Conference Presentations

  1. R. Alotaibi, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Ferrofluid Droplet Radiator for CubeSat Heat Rejection”, ASGSR Meeting 2024, San Juan, PR, December 3-7, 2024
  2. S. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Microgravity Testing of a Phase-Change Propellant Management Device”, ASGSR Meeting 2024, San Juan, PR, December 3-7, 2024
  3. Theo St. Francis, Devon E. Lambourne, Tatsuyoshi Kuruyima, Devynn Diggins, Max Pupucevski, Macià Monfort-Castillo, Zachary Lynn, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, “A Novel Magnetohydrodynamic Architecture for Low-Gravity Oxygen Production”, NASA NIAC Symposium 2024, Pasadena, CA, September 9-12, 2024
  4. R. Fonteyne, L. Scifoni, F. Isidori Pacelli, M. J. Schaible, M. L. Shofner, E. Ryan, L. Zhai, J. Linsey, T. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Dust Mitigation Optimization Through Numerical and Experimental Studies”, NASA Exploration Science Forum, Washington University in St. Louis, July 23-25, 2024
  5. Á. Romero-Calvo, C. Nogales, K. Billings, W. West, H. Schaub, “The Magnetically-Enhanced Electrolysis (MEE) Experiment: Design, Results, and Lessons Learned”, 2024 COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea, July 13-21, 2024.
  6. K. Brinkert, Ö. Akay, Á. Romero-Calvo, B. Ross, S. Saravanabavan, “Photoelectrochemical Devices for Space Applications”, 2024 COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea, July 13-21, 2024.
  7. Ö. Akay, K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Optimizing (Photo-)Electrolysis in Microgravity with Magnetohydrodynamic Forces: A Statistical Analysis Approach for Enhanced Efficiency”, 2024 COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea, July 13-21, 2024.
  8. K. Brinkert, Ö. Akay, Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Walayat, J. Becker, “Realizing Efficient (Photo-)Electrochemical Water-Splitting in Space: An Experimental Set-Up for a Suborbital Rocket Flight”, 2024 COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea, July 13-21, 2024.
  9. F. Isidori Pacelli, L. Scifoni, Á. Romero-Calvo, “EDS testing for lunar dust mitigation”, Analog Frontiers Conference, Italian Space Agency, May 20, 2024
  10. F. Isidori Pacelli, L. Scifoni, R. Fonteyne, M. J. Schaible, M. L. Shofner, E. Ryan, L. Zhai, J. Linsey, T. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Optimizing Lunar Dust Mitigation: Assembly and Analysis of Electrodynamic Dust Shield Systems”, LSIC Spring Meeting, Laurel, MD, April 23, 2024
  11. R. Fonteyne, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Numerical Modeling of Electrodynamic Dust Shielding for Lunar Dust Mitigation”, LSIC Spring Meeting, Laurel, MD, April 23, 2024
  12. Á. Romero-Calvo, “Reaching the Red Planet: Magnetohydrodynamic Water Electrolysis to Enable Human Spaceflight”, Georgia Tech Energy Materials Day, March 27, 2024
  13. R. Fonteyne, F. Isidori Pacelli, L. Scifoni, M. Schaible, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Enhancing Lunar Dust Mitigation: A Study on Electrodynamic Dust Shield Efficacy through Modeling and Vacuum Experiments“, ExplOrigins 2024 Colloquium, Atlanta, GA, February 8-9, 2024
  14. S. T. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Phase Change CubeSat Propellant Management”, ASGSR Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, November 14-18, 2023
  15. S. T. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Neutral Buoyancy Testing of Low-Gravity Propellant Management Devices”, ASGSR Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, November 14-18, 2023
  16. Ö. Akay, M. Monfort-Castillo, K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Leveraging Magnetohydrodynamic Mechanisms for Stable and Efficient Electrolysis in Microgravity”, ASGSR Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, November 14-18, 2023
  17. Ö. Akay, M. Monfort-Castillo, S. Saravanabavan, E. Sokalu, Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Brinkert, “Releasing the Bubbles: Efficient and Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Microgravity”, 3rd Nucleation and Growth Research Conference, Kyoto, JP, November 9-11, 2023
  18. E. Comstock, Á. Romero-Calvo, “External Plasma-Breathing Magnetohydrodynamic Spacecraft Propulsion”, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2023
  19. A. Robinson, S. T. Hart, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Magnetohydrodynamically Pumped Liquid Metal Loops for SmallSat Thermal Control”, Physics REU Presentations, Atlanta, GA, July 21, 2023
  20. A. Romero-Calvo, “Low-Gravity Ferrohydrodynamics”, 16th International Conference on Magnetic
    Fluids, Granada, Spain, June 12-16, 2023, ★ Honorary Mention for PhD Thesis
  21. Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Brinkert, “(Invited) Leveraging Magnetohydrodynamic Mechanisms for Stable and Efficient Microgravity Electrolysis”, ECS Meeting 2023, Boston, MA, May 28-June 2, 2023, ★ Young Author’s Award for Excellent Paper
  22. K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, S. Saravanabavan, E. Sokaly, “(Keyone) Releasing the Bubbles: Efficient Phase Separation in (Photo-)Electrochemical Devices in Microgravity Environment”, ECS Meeting 2023, Boston, MA, May 28-June 2, 2023
  23. O. Akay, K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, S. Saravanabavan, E. Sokalu, M. Giersig, “Hydrogen Gas Bubble Evolution on Electrocatalytic Nanostructures in Microgravity Environment”, ECS Meeting 2023, Boston, MA, May 28-June 2, 2023
  24. S. Saravanabavan, O. Akay, M. Crouch, A. Romero-Calvo, K. Brinkert, “Magnetically-Induced Buoyancy for Efficient Electrochemical Oxygen Production in Microgravity”, ECS Meeting 2023, Boston, MA, May 28-June 2, 2023
  25. Á. Romero-Calvo, C. Nogales, K. Billings, W. West, H. Schaub, “The Magnetically Enhanced Electrolysis (MEE) Experiment“, Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2023,  Broomfield, CO, Feb. 27 – Mar. 1, 2023
  26. Á. Romero-Calvo, C. Nogales, K. Billings, W. West, H. Schaub, “Design and Results of the Magnetically Enhanced Electrolysis Experiment”, ASGSR Meeting 2022, Houston, TX, November 9-12, 2022
  27. S. Saravanabavan, O. Akay, Á. Romero-Calvo*, K. Brinkert*, “Efficient and Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Microgravity”, ASGSR Meeting 2022, Houston, TX, November 9-12, 2022
  28. VIP Georgia Tech Drop Tower Challenge Team, “The GT Drop Tower: Our Pathway to Space”, VIP Innovation Showcase, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 27, 2022, ★ Best Presentation Award
  29. K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, “Efficient and Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Microgravity”, 27th ELGRA Biennial Symposium & General Assembly, Lisbon, Portugal, September 6-9, 2022
  30. K. Brinkert, O. Akay, S. Saravanabavan, E. Sokalu, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Recent Advances in (Photo-)electrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Production for Space Exploration”, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, July 16-24, 2022
  31. K. Brinkert, O. Akay, S. Saravanabavan, E. Sokalu, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Microgravity Environment”, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, July 16-24, 2022
  32. Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, K. Brinkert, “Diamagnetic phase separation in microgravity”, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, July 16-24, 2022
  33. J. Hammerl, A. López, Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Measuring Multiple Potentials of a Rotating and Differentially-Charged Object Simultaneously Using X-rays”, 16th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, Virtual, April 4-8, 2022
  34. Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Champion, H. Schaub, “Touchless spacecraft potential sensing using energetic electron beams and active photoemission”, 16th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, Virtual, April 4-8, 2022
  35. Á. Romero-Calvo, M. Herrada, G. Cano-Gómez, H. Schaub, “Axisymmetric bubble growth and detachment subject to inhomogeneous magnetic fields in microgravity”, APS March Meeting 2022, Chicalo, IL, US, March 14-17, 2022
  36. F. París Carballo, “Actividades universitarias andaluzas en conexión con el sector espacio”, Semana Mundial del Espacio, CTA-IDEA-CATEC, Seville, Spain, October 13, 2021
  37. Á. Romero-Calvo, C. Nogales, K. Billings, W. West, H. Schaub, “ASGSR Ken Souza program 2020: post-PDR design update”, ASGSR Meeting 2021, Baltimore, MD, November 3-6, 2021
  38. Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Champion, H. Schaub, “Touchless potential sensing model for active spacecraft charging scenarios”, Applied Space Environments Conference, Virtual, November 1-5, 2021
  39. Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Low-gravity magnetohydrodynamics: concept and applications”, AIAA Annual Technical Symposium, University of Colorado Boulder, September 28, 2021
  40. Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, K. Brinkert, H. Schaub, “Magnetic enhancement of water electrolysis in reduced gravity environments”, Lunar Surface Science Workshop: Fundamental and Applied Lunar Surface Research in Physical Sciences, Virtual, August 18-19, 2021
  41. Á. Romero-Calvo, M. Herrada, H. Schaub, “Axisymmetric bubble growth and detachment subject to inhomogeneous magnetic fields in microgravity”, 43rd} COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Virtual, January 28 – Feburary 4, 2021
  42. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. García-Salcedo, F. Garrone, F. Maggi, “Axisymmetric and lateral free surface oscillations of magnetic liquids in microgravity”, 43rd} COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Virtual, January 28 – Feburary 4, 2021
  43. Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Preliminary design of magnetically enhanced low-gravity electrolysis and phase separation system”, ASGSR Meeting 2020, Virtual, November 5-6, 2020
  44. Á. Romero-Calvo, “UNOOSA DropTES Programme – StELIUM”, 27th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits: “Ensuring Inclusiveness through Space-based Applications and Space Exploration´´, Washington, DC, October 18-20, 2019
  45. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. García-Salcedo, F. Garrone, I. Rivoalen, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, M. Herrada, F. Maggi, “Lateral sloshing of magnetic liquids in microgravity”, 26th European Low Gravity Research Association Biennial Symposium and General Assembly, Granada, Spain, September 24-27, 2019
  46. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, M. Herrada, F. Maggi, “Magnetic sloshing damping in microgravity”, 8th Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop, Milan, Italy, May 28-29, 2019
  47. Á. Romero-Calvo, T. Hermans, G. Cano-Gómez, L. Parrilla-Benítez, M. Herrada, E. Castro-Hernández, M. Herrada, F. Maggi, “Ferrofluid dynamics in microgravity conditions”, 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Pasadena, California, US, July 14-22, 2018