SupervisoryTeam

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Alfonso Carlosena García

Supervisor Details

Email: alfonso.carlosena@unavarra.es

Organization Type: University

Organization Name: Public University of Navarre

Short Biography: Alfonso Carlosena obtained a degree in Physics with honors and a PhD from the University of Zaragoza in 1985 and 1989, respectively. From 1986 to 1992 he was Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza. In October 1992 he joined the Public University of Navarre, first as tenure track professor. In March 2000 he promoted to Full Professor in the Area of Signal Theory and Communications. He has also been a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich), visiting professor at the New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) from June to August 1999, also enjoying a sabbatical stay (2004-2005) at the Connection One Center of the Arizona State University. He is the author of over 150 scientific papers in indexed international journals in the areas of Microelectronics, Instrumentation and Signal Processing. He has supervised 12 doctoral theses. He is holder of 5 patents Regarding university management, he has been Rector at the Public University of Navarre from June 2015 to June 2019, having also held the position of Vice-Rector for Research in the two previous terms from 2007 to 2015. He was also director of the UPNa Research Transfer Office (OTRI) (1995-1999) and President of the Doctoral Commission (2000-2001). He has participated in two statutory commissions, 2003 and 2010, as member and president respectively

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Iban Latasa Zudaire

Co-Supervisor Details

Email: ilatasa@iedcompany.com

Organization Type: Non-academic institution

Organization Name: IED ELECTRONICS S.L.

Short Biography: Iban Latasa, got his degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Pública de Navarra in 2002, and the PhD in 2019. He has mainly worked in the Industrial sector. He is currently the R&D responsible at IED, a fast-growing local company that designs and commercializes electronic products. He has supervised two doctoral theses, which have been developed under the model of “industrial doctorates”, with agreements between the Universidad Pública de Navarra and IED.

Added Value: IED is a company which design electronic devices for OEMs, and also develops and commercializes its own products. The company is now strongly focused on the renewable energy market, giving solutions to both solar and wind markets. In particular, IED in collaboration with another Navarrian company, ARESSE, is designing and developing a family of products for condition monitoring of Wind Towers. A milestone of this project is the cooperation with the Universidad Publica de Navarra over ten years. For us, the University, the cooperation with the company has served to focus our research on problems that have a practical and commercial interest. We are sure this will be the case of the PhD project.

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Ixone Arroabarren Alemán

Other Co-Supervisor

Email: iarroabarrena@yahoo.es

Organization Type: Non-academic institution

Organization Name: DAS_NANO

Short Biography: Ixone got her PhD from the Universidad Publica de Navarra in 2004. Since then, she has worked in several companies in the area of electronics (home appliances) and biometrics.

Added Value: Das-Nano is a company founded in 2012, with a long track-record in scientific research, technological and international business. Based in Navarre and with 40% of the team holding a PhD, is developing cutting-edge solutions with terahertz-based technology. Their customer portfolio includes some of the major players in the automotive, aerospace and research materials industries. Ixone can expand the application field of the research, extend networking opportunities and reach relevant players in the international R&D arena.

ResearchGroup

Description: The group has been developing cutting-edge research for 25 years and transferring knowledge to companies in different sectors (Seiko Epson, Azkoyen, CASA, ESA, Antolin, Ingeteam, CEBI, Piher, etc). Its trajectory is supported by the recognition of the Spanish AEI as a Group of International Excellence and numerous high-impact publications and patents that place the group as an international reference. It is integrated into the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) and is made up of three full professors, five associate professors, and a senior lecturer, all from the area of Signal Theory and Communications. It also has two postdoctoral researchers and 6 predoctoral students. The activity focuses on three key areas: design of discrete and integrated (mainly analog), signal processing (with mechanical, biomedical and audio applications) and wireless communications. It maintains an intense international collaboration (Fraunhofer, ETH, ESA, NMSU, etc.) and encourages the mobility of researchers within the framework of these collaborations. The trajectory of the group has been consistently supported by funding from both public and private contracts, and resulted in a number of scientific articles, patents, thesis, etc, which can be consulted in: https://academicos.unavarra.es/CawDOS/jsf/seleccionPersonalEstamento/seleccionPersonal.jsf

ResearchLine

Description: Operational Modal Analysis of Wind Turbines in the Presence of Harmonics Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in wind turbines (WT) purports to detect and prevent not only catastrophic failures but also, and more importantly, to determine the Remaining Useful Life (RUL). The goal is to safely extend as much as possible the life of the structure and avoid the economic and environmental impact of repowering. Conventional Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) techniques for other structures are not of direct applications to WT, due to their rotating nature. In this research line we will explore and propose novel methodologies able to cope with such limitations. In particular we will investigate techniques to model and later remove harmonics generated by the rotor operation. We will particularly focus on techniques which can be amenable to a real time implementation in low power edge computing nodes. In particular, techniques based on the modification of Stochastic Subspace algorithms, incorporating the identified models of the harmonics, will be explored.

CareerDevelopment

Objectives

  • Increased employability in the non-academic sector
  • Building collaborative networks
  • Application of postdoctoral grants (MSCA, Juan de la Cierva, etc.)
  • Involvement in teaching, supervision, or mentoring

Expected Outputs

  • PhD defense
  • Application of grants (MSCA, Juan de la Cierva, etc.)
  • Publication of articles
  • Developing new products, solutions, or services
  • Attendance to international conferences

Training Skills

  • Time Management
  • Grant Writing
  • Communication to the civil society and public engagement
  • Open Science
  • Gender and diversity dimension of research
  • Ethics and Research Integrity
  • Intellectual Property
  • Research Valorization
  • Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence
  • Spanish
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