Journal Articles

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  1. 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 and Degradation of Electrodynamic Dust Shielding Devices for Lunar Dust Mitigation”, Acta Astronautica, under review
  2. Á. Romero-Calvo, P. Capobianchi, “Ferrofluids for Space Applications”, “2025 Roadmap on Materials Development and Utilization in Space”, JPhys Materials, under review
  3. Ö. Akay, M. Monfort-Castillo, Theo St. Francis, S. Saravanabavan, Á. Romero-Calvo*, K. Brinkert*, “Efficient Electrochemical Water-Splitting in Microgravity Environment”, Nature Chemistry, under review
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Michael Nayak, Denis Brousseau, Amanda Childers, Tomu Hisakado, Kristyn Kadala, Rebecca Kamire, Yifan Li, Dhanushkodi Mariappan, Greg Radighieri, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, Neil Rowlands, Paul Schroeder, Grey Tarkenton, Simon Thibault, Devin Vollmer, Santanu Basu, and Kaushik 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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