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
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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
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
We continue our seminars serie, on Friday, February 6th, 12:30 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alejandro Álvarez Laguna, researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) working at the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (Paris, France). The … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “High-order moment models and numerical schemes for partially-ionized plasmas”
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
We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, January 27th at 13:00H On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alberto Marín Cebrián, Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at UC3M. The event took place in the Salón de Grados on Tuesday, January 27th at … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Open problems in Hall effect thruster physics: insights from a kinetic model”
The Ministry of Universities announces the availability of FPU doctoral scholarships. Prospective candidates, both nationally and internationally, are eligible if they hold an academic record (bachelor’s and/or master’s degree) with a grade equal to or higher than ~80%. If you are interested, we encourage you to review the research lines of the program to assess … Continue reading Aid for University Teacher Training – FPU 2025
The PhD Program in Aerospace Engineering is proud to highlight the international contributions of our research faculty. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Óscar Flores, a prominent researcher within our Aerospace Engineering group, will be lecturing at the upcoming CISM Advanced Course in Udine, Italy. Key Details About the Course: This first-edition course explores … Continue reading PhD Networking: Advanced Course on “Fluid-Structure Interaction in Bioinspired Systems”
"Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you." George Whitefield As usual, we close the year 2025 with a summary of our research outcomes, looking forward to 2026 with hope and enthusiasm. Our students have produced excellent work that has been published (link), traveled to … Continue reading 🌟 Let’s Recap Our 2025!
Alberto Marín Cebrián, Abolfazl Simorgh and Giuseppe Di Pasquale have been awarded the Outstanding Thesis Awards for the academic year 2023-2024. The Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award is the tool whereby the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid commends the merit and uniqueness of doctoral theses developed at its institution. This award takes into account the quality … Continue reading Three PhD students honoured with Outstanding Thesis Awards 2023-2024!
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