Projects

On-going

ClimAtion

Climate-Smart Optimal Aircraft Operations for Next Generation Aviation (ClimAtion)

Principal Investigators (PI): Manuel Soler and Javier Garcia-Heras

Call: PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO 2024 | project duration: 2026-2029 | ID: 8234158160-158160-4-824 Proyecto PID2024-158160OB financiado por:

E-CONTRAIL 2

Multi-Sensor Physics-Informed Contrail Detection, Radiative Forcing Estimation & Interactive Climate Analytics

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Call: HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03 | SESAR PROGRAMME: Digital European Sky | Grant No: 101287164

F4EClim

Flying ATM for Environment Climate

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Call: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER-02 | SESAR PROGRAMME: Digital European Sky | PROJECT DURATION: 2024-09-01 > 2027-02-28 | Grant No: 101167020​​​​​​

REFMAP

Reducing Environmental Footprint through transformative Multi-scale Aviation Planning

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

ECO-FF

Efficient and robust planning tools for commercial Formation Flight advancing sustainable aviation

Principal Investigator (PI): María Cerezo

Call: PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO 2024 | Project duration: 2025-2028 ID: 2024-160887OA-100

ZENITIA

Zero-Emission Next-Gen Innovation and Technology Integration for Aviation

Principal Investigator (PI): Abolfazl Simorgh

Call: HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03 | SESAR PROGRAMME: Digital European Sky | Grant No: 101289124

FLOCK

Disrupting the Skies: Formation Flight for Aviation Sustainability

Call: Engage 2 – The SESAR 3 Knowledge Transfer Network | Project duration: 01/10/2024 > 31/05/2027

KAIROS

Unlocking the potential of AI-based weather forecasts for operational benefits

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon Europe (HORIZON) | Call: HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-IR-01-WA5-1 | Grant No 101114701.


Completed projects

E-CONTRAIL

Artificial Neural Networks for the Prediction of Contrails and Aviation Induced Cloudiness

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon Europe (HORIZON) | Call: HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01 | Grant No 101114795. 

PERSEVERE

Physics-informed nEuRal networks for SEVERe wEather event prediction

Principal Investigator (PI): Álvaro Moreno

Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | Project ID: 101059984 

StormATS

Managing Storm Uncertainties for a Safe and Efficient Air Transport System.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Convocatoria 2021 «Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento»

Improving the lead time and accuracy of thunderstorm predictions by utilising artificial intelligence.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

This result is part of the PDC2022-133884-I00 project, funded by MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union “NextGenerationEU/PRTR”. 130K€

Hydrogenating CM-UC3M

Aviation and climate change: HYDROGEN-powered aircraft model design and climate-optimal aircraft operations using Artificial Intelligence.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Funded under the framework of the agreement CM-UC3M for the years 2019-2024

START

A stable and resilient ATM by integrating robust airline operations into the network.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon 2020. Call: H2020-SESAR-2019-2 (SESAR 2020 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH). May 2020 – Dec 2020. 2M€

FMP-Met

Meteorological uncertainty management for Flow Management Positions.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon 2020. Call: H2020-SESAR-2019-2 (SESAR 2020 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH). May 2020 – Dec 2020. 1 M€

OPTMET

Analysis and optimization of aircraft trajectories under the effects of meteorological uncertainties.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, General Direction of Science and Innovation. 1/1/2015 – 31/12/2018. Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016

ALARM

A prototype of a global multi-hazard monitoring and early warning system for natural hazards in aviation.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon 2020. Call: H2020-SESAR-2019-2 (SESAR 2020 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH). May 2020 – Dec 2020. 1M€

TBO-MET

A pilot/dispatcher support tool based on the enhanced provision of thunderstorm forecasts considering its inherent uncertainty.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Funded by Engage, The SESAR H2020 Research Knowledge Transfer. 2019-2021.

FlyATM4E

Flying Air Traffic Management for the benefit of environment and climate.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon 2020. Call: H2020-SESAR-2019-2 (SESAR 2020 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH). May 2020 – Dec 2020. 1M€

Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Meteo-Based DCB Imbalances for Network Operations Planning.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Horizon 2020. Call: H2020-SESAR-2019-2 (SESAR 2020 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH). May 2020 – Dec 2020. 2M€

STORMY

A pilot/dispatcher support tool based on the enhanced provision of thunderstorm forecasts considering its inherent uncertainty.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Funded by Engage, The SESAR H2020 Research Knowledge Transfer. 2019-2021.

Parametric Optimization software package for TRAjectory shaping under constraints.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

Financed by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) for the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative under grant agreement n° 270624. 2011-2013.

MetATS

Managing meteorological uncertainty for a more efficient air traffic system.

Principal Investigator (PI): Manuel Soler

RTI2018-098471-B-C32. Convocatoria 2018 de proyectos I+D+i «RETOS INVESTIGACIÓN» del Programa Estatal de I+D+i orientada a los retos de la Sociedad – Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. 2019-2021. 2019-2021.