Awards/Recognitions

2023. Creator and administrator of Swan code, which is the most starred code of Topology Optimization in GitHub (Link).

2023. R3 certification as an established distinguished researcher. Spanish agency of research. Recognition for research quality and independence, leadership in projects, and mentorship of other researchers. In concordance with the European researcher profile (R3).

2023.  IV Social Commitment  UPC Award for the project "Optimization of energy at the OPEN ARMS UNO: A double social commitment".

2022.  Awarded for a research fellowship 2022 from Terrassa City Council (Optimal design of 3D mechanical metamaterial, student: Ariadna Sorribas Bono).

2022.  Awarded for research project supervision to an initiation-to-research  project from the Spanish Ministry of University (MATNESS, student: Younnes Akhazzan).

2021-2025. Serra Hunter fellowship. Scope. Spanish Programme of excellence for attracting talent and hiring highly-qualified faculty staff. Internationally renowned academic (advisory board members are distinguished academics).

2020. Awarded as top-10 most downloaded paper of the journal. SIMP-ALL: A generalized SIMP method based on the topological derivative concept. IJNME

2019-2021. Marie Curie Standard fellowship (833092). Scope: Individual, trans-national fellowships awarded to the best and most promising researchers of any nationality.

2018-2019. Hadamard fellowship. Scope. Fondation Mathématique Jacques Hadamard: promoting scientific excellence in mathematics. Not accepted, Marie Curie was prioritised.

2018-2019. Marie Curie Co-Found fellowship (1710057). Scope: Best scientific talent around the world to foster mobility of researchers (focus on applied research and technology transfer)

2018.  Awarded as top-10 most downloaded paper of the journal. SIMP-ALL: A generalized SIMP method based on the topological derivative concept. IJNME

2018.  (Second prize) Awarded for supervision of best master thesis by Spanish school of aeronautics (student: Ferran de la Fuente).

2017.  (Not awarded) Proposed by the Physics department as best innovation teaching award for the University Politecnica de Catalunya as a result of excellent student survay results (4.8/5).