Faculty
Manuel Soler
PhD in Aerospace Engineering. He is currently Associate Professor at UC3M, Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering, where he leads the Air Navigation and Control research line and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses…
Javier García-Heras
PhD Aerospace Engineering (UPM 2014) and currently lecturer and researcher at UC3M. His primary research interests include air navigation, 4D trajectory management, machine learning, avionic systems and system engineering.
Postdoctoral researchers
Alejandro Cervantes
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning professor at Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), and researcher at University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M). His research interests are related to bioinspired computational intelligence applied to machine learning, specially in the aerospatial and astrophysics fields of application.
Álvaro Moreno
Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher at UC3M. He studied Aerospace Engineering in Universidad de Sevilla and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in Technische Universität München, where he specialized in Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics…
R&D engineers
Iván Martínez
Data Scientist R&D Aeronuatical Engineer at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He studied the Aerospace Engineering Bachelors’ degree at UPM with a major in Aerospace Vehicles and then earned his Maters’ degree in Aeronautical Engineering at UC3M. He has experience working with machine learning models, APIs and Finite Element models (FEM).
CDE and management
Virginia Villaplana
Scientific journalist working to foster communication, dissemination and exploitation for the SESAR research projects carried out by the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M. She studied a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at UC3M, and specialised in digital communication and marketing strategies.
Gracia Pérez
Project manager and administrative support of the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M. Gracia has a MSc in Psychology and an expert course on HR. She has six years of experience in management and administration in the private sector.
PhD students
Aniel Jardines
PhD thesis: “Applying machine learning techniques to improve ATFM operations during convective weather”
Abolfazl Simorgh
PhD thesis: “Aircraft Trajectory Optimization and Climate Change”
Fateme Baneshi
PhD thesis: “Network-wide Robust Climate Optimal Aircraft Trajectory Planning”
Amin Jafarimoghaddam
PhD thesis: “Innovative analytical/ metaheuristic techniques to solve complex trajectory optimization problems involving climate impacts”
Raúl Quibén
PhD thesis: “H2-fuelled aircraft configuration and trajectory optimisation to reduce aeronautic environmental impact”