confirm your attendance by completing the registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJvV8F3I8Pnfy0RpmSoC-73r0kD7iQ1_77Kq4gIupdIfStwA/viewform?usp=header Join with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tgo-rcmm-cjh Or dial: (ES) +34 877 99 33 52 PIN: 849012549# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tgo-rcmm-cjh?pin=1785765114300&hs=7 Learn more about Meet at: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720
7.2.J01 23 Sep, 2026 at 9:30 am – 11:30 am [PhD Aerospace] -- Workshop -- Turning research results into business ideas: Entrepreneurship Fundamentals for PhDs.  
Salón de Grados, UC3M, Leganés 28 Sep, 2026 at 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PhD Seminar - Prof. Pavel Trivailo (RMIT University)