Journal Articles

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  1. R. Alotaibi, P. Martín García, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Magnetic Droplet Radiator for CubeSat Heat Rejection”, AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, under review
  2. F. Isidori Pacelli, L. Scifoni, M. J. Schaible, E. A. Ryan, I. E. Onal, M. L. Shofner, T. M. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Flexible Electrodynamic Dust Shields for Lunar Missions”, Acta Astronautica, under review
  3. E. Comstock, Á. Romero-Calvo, “OpenVlasov6: A 3D-3V Fully Kinetic Multifluid Vlasov Solver”, Journal of Computational Physics, under review
  4. H. Chen, S. Hart, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Thermal Propellant Management Devices for CubeSat Cold Gas Propulsion”, Acta Astronautica, under review
  5. Á. Romero-Calvo, P. Capobianchi, “Ferrofluids for Space Applications”, “2025 Roadmap on Materials Development and Utilization in Space”, JPhys Materials, under review
  6. L. Scifoni, F. Isidori Pacelli, M. J. Schaible, E. A. Ryan, Y. Yee Li Sip, L. Zhai, J. S. Linsey, M. L. Shofner, T. M. Orlando, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Performance of Electrodynamic Dust Shields with Functional Surface Coatings for Lunar Dust Mitigation“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 238, Part A, pp. 398-413, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.08.057
  7. Ö. Akay, M. Monfort-Castillo, T. St. Francis, S. Saravanabavan, Á. Romero-Calvo*, K. Brinkert*, “Magnetically induced convection enhances water electrolysis in microgravity“, Nat. Chem., Vol. 17, pp. 1673–1679, 2025, doi: 10.1038/s41557-025-01890-0
  8. E. Comstock, H. Chen, T. Hu, Á. Romero-Calvo, “On the Feasibility of Spherical Magnetic Liquid Mirror Telescopes”, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 230, pp. 30-38, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.066
  9. S. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Characterization of a Phase-Change Propellant Management Device”, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 228, No. 3, pp. 842-852, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.12.035
  10. S. Hart, C. Awald, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Magnetohydrodynamically Pumped Liquid Metal Loops for CubeSat Thermal Control“, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 239, 126552, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126552
  11. M. Nayak, D. Brousseau, A. Childers, T. Hisakado, K. Kadala, R. Kamire, Y. Li, D. Mariappan, G. Radighieri, Á. Romero-Calvo, N. Rowlands, P. Schroeder, G. Tarkenton, S. Thibault, D. Vollmer, S. Basu, and K. Iyer, “Zenith: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s liquid mirror telescope program“, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 10, No. 4, 044013, 2024, doi: 10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.044013
  12. S. Hart, E. Sánchez, H. Malik, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Neutral Buoyancy Testing of Low-Gravity Fluid Management“, AIAA Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 858-863, 2024, doi: 10.2514/1.J063601
  13. S. Hart, G. Lightsey, Á. Romero-Calvo, “Thermoelectromagnetic SmallSat Propellant Positioning“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 214, pp. 427-438, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.007
  14. Á. Romero-Calvo, K. Champion, H. Schaub, “Enabling Ultraviolet Lasers for Touchless Spacecraft Potential Sensing“, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 2468-2481, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPS.2023.3264914
  15. J. Hammerl, A. López, Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Touchless potential sensing of differentially-charged spacecraft using x-rays“, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2022, doi : 10.2514/1.A35492
  16. Á. Romero-Calvo, V. Urbanskiy, V. Yudintsev, H. Schaub, V. Trushlyakov, “Novel strategies for liquid rocket engine restart in microgravity“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 202, pp. 214-228, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.10.012
  17. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. Ömer, H. Schaub, and K. Brinkert. “Magnetic phase separation in microgravity“, npj Microgravity, Vol. 8, No. 32, 2022, doi: 10.1038/s41526-022-00212-9
  18. Á. Romero-Calvo, M. Herrada, G. Cano-Gómez, H. Schaub, “Fully Coupled Interface-Tracking Model for Axisymmetric Ferrohydrodynamic Flows“, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 111, pp. 836-861, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.apm.2022.06.046
  19. Á. Romero-Calvo, Hammerl J, H. Schaub, “Touchless potential sensing of differentially-charged spacecraft using secondary electrons“, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp.1623-1633, 2022, doi: 10.2514/1.A35355
  20. K. Wilson, Á. Romero-Calvo, H. Schaub, “Constrained Guidance for Spacecraft Proximity Operations Under Electrostatic Perturbations“, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 1304-1316, 2022, doi: 10.2514/1.A35162
  21. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. García-Salcedo, F. Garrone, I. Rivoalen, F. Maggi, “Lateral and axisymmetric ferrofluid oscillations in a cylindrical tank in microgravity“, AIAA Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 2707-2712, 2022, doi: 10.2514/1.J061351
  22. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, H. Schaub, “Simulation and uncertainty quantification of electron beams in active spacecraft charging scenarios“, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 739-750, 2022. doi: 10.2514/1.A35190
  23. K. Wilson, Á. Romero-Calvo, M. Bengtson, J. Hammerl, J. Maxwell, H. Schaub, “Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 194, pp. 48-58, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.12.037
  24. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, H. Schaub, “Diamagnetically enhanced electrolysis and phase separation in low-gravity“, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 59-72, 2022. doi: 10.2514/1.A35021
  25. G. Cano-Gómez, Á. Romero-Calvo (eq. contr. auth.), “Comment on The magnetic body force in ferrofluids“, IOP Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 55, pp. 128002, 2022. doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac4180
  26. Á. Romero-Calvo, F. Garrone, A. García-Salcedo, I. Rivoalen, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, F. Maggi, “Free surface reconstruction of opaque liquids in microgravity. Part 2: Drop tower campaign“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 189, pp. 269-277, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.07.020
  27. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. García-Salcedo, F. Garrone, I. Rivoalen, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, F. Maggi, “Free surface reconstruction of opaque liquids in microgravity. Part 1: Design and on-ground testing“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 189, pp. 250–259, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.08.029
  28. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, T. Hermans, L. Parrilla Benítez, M. Herrada, E. Castro-Hernández, “Axisymmetric ferrofluid oscillations in a cylindrical tank in microgravity“, Microgravity Science and Technology, Vol. 33, Num. 50, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s12217-021-09894-4
  29. Á. Romero-Calvo, F. Maggi, H. Schaub, “Magnetic Positive Positioning: Toward the application in space propulsion“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 187, pp. 348-361, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.06.045
  30. Á. Romero-Calvo, A. García-Salcedo, F. Garrone, I. Rivoalen, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, M. Herrada, F. Maggi, “StELIUM: A student experiment to investigate the sloshing of magnetic liquids in microgravity“, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 173,pp. 344-355 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.04.013
  31. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, T. Hermans, L. Parrilla Benítez, M. Herrada, E. Castro-Hernández, “Total magnetic force on a ferrofluid droplet in microgravity“, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 117, pp. 110-124, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2020.110124
  32. Á. Romero-Calvo, G. Cano-Gómez, E. Castro-Hernández, F. Maggi, “Free and forced oscillations of magnetic liquids under low-gravity conditions“, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 82, Num. 2, pp. 021010, 2020. doi: 10.1115/1.4045620
  33. A.M. Gañán-Calvo, K. Hnatkova, Á. Romero-Calvo, J. Fajardo-López, M. Malik, “Risk stratifiers for arrhythmic and non-arrhythmic mortality after acute myocardial infarction“, Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, pp. 9897, 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28327-8

Other contributions

  1. “Embarking on a new decade of space exploration research“, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, AIAA Year In Review, Microgravity and Space Processes Technical Committee, December 2024
  2. Egle Cekanaviciute et al., “NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Outreach for the Next Decade”, Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Research in Space 2023-2032, 2021