We are proud to announce that Manuel Soler, Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and director of our research group (Aircraft Operations Lab), has been nominated for the 2026 edition of the Frontiers Planet Prize. This international award recognizes outstanding scientific work aimed at finding scalable solutionsContinue reading “Manuel Soler, Head of the Aircraft Operations Lab, Named Global Finalist for the Prestigious 2026 Frontiers Planet Prize”
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Outreach Activity at IES Julio Verne: “Chemtrails or Contrails? That Is the Question”
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””
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”
Aircraft Operations Lab Team Attends Contrail Observations Workshop
The Aircraft Operations Lab team recently attended the Contrail Observations Workshop organized by Google Research and Breakthrough Energy at Google London offices. This event brought together leading academic researchers, industry professionals, and NGOs to advance the science and implementation of non-CO2 avoidance in aviation. The first day focused on developing strategic collaborations among key playersContinue reading “Aircraft Operations Lab Team Attends Contrail Observations Workshop”
Manuel Soler featured on the Aerospace Ambition Podcast
The Aircraft Operations Lab is thrilled to announce our participation in the Aerospace Ambition Podcast, featuring Prof. Manuel Soler from the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M. In episode 27, Manuel Soler discusses the E-CONTRAIL project and its role in sustainable aviation. He tells the origin of the project and its connection to the UC3M spin-off AIContinue reading “Manuel Soler featured on the Aerospace Ambition Podcast”