Astronomical Instrumentation; Device Physics; Instrumentation for space physics and radio astronomy; Plasma Physics; Applied Electromagnetics, Very small satellite technology

4 Postdocs
1) From 08/2024 to present Joaquin Diaz
2) From 08/2024 to present Matias Vidal
3) From 11/2023 to 09/2024. Sofia Vargas.
4) From 03/2012 to 03/2014 Richard Querel

6 Directed and Finalized Ph.D. Theses

1) 08/2024 Elias Obreque. Solid Propellant Engine Arrangement for the Moon Soft Landing Problem: Study of Attitude Requirements and Design of the trajectory Control System. Currently Post Doc at Northumbria University, UK.
2) 07/2023 Matias Vidal. Development and analysis of a localization methodology for femto-satellites using two CubeSats in space. Currently at SPEL- U. Chile, Chile.
3) 05/2023 Samuel Gutierrez. Developing and testing an ultra-low-cost star tracker for attitude determination of nanosatellites. Currently at SPEL- U. Chile, Chile.
4) 03/2023 Juan Carlos Valdes. Degradation of the global navigation satellite system positioning accuracy caused by ionospheric disturbance sources. Currently at SPEL- U. Chile, Chile.
5) 01/2022 Nanosatellite constellations control framework using evolutionary contact plan design and command architecture flight software. Carlos Gonzalez. Currently at DLR, Germany.
6) 04/2019 Miguel Martinez-Ledesma. Ionospheric analysis using incoherent radar and in-situ measurements. Currently at NASA Goddard, USA.

8 Directed and Finalized M.Sc. Theses
1) 12/2021 Rodrigo Silva. PCR3BP Problem: Transfer orbit evaluation from LEO orbit to lunar orbit of a six units Cubesat satellite. Currently CCTVal Center, Valparaiso, Chile.
2) 12/2020 Cristobal Garrido. Led-based sun photometer network for dynamic AOD characterization. Currently pursuing PhD degree at USC, USA.
3) 08/2020 Roberto Aguirre. Diseño y evaluación de radar de nubes de onda continúa modulado en frecuencia de bajo costo a 35 Ghz.
4) 05/2019 José Ogalde. Diseño e implementación de un experimento de electrónica fuera del equilibrio a bordo de un nanosatélite de baja órbita. Currently pursuing PhD studies at Max Planck Institute and Leibniz Universität Hannover.
5) 06/2017 Romina Arriaza Barriga. Implementation of synthetic scenarios for the study of the ambient noise tomography technique.
6) 06/2017 Felipe Toledo Bittner. Development of Low-Cost instruments for the measurement of atmospheric parameters. Finished PhD at École Polytechnique, Paris, France. Currently a Researcher at Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin (OVSQ)/CNRS, France.
7) 03/2017 Joaquin Diaz Peña. Cots based magneto-resistive magnetometer for 3U Cubesat platform and magnetospheric in situ measurements. Finished PhD at BU, USA. Currently at SPEL- U. Chile, Chile.
8) 04/2014 Francisco Reyes. New techniques for fast simulation of Semiconductor devices.

Directed 19 undergraduated theses.