PhD Student in Plasma Physics
Aeronautical Engineer
Research interests:
| Basic: | plasma physics, fluid dynamics, turbulence |
| Applied: | energy, fusion, tokamaks, propulsion sys. |
| Others: | disruptive transportation concepts |
I am a PhD Student at the Department of Theoretical Physics
in the University of Oxford. I graduated in Aeronautical Engineering
from Imperial College London in 2018. My experience through Rolls-Royce PLC,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEA Cadarache has led me to pursue a career in plasma physics.
I have many interests in Humanities as well. Ask me!
Conveying information in a simple and intuitive manner can be a challenge in our field. I have archived some the documents I have employed over the last few years here. Feel free to use them as you see fit.
It is never easy to tackle a new subject for the first time. A well thought list of references is always useful.
P. Helander and D. Sigmar, Collisional transport in magnetized plasmas, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
J. Wesson, Tokamaks, Oxford University Press, 2011.
W.D. D'haeseleer et al. Flux Coordinates and Magnetic Field Structure, Springer, 1991.
P.M. Morse and H. Feshbach Methods of Theoretical Physics, McGraw-Hill, 1953.
J.D. Anderson, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics SI, McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.
S.B. Pope, Turbulent Flows, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
W.K. George, Lectures in Turbulence for the 21st Century, Lecture Notes, 2013.
P. Moin, Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Mario Merino, Javier Maurino, Eduardo Ahedo. "Kinetic electron model for plasma thruster plumes", Plasma Sources Science and Technology 27, 035013 (2018). DOI
Mario Merino, Javier Maurino, Eduardo Ahedo. "Direct-Vlasov Study of Electron Cooling Mechanisms in Paraxial, Unmagnetized Plasma Thruster Plumes", 35th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2017-104 (2017). PDF
Javier Maurino, D. Cava Pina. "Propulsion systems for IMPSAR, a SAR imaging CubeSat". 7th European CubeSat Symposium (2015).