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
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This workshop will focus on turning research results into business ideas and will be led by the Entrepreneurship Service. The workshop will feature a 45-minute presentation, followed by a coffee break for discussion on the topics covered, and will conclude with a short, guided exercise. The Workshop details are the following: Title: Turning research results … Continue reading Workshop: Turning research results into business ideas: Entrepreneurship Fundamentals for PhDs
We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, November 3rd, 12:15 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Zhong Zhang, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. The event will … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Lessons Learned from Global Trajectory Optimization”
We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, September 11th, 12:15 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Héctor García de Marina, Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Computer Engineering, Automation and Robotics (ICAR) group at the University of Granada, Granada, España. The … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Guiding vector fields for autonomous drone navigation”
On the July 21st, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Matteo Guaita, shall take place. Matteo will be presenting his thesis titled "Kinetic modelling of plasma thruster plumes" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Eduardo Ahedo Galilea (UC3M) and Mario Merino Martínez (UC3M). Below, you will find all the pertinent … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Matteo Guaita
On the July 14th, the defense of the doctoral thesis of our student Francisco de Borja De Saavedra García del Río, shall take place. Francisco de Borja will be presenting his thesis titled "Mission-Based Sizing and Direct Characterization of Externally Wetted Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters" which was diligently conducted under the guidance of Daniel Pérez … Continue reading PhD Thesis Defense – Francisco de Borja De Saavedra García del Río
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.
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)
We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, June 30th, 12:00 H. On site: Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Vittorio Memmolo, Assistant Professor at University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. The event took place in the Salón de Grados on Tuesday, June 30th, … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Structural Health Monitoring of aerospace structures: key challenges for certification in aviation”
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
