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Opportunity for Women in Aerospace Engineering and Space Sciences. Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2025

Globally, women only make up around 25 percent of the workforce in the aerospace industry. In this context, Zonta International offers the Amelia Earhart Fellowships in fighting so that women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men. What is the Amelia Earhart Fellowship? The referred fellowship … Continue reading Opportunity for Women in Aerospace Engineering and Space Sciences. Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2025

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 this new academic year. Throughout this publication, information is provided on each of the eight new students in the program, along with details about their research topics and supervisors. Mario de la Fuente García Mario de la Fuente … Continue reading Presentation of the new PhD students of the Department of Aerospace Engineering

PhD Seminar Series: “Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling: From Gas–Surface Interactions in VLEO to Hypersonic Reentry Flows”

We continue our seminars serie, on Tuesday, October 28th at 13:00H On site:  Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ahilan Appar, Professor at UC3M. The event took place in the Salón de Grados on Tuesday, October 28th at 13:00 pm and was streamed online. … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling: From Gas–Surface Interactions in VLEO to Hypersonic Reentry Flows”

PhD students participate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s activities for Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2025

Once again, the Department of Aerospace Engineering will participate in Madrid Science and Innovation Week, the current edition of which will take place from November 3rd to 16th. Likewise, it has broad participation from students in the PhD program, with seven of the eleven activities led by the department. Therefore, below are the interesting and … Continue reading PhD students participate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s activities for Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2025

Cross-curricular courses of the Doctoral School – 25/26 (1st semester)

The call for applications is now open for the Doctoral School's cross-curricular courses for the first semester of the 2025-2026 academic year. There are several courses available with which you can complement your PhD studies. Some of them are taught in English and others have their lectures in spanish. Below are the different cross-curricular courses … Continue reading Cross-curricular courses of the Doctoral School – 25/26 (1st semester)

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

1 PhD Openning at INTA

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) invites applications to fill PhD position. Position description and objectives: PhD position in Small-Satellite Formation Flying Control The main focus of the position is on Autonomous Formation Flying Control for Small-Satellite Clusters Using Aerodynamic Forces. This research will be developed under the framework of the ANSER space programme at … Continue reading 1 PhD Openning at INTA

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 Seminar Series: “Advancements on complex flow control”

We continue our seminars serie, on Monday, September 8th at 17:00H On site:  Salón de Grados For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Eduardo Martini, assistant professor at ISAE-ENSMA, Poitiers, France. The event took place in the Salón de Grados on Monday, September 8th at 17:00 pm and was … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “Advancements on complex flow control”

PhD Seminar Series: “How universal are Lagrangian statistics of turbulence? Insights from the hierarchy of coherent vortices” & “Forgetful turbulent energy cascade”

We continue our seminars serie, on Thursday, September 4th at 13:00H On site:  Sala de Video 3.S1.08 Biblioteca For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Yusuke Koide, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nagoya University, Japan, and Dr. Ryo Araki, Assistant Professor at Tokyo University of Science, Japan. The event … Continue reading PhD Seminar Series: “How universal are Lagrangian statistics of turbulence? Insights from the hierarchy of coherent vortices” & “Forgetful turbulent energy cascade”