PhD Supervision-Mentoring

Current PhD supervision

Gerard Villalta Quintana

Phase field in fracture mechanics via numerical homogenization

Supervisors: Alex Ferrer, Fermin Otero

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.


Tentative defense date: 2026-2027

Raul Rubio Serrano

Reduced order models for iterative solvers

Supervisors: Alex Ferrer, Joaquin Hernandez

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.


Tentative defense date: 2025-2026

 Jose Antonio Torres Lerma

Topology optimization with additive manufacturing constraints

Supervisors:  Alex Ferrer, Fermin Otero

PhD thesis, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.


Tentative defense date: 2025-2026

Past PhD supervision

Pedro Fernandes

Topology optimization of high-strain capable

damage-tolerant composite structures.

Supervisors:  Nuno Correia, Ricardo Pinto, Alex Ferrer


Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and

Industrial Engineering (INEGI), Porto, Portugal.


Defense date: 2022-07-15