University of Seville, Aerospace Engineering Department

Rafael Vazquez

Assistant Professor

Education

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (2006), UCSD. Advisor:Miroslav Krstic. Dissertation: Boundary Control Laws and Observer Design for Convective, Turbulent and Magnetohydrodynamic Flows
• Master in Aerospace Engineering (2004), UCSD
• BS in Mathematics (2003) at the School of Mathematics in the University of Sevilla, Spain.
• BS in Electrical Engineering (1999) at the School of Engineering in the University of Sevilla, Spain. Diploma Thesis:"Simulation and Modeling of an Electronic Blocking Oscillator", Simulacion y Modelado de un Oscilador Electronico de Bloqueo, in spanish.

Research Interests

• Boundary Control of Partial Differential Equations
• Nonlinear Systems Theory and Control
• Dynamical Systems and Bifurcations

Publications

Applications

• Flow Control (turbulent, convective and magnetohydrondynamic flows).
• Nanomechatronics, Atomic Force Microscopy.
• Chemical Reactors.

Teaching

Past Positions

Awards

• Finalist for the Best Student Paper Award, 2005 CDC, Sevilla, Spain
• Marie Curie Fellow (2005)
• Highest Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies (MAE Dept., UCSD)
• MIT Conference Fellowship for young researchers (June 2005)