News section
2025-2026
19th Feb. Online meeting with Susanne Claus from Onera and Raul Rubio for possible future colaborations in optimization of lattice structures. Very nice meeting!
18th Feb. Starting jointly with Gerard Morales to supervise two final undergraduate thesis on Autopilot and reinforcement learning.
17th Feb. Meeting with Jesús Martinez, Rogelio Ortigosa and Javier Príncipe to explore developing new code on Gridap for Topology optimization.
9th-13th Feb. Antoine Laurain and Josue Diaz from Essen University is visiting us to continue working in the Flexion project. Nice discussion together, thanks for coming!
4th Feb. Bernardo is defending his Master thesis on "Comparing different optimizers in Topology optimization". Congratulations Bernardo!
4th Feb. Nil Heinz is defending his Master thesis on "Accelerating Buckling Modes Computation of Skin Panels via Machine Learning Methods". Very nice work Nil, congratulations!
3rd Feb. Starting our course on "Write winning proposals: A hands-on Marie Curie proposal writing course" with Ester Comellas. We are loving it!
29th Jan. Abimael Campillo has defended his undergraduate final thesis on Real-Time Optimal Trajectory Generation for Fixed-Wing UAVs in Firefighting Missions via Numerical Integration and Constrained Optimization. Congratulations Abi!
27th Jan. Accompanying Ester Comellas during the visit of the Aeronautical Engineering students to Singular Aircraft.
21th Jan. New batteries design Horizon Europe proposal lead by IREC submitted. Thanks to all partners from your work.
19th Jan. Giulio Renieri is defending his final Master thesis on Thermomechanical topology optimizaiton for batteries. Very nice work!
14th Jan. Ignacio Romero and Andres Mendes are visiting us and Samuel. Very nice to discuss about Optimal transport.
13-16th Jan. Samuel Amstutz is visiting us. Discussing about Chambolle-Pock, optimal transport, plasticity and many different things. As always, Very nice to have you here!
7-9th Jan. Attending to CRM workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning: PDEs, Probability, and Dynamics. Very interesting!
4 Jan. Our paper in reduced order model for Shells has been accepted. Thanks Xavi, Fermin and Francesc for your work. Starting the year with good news!
31 Dec. Happy new year!!
24 Dec. Merry Christmas!!
23 Dec. Meeting at Singular Aircraft to advance the optimal trajectory project.
19 Dec. Meeting with Gregoire Allaire to advance our paper on lattice structures.
15 Dec. Christmas celebration at CIMNE!
12 Dec. Celebrating Christmas with the CAMMS team! Nice to see you all :)
6 Dec. Meeting with Satlantis to explore a potential application for a space research project.
5 Dec. Meeting with my friend Alberto Solis from the Universidad de Cádiz to explore new research topics.
4 Dec. Interviewing Elias Cueto at the Universidad de Zaragoza to give visibility to our SEMNI community. Looking forward to posting the videos!
3 Dec. Attending Xarfa2Market from CIM-UPC to learn about new trends in additive manufacturing.
3 Dec. SEMNI Young Members meeting for new communication strategies.
26–28 Nov. Visiting Ignacio Romero, David Portillo, and Andrés Mendez at UPM (Madrid) to discuss optimal transport and incremental variational schemes for nonlinear elasticity.
20–21 Nov. Visiting Pablo Antolin and Raul Rubio, together with Joaquin Hernandez, at EPFL to advance in preconditioning and reduced order models for structural optimization.
19 Nov. Attending the Diderot project meeting at BSC.
18 Nov. Visit of the Singular team at CIMNE to explore future research projects.
12 Nov. Meeting with Michael Kofler about latent spaces in reduced order models for lattice optimization.
11 Nov. General meeting of the Executive Commission of SEMNI.
7 Nov. Meeting with the Structural Analysis team of Airbus about preconditioning for large-scale structures.
6–7 Nov. Visit of Luca Calatroni. Nice seminar and very interesting discussions about bi-level optimization.
27-31 Oct. Attending to RICAM special semester on Shape and Topology optimization. Very nice workshop organized by Peter Gangl and Theodore Cherrière and very happy to see many friends.
22 Oct. Preparing with Ester Comellas a new curs for writting Marie Curie individial fellowships.
17 Oct. Andres Mendez visiting UPC and CAMMS grup and exchange about optimal transport algorithms.
15 Oct. Meeting with Samuel Amstutz about Chambolle-Pock algorithm.
14 Oct. Visiting Singular aircraft to continue advancing on optimal trajectory.
8 Oct. Visiting BSC to explore new collaborations with the structural mechanics team Adrià Quintanas and Gerard Guillamet.
6 Oct. Discussing connectivity constraints with Javier Principe.
3 Oct. Exchanging with Jose Postigo about minimum length scale.
1 Oct. Young SEMNI members meeting to discuss about new comunication strategies for SEMNI.
29 Sept. Exploring with CIMNE comunication team ways to disseminate ESA project results.
22-25 September. Visiting Antoine Laurin at Essen to advance in our Flexion project of Hyperelastic materials. Thanks Antoine for these wonderful days and discussions! :)
22 September. Attending to the Xarfa AM days from CIM-UPC to discuss about new trends in AM.
18 September. Attending to the AM Global Summit. Interesting news in the AM community.
17 September. Restarting weekly CAMMS group meetings with Guilherme from the University of Porto, speaking on phase field and homogenization. Nice talk!
16 September. Visiting Singular Aircraft factory.
15 September. Kick-off of MMS project with Singular Aircraft, team formed by Gerard Morales, Pablo Urioste and Marc Lopez. Nice project!
12 September. Meeting with S. Amstutz about potential visit.
10 September. Andres begins his PhD supervised jointly with Ignacio Romero, looking forward to it.
9 September. Juan Sebastian ends his PhD in Barcelona, we will miss you.
8–11 September. Attending SIM-AM as mini-symposium organizer, spending time with collaborators G. Allaire and F. Feppon.
5 September. Visit to Singular Aircraft for a future project on optimal UAV trajectories.
4 September. Dinner with N. Van Goethem to discuss plasticity and fracture mechanics.
2–5 September. Attending COMPLAS Conference.
1 September. Starting the new academic year with recharged energy! Welcome everyone!
2024-2025
End of the year. Both good and difficult moments, looking forward to resting and enjoying the holidays with family and friends, and next year with more to come.
8 August 2025. Our article Preconditioning iterative solvers via the Empirical Interscale Finite Element Method (EIFEM), written with R. Rubio and J.A. Hernández, appeared in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Thanks for your work!
29 July. Meeting on restructuring the MUEA program.
25 July. Meeting with Augusto Romero on multimaterial and perimeter.
24 July. Meeting with Abel Pardo from Airbus on potential collaboration in ML as preconditioning.
18 July. Meeting for SEMNIJ Young Conference on potential dissemination activities.
17 July. Meeting with Giulio Renieri and Giovanna on topology optimization for batteries.
16 July. PhD thesis defense of Raul Bravo, congratulations for your PhD.
12 July. Visit of Pablo Antolín to discuss preconditioning and ROM.
11 July. Meeting with Sebastian Giusti about perimeter implementation.
10–11 July. MATCOM Conference, serving on the scientific committee, ending with a dinner at Fabra Observatory.
7–10 July. ESMC Congress, organizing mini-symposium on topology optimization with F. Jouve and exchanging interesing ideas with K. Sturm and David Portillo.
30 June – 4 July. Holidays after marriage. :)
27 June. Meeting on Machine Learning for Open Arms project with X. Martinez and Joel Sendra.
24 June. New meeting with Antoine Laurin for Flexion project.
21 June. Giulio Renieri from the University of Modena joins the group to start his Master’s thesis.
20 June. New visit to Singular Aircraft.
18 June. Published together with G. Villalta and F. Otero the work Phase-field modeling of fracture via homogenization in the International Journal of Fracture.
17 June. Meeting with Gregoire Allaire to speak about future collaborations with Jose Antonio Torres Lerma.
16 June. Visiting Singular Aircraft for potential collaborations in optimal trajectories.
13 June. Visiting Javier Principe to speak about Topology optimizaiton.
10 June. Meeting with Miguel Ortiz on homogenization.
9–11 June. Attending Admos Conference as organizer of a mini-symposium.
5 June. Meeting with Sateliot about potential collaborations.
4–6 June. Attending M2P conference and presenting on relations between topology optimization and fracture mechanics.
27 May. Meeting for MSCA course planning at UPC.
26 May. Meeting with Asorcad for potentail future colaborations .
20 May. Meeting with Miguel Ortiz on preconditioning and reduced order models.
16 May. Meeting with Samuel Amstutz and Nicolas Van Goethem on plasticity.
9 May. Visit to Javier Principe to exchange ideas on topology optimization and additive manufacturing.
25 April. Meeting on restructuring the MUEA master’s program at UPC.
24 April. EU-LAC project on topology optimization for batteries.
22 April. Meeting with Inegi team on TopSat project progress.
9 April. Attending Advanced Factories event on topology optimization and additive manufacturing.
8 April. Visiting Asorcad company to explore potential collaborations.
31 March. Patrick Farrell visiting us at CIMNE and giving a talk, happy to have you here!
20 March. Attending and giving a talk at New Frontiers on Homogenization and Fractional laplacian conference at CRM on dehomogenization.
19 March. Gabriel Barbat giving a talk on phase field and continuum damage at CAMMS.
18 March. Attending to the Reading Group on Numerical Analysis at Univeristy of Oxford.
12 March. Planning meeting for upcoming MSCA courses at UPC.
12 March. Meeting with Antoine Laurin about Flexion project on topology for hyperelasticity.
11 March. Giving a talk about the design of CubeSat with topology optimization at Secpho.
10 March. Exploring CubeSat project with Miquel Sureda for topology optimization.
3–6 March. Visiting the Composites material Congress JEC World 2026 at Paris.
1 March. Juan Sebastián starts his PhD in Topology Optimization for Hyperelasticity. Good luck!
25 February. Planning meeting for CAMMS workshop.
17 February. Meeting with David Adrover from Leitat about topology optimization and 3D printing.
12 February. Gerard Villalta presenting at Café CIMNE about Phase field.
7 February. Jury of final undergraduate thesis at ESEIAAT UPC.
7 February. Research days at Physics department at UPC.
5 February. Meeting with Rogelio Ortigosa and Jesus Martinez Frutos to discuss topology optimizaiton for hyperelasticity.
30th-31st of January. Attending to the GIMC-SEMNI workshop at FNB to foster new collaborations between SEMNI and GIMC.
27th of January. Selected as a member of the executive comission of SEMNI, looking forward!
22th of January. Raul Rubio is giving a seminar about Preconditioning via Reduced order models at Làcan.
21th of January. Kick-off meeting of TopSat project jointly with ESA and our colleagues from Inegi.
13-17th of January. Visiting Jesús Martinez and Rogelio Ortigosa from Multisimo team at University Politècnica of Cartagena for further collaboration in Hyperelasticity.
9-10th of January. Augusto Romero is visiting us to discuss about multimaterial topology optimization. Nice talk and thanks for coming.
9th of Janaury. Discussing with CIM about Swan and future ideas for collaboration.
8th of Janaury. Visit from Malena Sabaté is visiting us to discuss about recycling and preconditioning.
7th of January. Paper submitted: "Phase-field modeling of fracture via homogenization" jointly with F. Otero and G. Villalta
7th of January. Back to work with many new things to come!
23th December. Starting holidays until 7th of January! Marry Christmas and happy new year!
22th December. Exchanging with Michael Gfrerer join interests in Topological derivative.
21th December. Christmas lunch with the colleagues of the Aeronautical section of the Physics department.
21th December. Exploring new teaching methodologies at ESEIAAT for Flight mechanics and other lectures in the Aeronautical department.
18th December. Visiting CIM, an advanced 3D printing lab at UPC with a lot of research interests in common.
17th December. Visiting Asorcad to explore new Topology optimization tools for their designs.
16th December. CIMNE Christmas toast, happy to see many colleagues.
13th December. Christmas dinner of CAMMS. We were more than 20 this time!
9th December. Our paper on "Global length and overhang control for level set and density approaches via perimeter minimization" has been accepted and will be published at IJNME. Thanks J. A. Torres and F. Otero for your work!
6th December. Travelling to Avignon for one week to visit my mentor Samuel Amstutz! Really nice to be back to Avignon and to exchange new research ideas with Samuel!
27th November. Meeting with Singular Aircraft for potential collaboration in composite material design, topology optimization, flight trajectory optimization and hydrofoil design. Thanks Ester for making it possible!
26th November. Meeting with Peter Gangl in Barcelona to discuss about Topology optimization and many other topics. Very interesting!
15th November. Starting teaching ENIA at ESEIAAT (UPC).
15th November. First experimental campaign at FNB for gathering useful data to train our ML model in the context of our OPEN ARMS project.
12th November. Exchanging with M. Giacomini and P. Diez ideas about optimal transport techniques.
6th November. Exploring jointly with J. Mancipar and J. Jimenez from Transfer of Technology department at CIMNE possible industrial paths of our CAMMS grup.
5th November. Attending to the eight sessions course of Gamma convergence at CRM by Alberto Maione. Let's see if I finally understand the topic! :)
30th October. Attending to the interesting seminar of Prof. Michael Ortiz about quantum computational mechanics.
29th October. Our OSIP project for ESA, entitled "TopSat: "Ultralightweight CubeSat chassis enabled by anisotropic topology optimization of composite materials" has been approved. Starting 1st of Janaury, looking forward!
24th October. Presenting our research lines to AVIC INTL for potential research collaboration.
18th October. Pau Climent has been awarded a one-year research project by the Spanish Ministry of Education with us on the design of materials via neuronal networks. Congratulations!
16th October. Prof. Javier Principe is visiting us to discuss about preconditioning through model order reduction jointly with Raul Rubio and J. Hernandez.
15th October. Our project Flexion: Design of FLEXible materials and structures via shape and topology optimizatION has been approved! This is a joint project between the Spanish and German research agency AEI-DFG. Starting on 1st of Janaury with Antoine Laurain. Looking forward!
14th October. Member of the Jury responsible for choosing external faculty members for our Physics Department.
10th October. Visiting Prof A. Rodriguez for discussing about Phase field models in fracture mechanics.
1st-3rd October. Organising the Math-SOMMA junior meeting at CRM. Very enjoyable experience with young mathematicians.
1st of October. Giovanna Castello is doing with us her PhD stage in the topic of connectivity constraints for Topology optimization until 31st of March. Welcome Giovanna!
25th of September. Visiting Prof. Javier Principe to discuss about Topology optimization and connectivity constraints.
24th of September. Examiner of the PhD thesis (Connor Nicholas Mallon)of the University of Monash in Topology Optimization
20th of September. Our TopSat project selected for the second round of OSIP project for ESA with our colleges at Inegi.
13th of September of 2024. Starting our CAMMS meetings at FNB.
9th of September of 2024. Starting our weekly Swan meetings.
9th of September of 2024. Modamed Esmail is visiting our group to develop his final Master thesis related with new nonlinear filters jointly with J. Torres. Welcome!
4 September of 2024. Back to work with an amazing year to come.
2023-2024
29th of July of 2024. Starting holidays! :)
25th of July of 2024. Good news! TOMAT project (Spanish national project) has been awarded. The idea is to develop new topology optimization tools for hyperelastic and composite materials.
23th of July of 2024. Visiting David Ruiz Garcia at Universidad Castilla la Mancha (Toledo) to discuss about Topology optimization and connectivity constraints.
17-19th July of 2024. Visiting Israel Garcia at Universidad de Sevilla to discuss about coupled criteria, phase field, fracture mechanics and others. Very nice days, always happy to be back to Sevilla!
16th of July of 2024. Starting our exciting research project for Open Arms, developed at FNB (UPC) and leaded by X. Martinez.
15th of July of 2024. Arnau Pena is defending his final Master thesis. Congratulations!
15th of July of 2024. Joel Carrasco is defending his final Master thesis. Congratulations!
12th of July of 2024. Attending to Physics department annual meeting.
11th of July of 2024. Attending with all CAMMS group to the Amade days.
9th of July of 2024. Attending to the Physics department teaching days.
8th of July of 2024. Mario Fernández presents his final undergraduate project.
8th of July of 2024. Pau Cornudella presents his final undergraduate project
8th of July of 2024. Joan Vives presents his final undergraduate project
8th of July of 2024. Rosa Galán presents her final undergraduate project.
8th of July of 2024. Gerard Martí presents his final undergraduate project.
8th of July of 2024. Daniel Colas presents his final undergraduate project.
8th of July of 2024. Gerard Fortuny presents his final undergraduate project.
5th of July of 2024. R. Rubio is defending his mid-term PhD thesis.
5th of July of 2024. J. Torres is defending his mid-term PhD thesis.
1st of July of 2024. Ton Creus is starting his PhD, bonne courage!
26th of June of 2024. Ton Creus has defended his Master thesis. Congratulations!
19th of June of 2024. Meeting M. Giacommini to discuss about preconditioning and ROM jointly with R.Rubio and J.Hernandez.
12th June of 2024. Attending to the research seminar of Lacàn at UPC.
3-7th June of 2024. Attending to ECCOMAS (Lisbon) to disseminate dehomogenization results developed jointly with G.Allaire, P. Geoffroy. Also presenting last developments with R. Rubio, J. Torres, G.Villalta. O. Schwahofer.
7-9th May of 2024. Attending to Newfrac conference (Porto) with F. Otero and G.Villalta to disseminate some first phase-field results.
1st May 2024. Starting to teach ENIA at ESEIAAT (UPC).
18th April of 2024. Starting teaching Hypersonic aerodynamics at ESEIAAT (UPC)
09th April of 2024. Attending to the Advanced Factories conference.
09th April of 2024. Starting this news section.
