Education

PhD theses

• Xavier Sáez (2016). “Particle-in-Cell Algorithms for Plasma Simulations on Heterogeneous Architectures”.
  Supervisors: José María Cela (UPC, Spain) and Alejandro Soba (CSC/CONICET, Argentina)
   
• Daniel Gallart (in progress, expected to finish in 2019). “Heating and fast ion physics in thermonuclear plasmas”.
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain) and Prof. Lluís Batet (UPC, Spain)
   
• Allah Rakha (in progress, expected to finish in 2019). “Analysis of energetic particle-driven Alfvenic instabilities in tokamak and stellarator plasmas using three dimensional numerical tools.”
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain)

MSc theses

• Daniel Gallart (2015). “Computational Analysis of Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency Heating for DEMO”.
  Programme: Nuclear Engineering Master Course at UPC, Spain.
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain)
   
• Carles Riera (2016). “Development of a Deterministic Neutron Transport Code Based on the Alya System at Barcelona Supercomputing Center”.
  Programme: Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain) and Prof. Lluís Batet (UPC, Spain)
   
• Felipe Nathan de Oliveira (2017). “Non linear electromagnetic stabilization of microturbulence by fast ions” .
  Programme: Nuclear Engineering Master Course at UPC, Spain.
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain).
   
• Marc Eixarch (2017). “Atomistic ab-initio simulations of defects in materials under extreme conditions”.
  Programme: Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.
  Supervisor: Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC/ICREA, Spain) and Dr. Stephan Mohr (BSC, Spain).