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Eduardo Ahedo

Chair of Excellence as Professor of Aerospace Engineering at UC3M

UC3M

Areas of expertise

  • - Electric space propulsion, with relevant contributions in the physical understanding of different electromagnetic thrusters, such as Hall effect thrusters, helicon plasma thrusters, magnetic nozzles, and electrodynamic tethers.

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About me

Eduardo Ahedo holds a Chair of Excellence as Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He is currently Chairman of the Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering Department and was a Fulbright Scholar at MIT. He has published about 180 papers and participated in numerous projects for national and international agencies, such as the EU Framework Programs, the European Space Agency, and the USAF Office for Research.