Media Mentions

Articles

  1. “Magnets could be simple way to enhance oxygen generation on a mission to Mars“, Julia Robinson, Chemistry World, August 2025
  2. “Seeking the Ultimate in Marine Stealth: DARPA Pursues Quest to Finally Make Magnetohydrodynamic Drive a Practical Reality” Magnetics Magazine, August 2025.
  3. “Magnets could improve oxygen production in space“, Carolyn Wilke, Chemical & Engineering News, August 2025.
  4. “Low-power magnetic system could improve oxygen generation for deep space missions“, Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, August 2025.
  5. “Everyday Magnets Could Be The Surprising Key To Producing Oxygen In Space“, Alfredo Carpineti, IFLScience, August 2025
  6. “How off-the-shelf magnets could boost oxygen production in space“, Scimex, August 2025
  7. “Un avance magnético hacia la producción eficiente de oxígeno en el espacio“, Manuela Núñez, Diario de Sevilla, August 2025
  8. “Using magnetism for more efficient oxygen production in space“, Lisa Lock and Rober Egan, Phys.org, August 2025
  9. “Astronauts need oxygen. Magnets could help“, Emily Conover, Science News, August 2025
  10. “Transforming space life support systems with magnets“, Ömer Akay, Katharina Brinkert, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, Nature Communities, August 2025
  11. “Magnets propel scientists towards more efficient oxygen production in space“, University of Warwick, August 2025
  12. “New Research Enhances Oxygen Production for Space Missions“, Kelsey Gulledge and Jasmin Plättner, GT Aerospace, August 2025
  13. “Can we solve liquid mirror telescopes’ biggest issue?“, Fraser Cain YouTube Channel, April, 2025
  14. “La Luna, Campo de Pruebas para la Conquista de Marte“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, February 2025
  15. “Georgia Tech CubeSat Propellant Innovation Set to Transform Space Missions“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, January 2025
  16. “Embarking on a new decade of space exploration research“, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, AIAA Year In Review, Microgravity and Space Processes Technical Committee, December 2024
  17. “Fluids Get Really Weird In Space [NIAC 2024]“, Fraser Cain YouTube Channel, July 2024
  18. “La idea del ingeniero granadino que será clave para los viajes humanos a Marte“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, May 2024
  19. “Team OARS Voted Best Aerospace Engineering Project at Spring 2024 Capstone Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2024
  20. “NASA Selects Professor Álvaro Romero-Calvo to Study New Magnetohydrodynamic Technology“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, January 2024
  21. “AE a Major Force in the Field of Gravitational and Space Research“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, December 2023
  22. “AE Winning Capstone Team Will Unlock the Mysteries of Venus“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, December 2023
  23. “Tapping Into the Potential on the Moon“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, October 2023
  24. “Georgia Tech Dominates at the 2023 AIAA Undergraduate Space Design Competition“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, August 2023
  25. “Team LOTUS Rises to the Finals in Prestigious NASA Competition“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  26. “Team TRTL Takes Home the Best AE Project from the Capstone Design Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  27. “Team OPOSSUM Rises to the Top as the Best Aerospace Engineering Project at the Fall Capstone Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  28. “Low-Gravity Fluid Mechanics in the Artemis Era“, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, AAS Space Times, February 2023
  29. “Pulling Oxygen with Magnets“, Michael Abrams, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Oct. 26, 2022
  30. “Cómo los imanes podrían ayudarnos a respirar en el espacio“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, August 2022
  31. “Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water“, Tatyana Woodall, Popular Science, August 2022
  32. “Future Astronauts May Breathe Easier in Space Thanks to Magnets“, Maddie Bender, Daily Beast, August 2022
  33. “In a first, researchers produce oxygen from magnets for space exploration“, Loukia Papadopoulos, Interesting Engineering, August 2022
  34. “Sauerstoffextraktion Per Magnetismus“, Jasmin Plättner, ZARM Institute, August 2022
  35. “Chemistry breakthrough extracts oxygen from water using magnets“, Nick Lavars, August 2022
  36. “Making oxygen with magnets could help astronauts breathe easy“, University of Warwick, August 2022
  37. “Aerospace PhD research proposes better way to keep astronauts breathing in space“, Jeff Zehnder, CU Boulder, August 2022
  38. “La nueva batalla por el despegue del turismo espacial“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, July 2021
  39. “El experimento de Álvaro Romero Calvo será el próximo pasajero del cohete New Shepard de Blue Origin“, Asociación de becarios La Caixa, La Caixa Foundation, April 2021
  40. “La Luna podría ser una gasolinera para llegar a Marte“, Irene Hernández Velasco, El Mundo, April 2021
  41. “Un experimento espacial con talento de Granada“, Jorge Pastor, Ideal de Granada, March 2021
  42. “No nací queriendo ser astronauta, pero mi carrera me ha llevado a dedicarme a la ingeniería espacial“, G. Cappa, Granada Hoy, March 2021
  43. “La Luna será una ’gasolinera’ camino de Marte“, Montserrat Baldomà, El Periódico de Cataluña, March 2021
  44. “Extraer hidrógeno y oxígeno del agua con imanes: el experimento de un ingeniero español viaja al espacio“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, March 2021
  45. “Un experimento del ingeniero aeroespacial Álvaro Romero Calvo viajará en el cohete New Shepard de Blue Origin“, La Caixa Foundation, March 2021
  46. “PhD student wins suborbital research launch competition“, Jeff Zehnder, CU Boulder, March 2021
  47. “DropTES 6th Cycle: Diary“, UNOOSA DropTES Program, January 2020
  48. “StELIUM: Unveiling the physics behind magnetic liquid sloshing in microgravity”, SELGRA Newsletter, January 2020
  49. “Estudiantes de la Universidad de Sevilla ejecutan su experimento en la torre de microgravedad de Bremen“, Universidad de Sevilla, November 2019
  50. “Un granadino en la cantera de la NASA“, Jorge Pastor, Ideal de Granada, August 2019
  51. “Un trozo de basura espacial de 1 cm es tan potente como una granada de mano“, Antonio Villareal, El Confidencial, August 2019
  52. “Dos estudiantes de la US seleccionados para el programa DropTES de la Oficina de Naciones Unidas para Asuntos del Espacio Exterior (UNOOSA)”, Universidad de Sevilla, May 2019
  53. “Team of students win fellowship from UN to study sloshing“, Politecnico di Milano, May 2019
  54. “Drop Your Thesis! 2017 Team The Ferros kicking off at ESA Training Week”, SELGRA Newsletter, February 2017
  55. “Dos estudiantes de la US seleccionados para el programa Drop Your Thesis! 2017 de la Agencia Espacial Europea“, Universidad de Sevilla, February 2017

TV Interviews

  1. Regular program, Con-Ciencia, Canal Sur TV, March 2021
  2. Live TV interview, Informativos Granada, Canal Sur T, March 2021
  3. Live TV interview, Despierta Andalucía, Canal Sur TV, March 2021
  4. Regular program, Universidad de Sevilla TV, November 2017

Radio Interviews

  1. “Turismo especial, ¿ecológico?”, José Antonio González Martínez, Capital Radio, July 2021
  2. Live radio interview, A Golpe de Bit, Radio Exterior, April 2021
  3. Live radio interview, La Noche de COPE, April 2021
  4. Live radio interview, Radio Nacional de España, March 2021
  5. “Un experimento del ingeniero español Álvaro Romero se instalará en el cohete New Shepard de Blue Origin”, Marcos Ruiz, Ágora Radio, March 2021
  6. Live radio interview, Canal Sur Radio, March 2017