On April 17, Prof. Manuel Soler, Head of the Aircraft Operations Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, delivered an outreach talk at IES Julio Verne for vocational training students in Higher Education programmes in Electronics and Electrotechnics. Titled “Chemtrails or Contrails? That Is the Question”, the session explored how aviation contributes to climate change not only through CO₂Continue reading “Outreach Activity at IES Julio Verne: “Chemtrails or Contrails? That Is the Question””
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Launching water rockets at Madrid es Ciencia 2026
On March 20, the Aircraft Operations Lab from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) took part in the XV Feria Madrid es Ciencia, held at La Nave in Madrid. This flagship science outreach event organized by the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d brought together universities, research centers, schools, and companies through more than 700 interactive activitiesContinue reading “Launching water rockets at Madrid es Ciencia 2026”
Science, Space and Role Models Reach Elementary school
As part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Week, the Aircraft Operations Lab proudly participated in an outreach activity held on Friday, February 13 at CEIP Teresa Berganza (Boadilla del Monte). The event was led by María Cerezo and involved 75 fourth-grade students eager to discover the exciting world of science and engineering. This initiative was also framed within “UnaContinue reading “Science, Space and Role Models Reach Elementary school”
Robust Evaluation of Neural Networks Trained on the OpenContrails Dataset
Our latest study, “Robust Evaluation of Neural Networks Trained on the OpenContrails Dataset” has been published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing In this work, Irene Ortiz Abuja examines the limitations of current contrail detection models trained on geostationary satellite data and discuss implications for real-world use and future dataset development. Complementary toContinue reading “Robust Evaluation of Neural Networks Trained on the OpenContrails Dataset”
Water Rocket Workshop at the Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2025
As part of the 2025 Madrid Science and Innovation Week, the Aircraft Operations Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) hosted the hands-on workshop “Build Your Own Water Rocket with La Astropatrulla Basurilla”, led by Professor Manuel Soler with the support of Laboratory Technician Carlos Cobos. Held on 12 November at the UC3M LeganésContinue reading “Water Rocket Workshop at the Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2025”