2026
Date of Defense: 21 July 2026
Thesis Title: “Kinetic modelling of plasma thruster plumes”
Francisco de Borja De Saavedra García del Río
Date of Defense: 14 July 2026
Thesis Title: “Mission-Based Sizing and Direct Characterization of Externally Wetted Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters”
Date of Defense: 16 March 2026
Thesis Title: “Data-driven modelling and predictive control of fluid flows”
Date of Defense: 06 February 2026
Thesis Title: “Advanced Fluid Models of ExB Discharges Applied to Hall Effect Thrusters”
Francisco de los Ríos Navarrete
Date of Defense: 04 February 2026
Thesis Title: “Ground-Actuated Airborne Wind Energy System Demonstrator”
Date of Defense: 04 February 2026
Thesis Title: “Applying Deep Learning for Optical Navigation in Solar System Exploration Missions”
2025
Date of Defense: 26 November 2025
Thesis Title: “Network-Level Aircraft Trajectory Optimization for Climate Impact Mitigation using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning”
Date of Defense: 24 November 2025
Thesis Title: “Magnetic arch electrodeless plasma thruster experimental investigation”
Date of Defense: 11 November 2025
Thesis Title: “Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification in Space Object Tracking and Orbital Safety Analysis”
Date of Defence: 24 September 2025
Thesis Title: “Intelligent Navigation and Control System for Minor Celestial Body Descent and Ascent”
Date of Defence: 08 September 2025
Thesis Title: “Complete flow description from combination of incomplete measurements”
María Scherezade Barquero Balsera
Date of Defence: 31 July 2025
Thesis Title: “Diagnostics for time-varying exhaust reconstruction applied to a low-power Pulsed Plasma Thruster: Thruster design, development, and characterization”
Date of Defence: 09 june 2025
Thesis Title: “Data-driven enhancement of particle image velocimetry“
Date of Defence: 11 april 2025
Thesis Title: “Multi-fluid modeling and simulation of advanced electrodeless plasma thrusters“
Date of Defence: 21 march 2025
Thesis Title: “Advanced Experimental Characterization of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Sources for Space Propulsion“
Date of Defence: 07 February 2025
Thesis Title: “Advanced methods for orbital uncertainty characterization applied to Space Surveillance and Tracking”
2024
Date of Defence: 09 December 2024
Thesis Title: “AI-Based sensing of turbulent wall-bounded flows”
Date of Defence: 11 november 2024
Thesis Title: “Investigation of oscillations in space plasma thrusters via data-driven analysis techniques.“
Date of Defence: 26 September 2024
Thesis Title: “Two-dimensional model of wall interaction in Hall effect thruster discharges”
Date of Defence: 25 September 2024
Thesis Title: “Low-Reynolds-number aerodynamic effects in unsteady flow environments”
Date of Defence: 24 September 2024
Thesis Title: “Robust Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Guidance & Control in Space Scenarios”
Date of Defence: 24 September 2024
Thesis Title: “Robust Aircraft Trajectory Optimization and Climate Change”
Date of Defence: 20 September 2024
Thesis Title: “Perturbed-Analytic Direct transcription for Optimal Control (PADOC) with Application in Commercial Aircraft Trajectory Optimization”
Date of Defence: 18 July 2024
Thesis Title: “Multi-Disciplinary Optimization of Space Mobility Maneuvers for Commercial Applications of Micro Propulsion”
Date of Defence: 16 July 2024
Thesis Title: “Analysis of turbulent transport in Hall-effect plasma thrusters”
Date of Defence: 17 May 2024
Thesis Title: “Integrated Microwave Low Phase Noise Opto-Electronic Oscillator for Satellite Flexible Payloads”
Date of Defence: 15 May 2024
Thesis Title: “Fluid-kinetic models for space plasma thrusters”
Date of Defence: 29 April 2024
Thesis Title: “Analysis of the wave-plasma interaction in electrodeless plasma thrusters”
Date of Defence: 22 April 2024
Thesis Title: “Green in-Space Transportation with Tether Technology”
Date of Defence: 10 April 2024
Thesis Title: “Design, Development, and Characterization of a Microwave Electrodeless Plasma Thruster”
Date of Defence: 22 March 2024
Thesis Title: “Maneuvering Target Tracking Methods for Space Surveillance”
Date of Defence: 09 February 2024
Thesis Title: “Unsteady Aerodynamics of Delta Kites applied to Airborne Wind Energy Systems”
2023
Date of Defence: 12 June 2023
Thesis Title: “Avionic System of a Deorbit Kit Based on Electrodynamic Tethers”
2022
Date of Defence: 21 December 2022
Thesis Title: “Aircraft Trajectory Planning Considering Ensemble Forecasting of Thunderstorms”
Date of Defence: 30 November 2022
Thesis Title: “Modeling and Mission Analysis of Low Work-Function Tethers”
Date of Defence: 21 November 2022
Thesis Title: “Emissive Langmuir Probe Theory with Application to Low Work Function Electrodynamic Tethers”
