Antonio Soria Verdugo
Associate Professor
Contact
Address: Av. de la Universidad, 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid
Office: 1.1.D.14
Phone: +34 91 624 8465
Email: asoria@ing.uc3m.es
Education
- Mechanical engineering (University Carlos III of Madrid) in 2006.
- Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Master (University Carlos III of Madrid) in 2008.
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering (University Carlos III of Madrid) in 2010.
PhD thesis: Motion of objects immersed in a bubbling fluidized bed
Awards
- Excellence Award for Young Researchers granted by University Carlos III of Madrid (2020). Prize: 30000 €.
- Fellow of the Fulbright progam 2019. Research stay of 4 months at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) programmed for 2021.
- Fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Program: Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists (2019).
- Best Paper Award of the 21st International Conference on Biomass Technologies and Biomass Conversion (2019).
- Best Paper Award of the 19th International Conference on Waste Minimization and Postharvest Engineering (2017).
- Excellence Award. Carlos III University of Madrid. Category: Former Students (2015).
- Outstanding Thesis Awards (2010).
- Best student record of the Master of Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics (2008).
Supervisor of PhD Thesis
- “Experimental study and Monte Carlo modeling of object motion in a bubbling fluidized bed” Author: Luis Miguel García Gutierrez. Carlos III University of Madrid. 2014.
- “Modelling and experimental investigation on the processes involved in the indirect solar drying of Granny Smith apples” Author: Lucia Blanco Cano. University Carlos III of Madrid. 2016.
- “Experimental optimization of Cynara Cardunculus L. and sewage sludge pyrolysis in a fluidized bed reactor” Author: Andrés Morato Godino. University Carlos III of Madrid. 2020.
Supervisor of Research Stays of International PhD Students at UC3M
- Kelly Roberta de Palma, University of Campinas (Brazil). Research stay at Carlos III University from Sep. 2017 to Apr. 2018 (7 months).
- Bouzid Latifa, Oran University of Science and Technology (Algelia). Research stay at Carlos III University from Jan. 2019 to Feb. 2019 (1 month).
- Kolsoom Azizi, AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran (Iran). Research stay at Carlos III University from May 2019 to Jul. 2019 (3 months).
List of Publications
- List of publications of Antonio Soria-Verdugo in JCR Journals
- List of publications of Antonio Soria-Verdugo in international conferences
Research Stays
Chalmers University of Technology
Department of Energy Conversion Göteborg, Sweden (Jan. 2008 – Apr. 2008) (August 2015)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt
Department of Chemical Kinetics Stuttgart, Germany (Jun. 2014 – Sep. 2014) (Jun. 2016 – Sep. 2016) (Jun. 2018 – Sep. 2018)
Bristol University
Department of Mechanical Engineering Bristol, Great Britain (September 2016)
Technische Universität Graz – TU Graz
Institute of Thermal Engineering
Graz, Austria
(April 2018)
VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Combustion Processes
Jyväskylä, Finland
(April 2019)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Stockholm, Sweden (October 2019)
Research Lines
Motion in the dense bed
Motion in the freeboard
Neglecting wall friction
Considering wall friction
More information: ISE Research Group website
More information: ISE Research Group website
Teaching Activities
- Thermodynamics.
- Thermal Engineering.
- Heat and Mass Transfer.
- Renewable Energy.
Profesional Activities
- 2005–2007: BESEL, S.A, Project Engineer in the Research & Development Department (Madrid, Spain).
- 2007–Present: Carlos III University, Department of Thermal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics (Madrid, Spain).