Alberto Racionero Sánchez-Majano

Alberto is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) since April 2025. His research focuses on automated manufacturing techniques for structural composite materials—such as Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) and Automated Tape Laying (ATL)—the development of advanced high-order Finite Element (FE) models for multiscale composite simulation, and structural optimization.

Before joining UC3M, he obtained a BSc in Aerospace Engineering and an MSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino. His doctoral research, carried out within the ERC Starting Grant PRE-ECO, focused on developing multiscale high-order FE models for the analysis, design, and optimization of variable-stiffness composites, with special emphasis on multiscale defect propagation. He also spent three months as a visiting scholar at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Alberto has collaborated in the Aeroelastic Tailoring consortium led by Embraer, involving partners from the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Belgium, and Brazil. Beyond research, he is deeply committed to teaching and mentorship, having supervised multiple undergraduate and master’s theses, and contributes to courses in aerospace manufacturing, structural analysis, and finite element modeling for aircraft design.