PHD Thesis

Sergi Pérez submitted his PhD thesis Finite Element computational modeling of flexoelectricity and flexo-photovoltaics, supervised by Sonia Fernández and Irene Arias at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (July 2025). He is currently expanding his doctoral research as a postdoctoral researcher at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The PhD focuses on the numerical modeling of flexoelectricity and […]

Pradeep Kumar Bal submitted his PhD thesis Mathematical and computational modeling of the active mechanics of multicellular systems: from cell–cell adhesion to epithelial reshaping, supervised by Marino Arroyo at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (September 2025). He is currently expanding his doctoral research as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Marino Arroyo. This thesis develops theoretical

Rafel Perelló i Ribas submitted his PhD thesis Data assimilation for real-time dynamic prediction of wind-induced forces in vehicle platooning, supervised by Antonio Huerta and Sergio Zlotnik at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (November 2025). Nowadays, in the field of automotive aerodynamics, there is a big concern on concepts such as safety and energy efficiency.

José Lamas Rodríguez submitted his PhD thesis Oscillatory motions, parabolic orbits and collision orbits in the planar circular restricted three-body problem, supervised by Marcel Guàrdia Munárriz and Tere M-Seara Alonso at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (April 2025). Celestial mechanics is a classical meeting point between physics and mathematics. Its starting point is deceptively simple:

Ashutosh Bijalwan defended his PhD thesis Numerical optimisation of worm locomotion on frictional substrates, supervised by José J. Muñoz on 18th July 2024 within the UPC doctoral program in Applied Mathematics. Currently he is in ExxonMobil working as a research engineer in India. Thesis summary Optimal control problems may be posed as the minimisation of