PhD students participate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s activities for Madrid European Researchers’ Night 2026

Once again, the Department of Aerospace Engineering will participate in Madrid European Researchers' Night, the current edition of which will take place on September 25th and 26th. Likewise, it has participation from students in the PhD program, with three activities led by the department. Therefore, below are the interesting and diverse activities proposed by students … Continue reading PhD students participate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s activities for Madrid European Researchers’ Night 2026

1 PhD Position in Active Flow Control, Artificial Intelligence and Embedded Real-Time Hardware at INTA in collaboration with UGR.

Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD position at the Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology, INTA, within the Aerial Platforms Area, under the supervision of Dr Carlos Sanmiguel Vila and in collaboration with the University of Granada for FPGA and embedded-system implementation. The PhD project lies at the interface between experimental aerodynamics, artificial intelligence, reduced-order … Continue reading 1 PhD Position in Active Flow Control, Artificial Intelligence and Embedded Real-Time Hardware at INTA in collaboration with UGR.

1 PhD Opportunity in GNSS Navigation at INTA & UC3M (Madrid, Spain)

Would you be interested in pursuing a PhD at INTA in the field of GNSS? We are offering a full-time PhD position. The research will focus on GNSS navigation in challenging or degraded environments. The specific direction of the PhD can be tailored to the candidate's interests, including hardware, software, or theoretical/algorithmic aspects. The project … Continue reading 1 PhD Opportunity in GNSS Navigation at INTA & UC3M (Madrid, Spain)

PhD student Saumya Ranjan awarded a UC3M grant for the promotion of gender equality in the predoctoral community

We are delighted to share that our PhD student Saumya Ranjan has been awarded one of the UC3M grants for the promotion of gender equality in the predoctoral community. This grant, in the amount of 26.500 euros, per year, is designed to fund female PhD candidates seeking to complete their doctoral theses in accordance with … Continue reading PhD student Saumya Ranjan awarded a UC3M grant for the promotion of gender equality in the predoctoral community

Presentation of the new PhD students of the Department of Aerospace Engineering

We are pleased to introduce you to our newest additions to the Aerospace Engineering PhD Program for the second semester of this academic year. Throughout this publication, information is provided on each of the nine new students in the program, along with details about their research topics and supervisors. Noelia Castrejón Armero Noelia Castrejón Armero … Continue reading Presentation of the new PhD students of the Department of Aerospace Engineering

1 PhD Open Position for ZENITIA – Zero-Emission Next-Gen Innovation and Technology Integration for Aviation

We are inviting applications to the Fully-funded PhD position Ref. AERO-PhD-26-01-RL_UAVs Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Trajectory Planning in Multi-Agent Aerospace Systems, with Benchmarks on Commercial Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The duties of the PhD applicant would be: To pursue a PhD under the topic of “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Trajectory Planning … Continue reading 1 PhD Open Position for ZENITIA – Zero-Emission Next-Gen Innovation and Technology Integration for Aviation

1 PhD Open Position for ROBIN – aeROdynamic and staBility of micro-air-vehicles Inspired on Nature

We are offering a PhD position within the national project ROBIN – aeROdynamic and staBility of micro-air-vehicles Inspired on Nature (PID2024-162079NB-I00), funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MCIU) and the Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI). PhD thesis research details: PhD thesis title: Robust control of Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles. Research topic: The … Continue reading 1 PhD Open Position for ROBIN – aeROdynamic and staBility of micro-air-vehicles Inspired on Nature

2 PhD Openings at ERC-Funded ROCINANTE Project

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is seeking two outstanding and highly motivated candidates to pursue their PhDs within the framework of the ROCINANTE project. ROCINANTE is an ambitious 5-year ERC-Consolidator Grant hosted by the Plasmas and Space Propulsion Team. The project is dedicated to unraveling and taming the non-linearly oscillating … Continue reading 2 PhD Openings at ERC-Funded ROCINANTE Project

Grants to promote gender equality within the UC3M PhD community

Further efforts are required to address the gender imbalance among the University’s academic and research staff (PDI). Regarding doctoral programs, only 34,1% of the theses defended at UC3M during the 2023-2024 academic year were authored by women. In this context, UC3M is launching a call for departmental grants aimed at fostering gender equality within the … Continue reading Grants to promote gender equality within the UC3M PhD community