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 … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Davide Poli

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 … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Francisco de los Ríos Navarrete

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 … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Alfredo Escalante López

PhD Thesis Defense – Fateme Baneshi

On the 26th November, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Fateme Baneshi, shall take place. Fateme will be presenting her thesis titled "Network-Level Aircraft Trajectory Optimization for Climate Impact Mitigation using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Manuel Soler Arnedo (UC3M) and María Cerezo Magaña (UC3M). Below, … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Fateme Baneshi

PhD Thesis Defense – Yannick Sztamfater García

On the 11th November, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Yannick Sztamfater García, shall take place. Yannick will be presenting his thesis titled "Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification in Space Object Tracking and Orbital Safety Analysis" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Manuel Sanjurjo Rivo (UC3M) and Joaquín Míguez Arenas (UC3M). Below, … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Yannick Sztamfater García

PhD Thesis Defense – Pelayo Peñarroya Rodríguez

On the 24th September, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Pelayo Peñarroya Rodríguez, shall take place. Pelayo will be presenting his thesis titled "Intelligent Navigation and Control System for Minor Celestial Body Descent and Ascent" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Manuel Sanjurjo Rivo (UC3M). Below, you will find all … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Pelayo Peñarroya Rodríguez

PhD Thesis Defense – Junwei Chen

On the 8th September, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Junwei Chen, shall take place. Junwei will be presenting his thesis titled "Complete flow description from combination of incomplete measurements" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Stefano Discetti (UC3M) and Marco Raiola (UC3M). Below, you will find all the pertinent … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Junwei Chen

PhD Thesis Defense – María Scherezade Barquero Balsera

On the 31st July, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, María Scherezade Barquero Balsera, shall take place. Scherezade will be presenting her thesis titled "Diagnostics for time-varying exhaust reconstruction applied to a low-power Pulsed Plasma Thruster: Thruster design, development, and characterization" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Mario Merino (UC3M) … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – María Scherezade Barquero Balsera

PhD Thesis Defense – Iacopo Tirelli

On the 9th June, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student, Iacopo Tirelli, will take place. Iacopo will be presenting his thesis titled “Data-driven enhancement of particle image velocimetry” which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Stefano Discetti(UC3M) and Andrea Ianiro (UC3M). Below, you will find all the pertinent details to attend this auspicious occasion: … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Iacopo Tirelli

Doctoral Meetings 2025

Doctoral meetings are celebrated on a yearly basis and are one of the most important activities of the doctoral program in Aerospace Engineering at UC3M.It consists of short presentations and poster sessions from all the PhD students enrolled in the program, followed by a short discussion.The doctoral meetings are an opportunity for our students to … Continue reading Doctoral Meetings 2025