Ricardo Vinuesa

Associate Professor, Docent

Phone: +46 8 790 67 70

Fax: +46 8 796 98 50

E-mail: rvinuesa@mech.kth.se

Room: 2715 Osquars backe 18

Education

2020 Docent in Fluid Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

2009 – 2013 PhD Mech. and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA

2008 – 2009 MS Mech. and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA

2004 – 2009 BS Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain

Professional History

2022 – Lead Faculty, KTH Climate Action Centre

2020 – Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

2020 – Vice Director of KTH Digitalization Platform

2017 – 2020 Assistant Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

2014 – 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

2013 – 2014 R&D Engineer, Aries, Altair-Airbus, Madrid, Spain

2009 – 2013 Research Associate, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA

Selected Awards

2022 PI, ERC Consolidator Grant (European Research Council): "DEEPCONTROL – Discovering novel control strategies for turbulent wings through deep reinforcement learning"

2022 Young Scientist Award, International Sustainable Aviation and Energy Research Society (SARES)

2020 Göran Gustafsson Foundation Award to Young Researchers

2020 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

2019 PI, Swedish Research Council (VR): "WINGTIP – Towards higher aerodynamic efficiency through
high-fidelity simulations of wing-tip vortices"

2015 PI, Swedish Research Council (VR): “New aircraft design paths through control of turbulence”

2013 Best-rated Lecturer in MMAE Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

2010 Best Academic Record in Mechanical Engineering, UPV, Spain