Supervision

Postdoctoral researchers

• A. Felipe (02/2025 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) 

• G. Barroso (04/2021 - 09/2022, with A. Huerta)
  International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Spain) 

Defended PhD theses

• L.M. Vieira (03/2020 - 11/2024, with A. Huerta and R. Sevilla) - Defence: 29/11/2024
  Low-order face-based approaches for incompressible computational fluid dynamics
  European Joint Doctorate in Civil Engineering/Computational Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Swansea University (UK)

• D. Cortellessa (04/2019 - 11/2024, with A. Huerta) - Defence: 13/11/2024
  A face-centred finite volume solver for viscous laminar incompressible flows using OpenFOAM
  PhD in Civil Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• T.B.J. Di Giusto (09/2018 - 01/2024, with A.J. Gil, C.H. Lee and A. Huerta) - Defence: 24/01/2024
  A Novel Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Framework for Large Strain Solid Dynamics
  European Joint Doctorate in Civil Engineering/Computational Engineering. Swansea University (UK), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• S. Piccardo (10/2019 - 12/2023, with A. Ern and A. Huerta) - Defence: 04/12/2023
  Simulation of two-fluid immiscible Stokes flows using hybrid nonconforming methods and geometrically unfitted meshes
  PhD in Applied Mathematics in co-tutelle. Ecole des Ponts (France), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• P.R. Refachinho de Campos (09/2018 - 09/2022, with A.J. Gil, C.H. Lee and A. Huerta) - Defence: September 27/09/2022
  A New Updated Reference Lagrangian Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics Framework for Large Strain Solid Dynamics and its Extension to Dynamic Fracture
  European Joint Doctorate in Civil Engineering/Computational Engineering. Swansea University (UK), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• J. Vila-Pérez (09/2017 - 02/2021, with A. Huerta) - Defence: 10/02/2021
  Low and high-order hybridised methods for compressible flows
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• L. Borchini (09/2016 - 12/2020, with A. Huerta and R. Sevilla) - Defence: 17/12/2020
  High-fidelity surrogate models for parametric shape design in microfluidics
  Erasmus Mundus Joint PhD in Simulation Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Swansea University (UK)

• A. Karkoulias (02/2017 - 06/2020, with A. Huerta and F. Auricchio) - Defence: 17/06/2020
  Adaptive low and high-order hybridized methods for unsteady incompressible flow simulation
  Erasmus Mundus Joint PhD in Simulation Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Università di Pavia (Italy)

• V. Tsiolakis (09/2016 - 01/2020, with A. Huerta, R. Sevilla and C. Othmer) - Defence: 31/01/2020
  Complexity reduction in parametric flow problems via nonintrusive proper generalised decomposition in OpenFOAM
  Erasmus Mundus Joint PhD in Simulation Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Swansea University (UK), Volkswagen AG (Germany)

Ongoing PhD theses

• A. García-Gutiérrez (02/2025 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Subject: Unfitted high-fidelity simulations of compressible and incompressible flows
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• N. Hoare (01/2024 - ongoing, with M. Discacciati)
  Subject: Domain decomposition for nonlinear parametric problems
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Loughborough University (UK)

• P. Gabarrell (02/2023 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Subject: Deep reinforcement learning for shape and topology optimisation
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• B.J. Evans (10/2021 - ongoing, with M. Discacciati)
  Subject: Domain decomposition for large-scale parametric problems
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Loughborough University (UK)

• Á. Borrás (10/2020 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Subject: Parametric design of micro-swimmers via proper generalised decomposition
  PhD in Applied Mathematics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

Postgraduate students

• G. Albarran-Pino (12/2024 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Riemann-inspired stabilisations for high-order hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin methods
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• E. Savona (12/2023 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Topology optimisation for multi-physics problems
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• G. Zamberlan (12/2023 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Scientific machine learning for topology optimisation
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• P. Gabarrell (09/2022 - 01/2023, with A. Huerta)
  Deep reinforcement learning for flow control problems
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• J. Castellví (03/2022 - 08/2022, with S. Zlotnik)
  Credible PGD library for parametric industrial problems
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• A. Piñeiro Lema (10/2018 - 06/2021, with A. Huerta)
  High-fidelity simulations of incompressible flow problems
  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

Master theses

• Á. Rodríguez-Luis (01/2025 - ongoing)
  High-order time integrators for the simulation of mooring lines
  MSc in Numerical Methods for Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• E. Dehghani (01/2025 - ongoing, with P. Diez)
  Optimal Transport for Computational Engineering
  MSc in Numerical Methods for Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• A. Budhathoki (11/2024 - ongoing)
  Anisotropic mesh adaptation for three-dimensional topology optimisation
  Double degree MSc in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Swansea University (UK)

• S. Iniesta (01/2024 - 09/2024)
  Three-dimensional topology optimisation via phase field methods
  MSc in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• G. Zamberlan (07/2023 - 12/2023)
  Anisotropic mesh adaptation for structural topology optimisation driven by machine learning
  Double degree MSc in Mathematical Engineering/MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering. Università di Padova (Italy), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• E. Savona (07/2023 - 12/2023)
  Topology optimisation of coupled thermo-fluid systems
  Double degree MSc in Mathematical Engineering/MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering. Università di Padova (Italy), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• N. Kever (10/2021 - 02/2023, with A. Huerta)
  Topology optimization in OpenFOAM using a continuous adjoint framework
  MSc in Numerical Methods for Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• D. Araya (09/2022 - 01/2023)
  Enhancing topology optimisation of elastic structures via mesh adaptation
  MSc in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• S. Gómez-González (02/2022 - 07/2022, with O. Lehmkuhl)
  Generation of tailored boundary layer meshes for nonequilibrium flows
  MSc in Numerical Methods for Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• M. Rosta (12/2021 - 07/2022)
  Towards a robust parallel solver for large-scale industrial flow simulations
  MSc in Numerical Methods for Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• Z. Ding (12/2019 - 09/2020)
  Comparison and coupling of high-order continuous and hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems
  Erasmus Mundus Master in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• A. Borrás (10/2019 - 09/2020, with A. Huerta)
  Fast solution of parametric incompressible flow problems with application to microfluidics
  MSc in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• S. Qin (10/2018 - 07/2019, with A. Huerta and R. Sevilla)
  The face-centered finite volume (FCFV) method for steady-state incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
  Erasmus Mundus Master in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• A. Lustman (10/2018 - 07/2019, with S. Zlotnik)
  Coupling efficient parallel solvers for saddle-point problems with serial Matlab code
  Erasmus Mundus Master in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• L.M. Vieira (09/2018 - 08/2019, with R. Sevilla and A. Huerta)
  A hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin method with different primal and dual approximations for fluid flow problems
  Erasmus Mundus Master in Computational Mechanics. Swansea University (UK)

• G. Ciardella (10/2018 - 04/2019, with A. Huerta and F. Auteri)
  An efficient implementation of the face-centred finite volume (FCFV) method for incompressible flow problems using OpenFOAM
  MSc in Aeronautical Engineering. Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Visiting Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• F. Cola (01/2018 - 06/2018, with S. Perotto and M. Falcone)
  Adaptive and Bayesian algorithms for image segmentation
  MSc in Scientific Computing. Università di Roma - La Sapienza (Italy). Visiting Politecnico di Milano

• J. Vila-Pérez (10/2016 - 06/2017, with A. Huerta and R. Sevilla)
  Hi-Fi hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for incompressible flows
  MSc in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• J. Vazquez (01/2015 - 07/2015, with J.-A. Escareno)
  Optimal grasping for unmanned aerial systems
  MSc thesis. Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico). Visiting Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées

• Y. Almario (01/2015 - 06/2015)
  Multiobjective optimization: an application of multiple-gradient descent algorithm
  Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (France)

• R.-F. Rakotomalala (01/2015 - 06/2015)
  Multiobjective optimization: an application of multiple-gradient descent algorithm
  Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (France)

Bachelor theses

• M. Gutiérrez  (09/2023 - 01/2024, with A. Huerta)
  Locomotion at the small scale to design artificial micro-swimmers
  BSc in Mathematics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

Research internships

• M. Gutiérrez (02/2025 - ongoing, with A. Huerta)
  Open-source face-centred finite volume software for incompressible flows
  MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• G. Zamberlan (02/2023 - 07/2023)
  Enhancement of a structural optimisation simulation tool using machine learning
  MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• E. Savona (02/2023 - 07/2023)
  Development of a topology optimisation simulation tool for thermal management systems
  MSc in Numerical Methods in Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• E. Gérard (05/2021 - 07/2021, with P. Díez)
  Data assimilation with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method based in an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Surrogate Model
  MSc in Mechanics. École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France). Visiting Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• J. Ruel (05/2021 - 07/2021, with P. Díez)
  Machine learning for simulation-based computational fluid dynamics
  MSc in Mechanics. École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France). Visiting Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• N. Saridar (05/2020 - 07/2020)
  Flow control in vehicle platooning
  MSc in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• P. Marenga (05/2020 - 07/2020)
  Parametric study of inviscid flows in different regimes
  MSc in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

• G. Maudet (05/2019 - 07/2019)
  Comparison of finite volume solvers for compressible flow problems
  MSc in Mechanics. Polytech Montpellier (France). Visiting Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• G. Protin (05/2018 - 07/2018, with A. Huerta)
  Testing the limits of CFD codes
  MSc in Mechanics. École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France). Visiting Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• A. Tanwar (06/2017 - 08/2017)
  Primal and mixed formulations of the linear elasticity equation
  Erasmus Mundus Master in Computational Mechanics. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)