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PhD Thesis Defense – Davide Poli

On the Februay 6th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Davide Poli shall take place. Davide will be presenting his thesis titled “Advanced Fluid Models of ExB Discharges Applied to Hall Effect Thrusters” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Eduardo Ahedo Galilea (UC3M) and Pablo Fajardo Peña (UC3M). Below, you…

PhD Thesis Defense – Francisco de los Ríos Navarrete

On the Februay 4th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Francisco de los Ríos Navarrete, shall take place. Francisco will be presenting his thesis titled “Ground-Actuated Airborne Wind Energy System Demonstrator” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Gonzalo Sánchez Arriaga (UC3M). Below, you will find all the pertinent details to…

PhD Thesis Defense – Alfredo Escalante López

On the Februay 4th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Alfredo Escalante López, shall take place. Alfredo will be presenting his thesis titled “Applying Deep Learning for Optical Navigation in Solar System Exploration Missions” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Manuel Sanjurjo-Rivo (UC3M) and Pablo Ghiglino (Klepsydra Technologies). Below, you…

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Upcoming Events

Location When Summary Description
Salón de grados UC3M, Leganés 4 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm PhD Defense Alfredo Escalante - "Applying Deep Learning for Optical Navigation in Solar System Exploration Missions"  
Salón de Grados UC3M, Leganés 4 Feb, 2026 at 4:00 pm – 7:15 pm PhD Defence - Francisco de los Ríos Navarrete "Ground-Actuated Airborne Wind Energy System Demonstrator"  
Salón de Grados UC3M, Leganés 6 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm PhD Aerospace Seminar - Dr. Alejandro Álvarez-Laguna (École Polytechnique) - Salón de Grados PhD Seminar Series: “High-order moment models and numerical schemes for partially-ionized plasmas” by Dr. Alejandro Álvarez Laguna, researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).Online link: https://media.uc3m.es/live/event/62136ff78f420825398b45a1