Conference Presentations

  1. Á. Romero-Calvo, “The Irresistible Pull of Liquids: Self-Gravitation and Starship’s Propellant Tanks”, ASGSR Meeting 2025, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 3-6, 2025
  2. J. Becker, Ö. Akay, B. S. Ross, Á. Romero-Calvo, and K. Brinkert, “Towards Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting on a Sounding Rocket”, 248th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 2025
  3. O. Akay, K. Brinkert, and A. Romero-Calvo, “Magnetic Gas Bubble Management: Overcoming Challenges for Enhanced (Photo-)Electrolysis in Microgravity”, 248th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 2025
  4. T. St. Francis, J. Syzdek, T. Schmitt, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Scalable Magnetohydrodynamic Bubble Removal for Electrolytic Hydrogen Production”, 248th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 2025
  5. T. St. Francis, S. Vitale, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Design and Testing of a Magnetohydrodynamic Electrochemical Cell for Oxygen Generation in Microgravity”, 248th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 12-16, 2025
  6. L. Scifoni, F. Isidori Pacelli, M. J. Schaible, E. A. Ryan, L. Zhai, J. S. Linsey, M. L. Shofner, T.M. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Performance Analysis and Optimization of Rigid and Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields for Lunar Dust Mitigation”, NASA Exploration Science Forum, Albuquerque, NM, July 22-24, 2025
  7. I.E. Onal, E.A. Ryan, L. Scifoni, J.R. Reynolds, Á. Romero-Calvo, J.S. Linsey, M.L. Shofner, T.M. Orlando, “Thermoplastic Dielectric Coatings for Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields: Structural and Functional Performance”, NASA Exploration Science Forum, Albuquerque, NM, July 22-24, 2025
  8. M. Kura, J. Narra, L. Salman, L. Metten, F. Schäfer, P. Martín-Carrilero, A. Zieser, S.r Barwagui, L. Volk, K. Obersteiner, J. Tomasik, M. Mascher, P. Laub, Z. Zhu, S. Santaeufemia-Sánchez, G. Detrell, Á. Romero-Calvo, “MVIPER – The Magnetohydrodynamic Vortex-Inducing Photobioreactor Experiment”, 54th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Prague, CZ, July 13-17, 2025
  9. M. Kura, G. Detrell, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Diamagnetic Phase Separation for Microalgae Photobioreactors in Microgravity”, 54th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Prague, CZ, July 13-17, 2025
  10. L. Scifoni, F. Isidori Pacelli, M. J. Schaible, E. A. Ryan, Y. Y. Li Sip, L. Zhai, J. S. Linsey, M. L. Shofner, T.M. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Performance Analysis and Optimization of Rigid and Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields for Lunar Dust Mitigation”,  LSIC 2025 Spring Meeting, Laurel, MD, May 20-22, 2025
  11. E. Sánchez, A. Giorges, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Magnetohydrodynamic Liquid Metal Cooling for Hypersonic CubeSat Reentry”, GT/ GTRI Workshop in Hypersonics, April 10-11, 2025
  12. L. Scifoni, F. Isidori Pacelli, M. J. Schaible, L. Zhai, E. Ryan, M. L. Shofner, T. M. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Performance Analysis and Optimization of Rigid and Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields for Lunar Dust Mitigation“, ExplOrigins 2025 Colloquium, Atlanta, GA, March 6-7, 2025
  13. Á. Romero-Calvo, “Low-Gravity Fluid Mechanics in the New Space Age”, AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 6-10, 2025
  14. R. Alotaibi, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Ferrofluid Droplet Radiator for CubeSat Heat Rejection”, ASGSR Meeting 2024, San Juan, PR, Dec. 3-7, 2024
  15. S. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Microgravity Testing of a Phase-Change Propellant Management Device”, ASGSR Meeting 2024, San Juan, PR, Dec. 3-7, 2024
  16. T. St. Francis, D. E. Lambourne, T. Kuruyima, D. Diggins, M. Pupucevski, M. Monfort-Castillo, Z. Lynn, Á. Romero-Calvo, “A Novel Magnetohydrodynamic Architecture for Low-Gravity Oxygen Production”, NASA NIAC Symposium 2024, Pasadena, CA, Sep. 9-12, 2024
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. F. Isidori Pacelli, L. Scifoni, Á. Romero-Calvo, “EDS testing for lunar dust mitigation”, Analog Frontiers Conference, Italian Space Agency, May 20, 2024
  23. 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
  24. R. Fonteyne, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Numerical Modeling of Electrodynamic Dust Shielding for Lunar Dust Mitigation”, LSIC Spring Meeting, Laurel, MD, April 23, 2024
  25. Á. Romero-Calvo, “Reaching the Red Planet: Magnetohydrodynamic Water Electrolysis to Enable Human Spaceflight”, Georgia Tech Energy Materials Day, March 27, 2024
  26. 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
  27. S. T. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Phase Change CubeSat Propellant Management”, ASGSR Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2023
  28. S. T. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Neutral Buoyancy Testing of Low-Gravity Propellant Management Devices”, ASGSR Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, Nov. 14-18, 2023
  29. 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, Nov. 14-18, 2023
  30. 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, Nov. 9-11, 2023
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. A. Romero-Calvo, “Low-Gravity Ferrohydrodynamics”, 16th International Conference on Magnetic
    Fluids, Granada, Spain, June 12-16, 2023, ★ Honorary Mention for PhD Thesis
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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, Nov. 9-12, 2022
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. K. Brinkert, Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, “Efficient and Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Microgravity”, 27th ELGRA Biennial Symposium & General Assembly, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep. 6-9, 2022
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. Á. Romero-Calvo, O. Akay, K. Brinkert, “Diamagnetic phase separation in microgravity”, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, July 16-24, 2022
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. F. París Carballo, “Actividades universitarias andaluzas en conexión con el sector espacio”, Semana Mundial del Espacio, CTA-IDEA-CATEC, Seville, Spain, Oct. 13, 2021
  50. 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, Nov. 3-6, 2021
  51. Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Champion, H. Schaub, “Touchless potential sensing model for active spacecraft charging scenarios”, Applied Space Environments Conference, Virtual, Nov. 1-5, 2021
  52. Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Low-gravity magnetohydrodynamics: concept and applications”, AIAA Annual Technical Symposium, University of Colorado Boulder, Sep. 28, 2021
  53. 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, Aug. 18-19, 2021
  54. 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 – Feb. 4, 2021
  55. 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, Jan. 28 – Feb. 4, 2021
  56. Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Preliminary design of magnetically enhanced low-gravity electrolysis and phase separation system”, ASGSR Meeting 2020, Virtual, Nov. 5-6, 2020
  57. 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, Oct. 18-20, 2019
  58. 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, Sep. 24-27, 2019
  59. 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
  60. 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