People
Tenured faculty
Eduardo Ahedo
Chair of Excellence UC3M
Office 7.3.H4 | Tel: +34 916248234
Research Topics: Space propulsion and plasma physics
Stefano Discetti
Full Professor
ERC Starting Grantee
Deputy director of the department
Office 7.1.H11 | Tel: +34 916248235
Research Topics: PIV, flow control, machine learning
Pablo Fajardo
Full Professor
Vice-Rector for Teaching and Research Staff
Office 7.3.H8 | Tel: +34 916248239
Research Topics: CFD simulat., Plasma Propulsion
Óscar Flores
Full Professor
Director of the Department
Office 7.1.H15 | Tel: +34 916248217
Research Topics: HPC,
turbulence.
Andrea Ianiro
Full Professor
ERC Consolidator Grantee
Secretary of the Department
Office 7.1.H07 | Tel: +34 916248233
Research Topics: Experimental thermal fluids and propulsion
Mario Merino
Full Professor
ERC Starting Grantee
Office 7.3.H06 | Tel: +34 916248234
Research Topics: Space propulsion and plasma physics.
Gonzalo Sánchez Arriaga
Full Professor
Director of the Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering
Office 7.1.H08 | Tel: +34 916248229
RT: Electrodynamic Tethers, Plasma Physics, Kite control and dynamics
Manuel
Soler
Full Professor
Director of the PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Office 7.1.H18 | Tel: +34 916248219
RT: Optimal control, trajectory optimization, air navigation
Rauno
Cavallaro
Associate Professor
Director of the Master in Aeronautical Engineering
Office 7.1.H06 | Tel: +34 916248232
RT: Comp. Solid Dynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aircraft Design
Jaume
Navarro
Associate Professor
Deputy Director of the Department
Office 7.3.H33 | Tel: +34 916248358
Research Topics: Space propulsion and plasma physics
Marco
Raiola
Associate Professor
Office 7.1.H.13 | Tel: +34916248218
Research Topics: Flapping wings, experimental fluid mechanics
Manuel Sanjurjo Rivo
Associate Professor
Office 7.1.H17 | Tel: +34 916248222
RT: Space tether dynamics, Orbital Mechanics, Optimization
Distinguished fellows and Assistant professors
Andrés Marcos Esteban
Distinguished Senior Investigator «Beatriz Galindo»
Director of the Master in Space Engineering
Office 7.1.H09 | Tel: +34 916248238
Ignacio Andreu Angulo
Juan de la Cierva Fellow
Office 7.1.H.20 | Tel: +34916248223
Research Topics: Unsteady fluid dynamics
Rodrigo Castellanos
Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H12 | Tel: +34 916248236
RT: Surrogate Modelling, Multi-fidelity, Mult. Optimi., App. Aero.
María Cerezo
Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H20| Tel: +34 91 6248223
Research Topics: Optimal Control, Trajectory Optimization, Air Navigation, Climate Change
Gabriele Dessena
Assistant Professor
Office 7.3.H31 | Tel: +34 916248356
RT: Finite Element Analysis, Aero. Structures; Nonlinear Dynamics; Modal Analysis; Structural Dynamics
Ceren
Gürkan
Assistant Professor
Office 7.3.H34
Research Topics: H.Order Cut Discretization Tech., Numerical Fluid Modelling
Álvaro Moreno Soto
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Topics: Aerodynamics, air transport and artificial intelligence
Miguel Pérez Encinar
Assistant Professor
Office 7.3.H34 | Tel: +34 916248230
Research Topics: Turbulence, HPC, Fluid Mechanics
Behrad Vatankhahghadim
Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H14 | Tel: +34 916248226
Research Topics: Spacecraft dynamics and control, Attitude determination and control
Alberto
Vela Martín
Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H12 | Tel: +34 916248236
Research Topics: Turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modelling
Jiewei Zhou
Assistant Professor
Office 7.3.H.33 | Tel: +34916248230
Research topics: Space propulsion and plasma physics
Postdocs
Antonio Cuellar Martín
Guy Cornejo Maceda
Amin Jafarimoghaddam
Pedro
Jiménez
Alberto Marín Cebrián
Francesco
Mitrotta
Diego Navarro Tapia
Jesús
Perales
Abolfazl
Simorgh
Research and teaching Assistants
Tani
Angiero
Maria Scherezade Balsera
Fateme Baneshi
Celian
Boye
Isabel Carnoto Amat
João Carvalho
Junwei Chen
Guillermo Cuerva Lazaro
Simone Dalle Fabbriche
Giorgio Maria D’ Orazi
Ángel del Pino Jiménez
Luca
Franceschelli
Diego García Lahuerta
Jorge González García
Matteo
Guaita
Qihong Lorena
Li Hu
Jaime
López García
Livia
Marciano
Luigi Marra
Ricardo Moreno Benavides
Irene
Ortiz Abuja
Davide Poli
Raúl Quibén Figueroa
Andrés Rabuñal Gayo
José María Rimada Carrasco
Mateo
Ripoli
Alicia Rodríguez Asensio
Bûn-Kim
San
Luca
Scalia
Lucas Schneeberger
Ghasem Sharifi
Iacopo Tirelli
Adrián Zarzoso Vivas
Adjunct professors
Fernando
Angulo Ibañez
Tamara Casillas Gil
Hector Climent Mañez
Emanuele
Di Sotto
Francisco Javier Espinosa Arronte
Alberto García Bosque
Diego Garijo Hernández
Alejandro Güemes Jimenez
José Ignacio Ibarreche Mendia
Ismael
Lafoz Pastor
Jaime Lamela Sanchez
Salvador Guillermo
Luque Martínez
Diego Garijo Hernández
Alejandro Güemes Jimenez
Demetrio Zorita Gomez Escolar
Federico Rafael Martin de la
Escalera Cutillas
Ignacio Melgar Bautista
Andoni Gaizka Moral Inza
Ismael Ordóñez Manjón
Paula Prado Montes
Jesús José Ramos
Rubén Rodríguez Rodríguez
Mariano Sanchez Nogales
Noelia Sanchez Ortiz
Carlos Sanmiguel Vila
Francisco Javier Sanz Recio
Miguel Alfonso Mendez
Honorary Professor
von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Bernd R. Noack
Honorary Professor
HIT Shenzhen
Staff
Izaskun
Azumendi
Secretary’s office of Aerospace Engineering Group
Office 7.1.H19 | Tel: +34 91 624 82 25
Olympia Driva
Project Administrative Manager
ERC Project Manager – ZARATHUSTRA and NEXTFLOW
Office 7.1.H.22 | Tel: +34 91 624 8224
María Dolores Fernandez Cabeo
Project Administrative Manager of Aerospace Engineering Group
Office 7.1.H.04 | Tel: +34 91 624 8361
Álvaro García
Project Administrative Manager of Aerospace Engineering Group
Office 7.1.H.04 | Tel: +34 91 624 8361
Gracia Pérez
Project manager of Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M
Office 7.1.H.20 | Tel: +34 91 624 8223
Virginia Villaplana
Communication manager for projects carried out by the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M
Carlos Cobos
Laboratory Technician
Office 7.1.H.22 | Tel: +34 91 624 8224
Open Positions
We engage in a continuous screening process to identify highly qualified candidates to join our team
Facilities
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