PC Iberia Meeting
About the Meeting
The ERCOFTAC Iberian Pilot Centre Meeting brings together leading research groups and industry partners in fluid mechanics and turbulence. The event provides a focused forum to showcase ongoing work and strengthen connections across the Iberian community.
Objectives
- Provide an overview of research activities across Iberian institutions
- Foster collaboration between academia and industry
- Promote participation in ERCOFTAC initiatives and activities
- Strengthen and expand the network
10:00 - 10:20 Welcome & overview of PC Iberia activities
10:20 - 11:20 Technical Presentations (I)
11:20 - 11:50 Coffee break
11:50 - 13:10 Technical Presentations (II)
13:10 - 14:10 Lunch
14:10 - 15:30 Technical Presentations (III)
15:30 - 16:00 Round table discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break & networking (closing)
16:30 - 17:30 PC Steering committee meeting
Technical Presentations (I)
10:00 - 10:20 | PC Iberia | Organizers | Welcome & overview of PC Iberia |
10:20 - 10:40 | UC3M | Stefano Discetti | Recent advances in flow measurement, characterization and control at UC3M |
10:40 - 11:00 | UPM | Daniel Rodríguez / Gonzalo Rubio | Lines of research in Aerodynamics, Aeroacoustics, CFD and modelling at ETSIAE-UPM |
11:00 - 11:20 | CIMNE | Juan Gimenez | Multiscale simulation of turbulent and particulate flows. Towards quantum computing acceleration. |
Technical Presentations (II)
11:50 - 12:10 | UPC | Ivette Rodriguez | Advances in Flow, Turbulence, and Combustion research at UPC: Focus on how simulations |
12:10 - 12:30 | UJAEN | Javier Ruiz Rus / Carlos García Baena | FSI and Wake Dynamics: From Bluff Rigid Bodies to Deformable Interfaces |
12:30 - 12:50 | BSC | Oriol Lehmkuhl | TOWARDS High-Order Spectral Element Methods for Robust Compressible-Flow Simulations on GPUs |
12:50 - 13:10 | UDC | Xesús Nogueira / Félix Nieto | Experiences in computational fluid mechanics applications from the Universidad de A Coruña |
Technical Presentations (III)
14:10 - 14:30 | UGR | Manuel Lorite Díez | Adaptive solutions for bluff body wakes |
14:30 - 14:50 | UPV | Sergio Hoyas Calvo / Roberto Navarro | Explaining turbulence with Explainable Artificial Intelligence / Experimental testing and numerical |
14:50 - 15:10 | URJC | Jorge Saavedra | Shaping Flows: Active Aerodynamics, Advanced Simulation and Experimental Aerothermal Research |
15:10 - 15:30 | INTA | Carlos Sanmiguel | Estimation, modeling, and control of complex flows using data-driven techniques |
15:30 - 16:00 | ---- Round table ---- | ||
pc_iberia_meeting_2026_-_programme.pdf
Participation
- Open to researchers and professionals from academy and industry
- No registration fee
- Number of attendants is limited
- Interested in participating are encouraged to contact the organizers
Stefano Discetti (UC3M) - stefano.discetti@uc3m.es
Juan M. Gimenez (CIMNE) - jmgimenez@cimne.upc.edu
DanielRodriguez (UPM) - daniel.rodriguez@upm.es
Event Leaflet
Pilot Centres
Special Interest Groups
Knowledge Base Wiki
ERCOFTAC Membership