People

Tenured faculty

Eduardo
Ahedo

Chair of Excellence UC3M
Office 7.3.H4 |
Tel: +34 916248234
Research Topics: Space propulsion and plasma physics

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

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.

Javier
García-Heras

Associate Professor
Office 7.1.H17 | Tel: +34 916248223
Research Topics: Optimal control, trajectory optimization, air navigation

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.

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: Experimental Aerodynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Aeroacoustics, Machine Learning, Sustainable Aviation

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 Sanjurjo Rivo

Associate Professor
Office 7.1.H17 | Tel: +34 916248222
RT: Space tether dynamics, Orbital Mechanics, Optimization

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

Distinguished fellows and Assistant professors

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

Andrea
Cini

Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H16 | Tel: +34 916248238
Research Topics: Aeroelasticity, Aircraft Design, Computational Solid Dynamics, Aerodynamics

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

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
Office 7.3.H34
Research Topics: H.Order Cut Discretization Tech., Numerical Fluid Modelling

Andrés Marcos Esteban

Distinguished Senior Investigator “Beatriz Galindo”
Director of the Master in Space Engineering
Office 7.1.H09 | Tel: +34 916248238

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

Alberto
Racionero

Assistant Professor
Office 7.1.H14 | Tel: +34 916248226
Research Topics: Structural Composites and Optimization, Finite Element Analysis, Multi. modeling