Media Mentions

Articles

  1. “How magnets could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars“, Andrew Jones, space.com, September 2025
  2. “Science for All: Magnets deliver shot in the arm for making oxygen in space“, Priyali Prakash, The Hindu, August 2025
  3. “A new method for producing oxygen using magnets“, Matthew Willians, Universe Today, August 2025
  4. “El ingeniero español que con un puñado de imanes hará que respiremos en Marte“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, August 2025
  5. “Magnets could be simple way to enhance oxygen generation on a mission to Mars“, Julia Robinson, Chemistry World, August 2025
  6. “Seeking the Ultimate in Marine Stealth: DARPA Pursues Quest to Finally Make Magnetohydrodynamic Drive a Practical Reality“, Magnetics Magazine, August 2025
  7. “Magnets could improve oxygen production in space“, Carolyn Wilke, Chemical & Engineering News, August 2025
  8. “Low-power magnetic system could improve oxygen generation for deep space missions“, Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, August 2025
  9. “Everyday magnets could be the surprising key to producing oxygen In space“, Alfredo Carpineti, IFLScience, August 2025
  10. “How off-the-shelf magnets could boost oxygen production in space“, Scimex, August 2025
  11. “Un avance magnético hacia la producción eficiente de oxígeno en el espacio“, Manuela Núñez, Diario de Sevilla, August 2025
  12. “Using magnetism for more efficient oxygen production in space“, Lisa Lock and Rober Egan, Phys.org, August 2025
  13. “Astronauts need oxygen. Magnets could help“, Emily Conover, Science News, August 2025
  14. “Brunswick eighth grader named a finalist in USM science competition“, The Times Record, April 2025
  15. “La Luna, Campo de Pruebas para la Conquista de Marte“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, February 2025
  16. “Liquid Mirrors Can Only Point Straight Up. Could Magnets Solve This Problem?“, Brian Koberlein, Universe Today, February 2025
  17. “La idea del ingeniero granadino que será clave para los viajes humanos a Marte“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, May 2024
  18. “Low-Gravity Fluid Mechanics in the Artemis Era“, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, AAS Space Times, February 2023
  19. “Pulling Oxygen with Magnets“, Michael Abrams, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, October 2022
  20. “Cómo los imanes podrían ayudarnos a respirar en el espacio“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, August 2022
  21. “Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water“, Tatyana Woodall, Popular Science, August 2022
  22. “Future Astronauts May Breathe Easier in Space Thanks to Magnets“, Maddie Bender, Daily Beast, August 2022
  23. “In a first, researchers produce oxygen from magnets for space exploration“, Loukia Papadopoulos, Interesting Engineering, August 2022
  24. “Chemistry breakthrough extracts oxygen from water using magnets“, Nick Lavars, August 2022
  25. “La nueva batalla por el despegue del turismo espacial“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, July 2021
  26. “La Luna podría ser una gasolinera para llegar a Marte“, Irene Hernández Velasco, El Mundo, April 2021
  27. “Un experimento espacial con talento de Granada“, Jorge Pastor, Ideal de Granada, March 2021
  28. “No nací queriendo ser astronauta, pero mi carrera me ha llevado a dedicarme a la ingeniería espacial“, G. Cappa, Granada Hoy, March 2021
  29. “La Luna será una ’gasolinera’ camino de Marte“, Montserrat Baldomà, El Periódico de Cataluña, March 2021
  30. “Extraer hidrógeno y oxígeno del agua con imanes: el experimento de un ingeniero español viaja al espacio“, Patricia Biosca, Diario ABC, March 2021
  31. “DropTES 6th Cycle: Diary“, UNOOSA DropTES Program, January 2020
  32. “StELIUM: Unveiling the physics behind magnetic liquid sloshing in microgravity”, SELGRA Newsletter, January 2020
  33. “Un granadino en la cantera de la NASA“, Jorge Pastor, Ideal de Granada, August 2019
  34. “Un trozo de basura espacial de 1 cm es tan potente como una granada de mano“, Antonio Villareal, El Confidencial, August 2019
  35. “Team of students win fellowship from UN to study sloshing“, Politecnico di Milano, May 2019
  36. “Drop Your Thesis! 2017 Team The Ferros kicking off at ESA Training Week”, SELGRA Newsletter, February 2017

TV / YouTube Interviews

  1. “Can we solve liquid mirror telescopes’ biggest issue?“, Fraser Cain YouTube Channel, April, 2025
  2. “Fluids Get Really Weird In Space [NIAC 2024]“, Fraser Cain YouTube Channel, July 2024
  3. Regular program, Con-Ciencia, Canal Sur TV, March 2021
  4. Live TV interview, Informativos Granada, Canal Sur T, March 2021
  5. Live TV interview, Despierta Andalucía, Canal Sur TV, March 2021
  6. Regular program, Universidad de Sevilla TV, November 2017

Radio Interviews

  1. Live radio interview, La Tarde de COPE, August 2025
  2. “Turismo especial, ¿ecológico?”, José Antonio González Martínez, Capital Radio, July 2021
  3. Live radio interview, A Golpe de Bit, Radio Exterior, April 2021
  4. Live radio interview, La Noche de COPE, April 2021
  5. Live radio interview, Radio Nacional de España, March 2021
  6. “Un experimento del ingeniero español Álvaro Romero se instalará en el cohete New Shepard de Blue Origin”, Marcos Ruiz, Ágora Radio, March 2021
  7. Live radio interview, Canal Sur Radio, March 2017

Press notes

  1. “Magnets propel scientists towards more efficient oxygen production in space“, University of Warwick, August 2025
  2. “New Research Enhances Oxygen Production for Space Missions“, Kelsey Gulledge and Jasmin Plättner, Georgia Tech Aerospace, August 2025
  3. “Transforming space life support systems with magnets“, Ömer Akay, Katharina Brinkert, Álvaro Romero-Calvo, Nature Communities, August 2025
  4. “Georgia Tech CubeSat Propellant Innovation Set to Transform Space Missions“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, January 2025
  5. “Team OARS Voted Best Aerospace Engineering Project at Spring 2024 Capstone Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2024
  6. “NASA Selects Professor Álvaro Romero-Calvo to Study New Magnetohydrodynamic Technology“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, January 2024
  7. “AE a Major Force in the Field of Gravitational and Space Research“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, December 2023
  8. “AE Winning Capstone Team Will Unlock the Mysteries of Venus“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, December 2023
  9. “Tapping Into the Potential on the Moon“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, October 2023
  10. “Georgia Tech Dominates at the 2023 AIAA Undergraduate Space Design Competition“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, August 2023
  11. “Team LOTUS Rises to the Finals in Prestigious NASA Competition“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  12. “Team TRTL Takes Home the Best AE Project from the Capstone Design Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  13. “Team OPOSSUM Rises to the Top as the Best Aerospace Engineering Project at the Fall Capstone Expo“, Georgia Tech Aerospace, April 2023
  14. “Making oxygen with magnets could help astronauts breathe easy“, University of Warwick, August 2022
  15. “Aerospace PhD research proposes better way to keep astronauts breathing in space“, Jeff Zehnder, CU Boulder, August 2022
  16. “Sauerstoffextraktion Per Magnetismus“, Jasmin Plättner, ZARM Institute, August 2022
  17. “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
  18. “Un experimento del ingeniero aeroespacial Álvaro Romero Calvo viajará en el cohete New Shepard de Blue Origin“, La Caixa Foundation, March 2021
  19. “PhD student wins suborbital research launch competition“, Jeff Zehnder, CU Boulder, March 2021
  20. “Estudiantes de la Universidad de Sevilla ejecutan su experimento en la torre de microgravedad de Bremen“, Universidad de Sevilla, November 2019
  21. “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
  22. “Dos estudiantes de la US seleccionados para el programa Drop Your Thesis! 2017 de la Agencia Espacial Europea“, Universidad de Sevilla, February 2017
  23. Two teams selected for Drop Your Thesis! 2017, European Space Agency, January 2017