{"id":1606,"date":"2017-01-23T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/?page_id=1606"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:51:10","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education at Fusion Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>If you are interested in a student internship, research stay, supervised thesis project or any other arrangement involving a student at the Fusion Group at the Department of Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Please fill out the following <b><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Z8pNUF1cLvmtEQue6\">student expression of interest form<\/a><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">PhD theses<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Xavier S\u00e1ez (2016).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10803\/381258\">\u201cParticle-in-Cell Algorithms for Plasma Simulations on Heterogeneous Architectures\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cela (UPC, Spain)<br \/>\n<em>Co-Supervisor:<\/em> Alejandro Soba (CSC\/CONICET, Argentina)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Gallart (2019)<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/25868904\">\u201cComputational analysis of Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency Heating for JET Experiments\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain)<br \/>\n<em>Co-supervisor:<\/em> Prof. Llu\u00eds Batet (UPC, Spain)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allah Rakha (2019).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/futur.upc.edu\/25950909\">\u201cAnalysis of energetic particle-driven Alfv\u00e9nic instabilities in tokamak and stellarator plasmas using three dimensional numerical tools\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain)<br \/>\n<em>Co-supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Jean-Marie Noterdaeme (Ghent University, Belgium)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tomas Bensadon (2024).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Analysis-of-ICRF-schemes-for-tokamaks-using-predictive-integrated-plasma-modelling.pdf\">\u201cAnalysis of ITER performance with different heating schemes using predictive integrated plasma modelling\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain)<br \/>\n<em>Co-supervisor:<\/em> Prof. Llu\u00eds Batet (UPC, Spain)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">PhD students<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Aradi (2020-2022).<\/strong> &#8220;Atomic Beam Probe Synthetic Diagnostic And Its Application in Fusion Plasmas.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain)<br \/>\n<em>Co-supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Shimpei Futatani (UPC, Spain)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">MSc theses<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Daniel Gallart (2015).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/upcommons.upc.edu\/handle\/2117\/85835\">\u201cComputational Analysis of Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency Heating for DEMO\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Nuclear Engineering Master Course at UPC, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carles Riera (2016).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2072\/281265\">\u201cDevelopment of a Deterministic Neutron Transport Code Based on the Alya System at Barcelona Supercomputing Center\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain) and Prof. Llu\u00eds Batet (UPC, Spain)<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Felipe Nathan de Oliveira (2017).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/upcommons.upc.edu\/handle\/2117\/109786\">&#8220;Non linear electromagnetic stabilization of microturbulence by fast ions&#8221;<\/a> .<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Nuclear Engineering Master Course at UPC, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain).<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marc Eixarch (2017).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/meixarch_2017_msc_thesis.pdf\">\u201cAtomistic ab-initio simulations of defects in materials under extreme conditions\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain) and Dr. Stephan Mohr (BSC, Spain).<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong> Alba Gord\u00f3 (2018).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/agordo_2018_master_thesis.pdf\">\u201cComputational study of defects in tungsten-crystals by means of density functional theory\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain) and Dr. Stephan Mohr (BSC, Spain).<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong> Oriol Fern\u00e1ndez (2021).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/MasterThesis_Oriol_Fernandez.pdf\">&#8220;Experimental validation of a new HPC modelling tool for High Temperature Superconductivity&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisor:<\/em> Dr. Mervi Mantsinen (BSC\/ICREA, Spain) and Dr. Jose Lorenzo (BSC, Spain).<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pau Manyer (2024).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pau_MScThesis_2024.pdf\">&#8220;EQUILI module in ALYA: a free-boundary Grad-Shafranov equation solver using CutFEM&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Numerical Methods in Engineering at UPC, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Alejandro Soba, Alberto Garc\u00eda and Daniel Gallart.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hern\u00e1n Domingo (2024).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hernan_Domingo_Ramos_MSc_Thesis_manuscript_compressed.pdf\">&#8220;MAXWEL: FEM software module to compute EM fields within a magnetically confined fusion reactor&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physic at uGent, Belgium.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Alejandro Soba and Dani Gallart.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diego Bonato (2025).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bonato_Diego.pdf\">&#8220;AI-accelerated solution of Maxwell&#8217;s equations for the simulation of high-temperature superconductors dedicated to nuclear fusion&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Padova, Italy.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Mervi Mantsinen and Eduardo Cabrera.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Juan Manuel S\u00e1nchez Melian (2025).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1iwSU4RkFds58agZfiU5zOUyeft3TUGdF\/view?usp=sharing\">\u201cStudy of fixed and free boundaries cases using a plasma equilibrium module of Alya framework&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> Modelling for Science and Engineering at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Alejandro Soba and Eduardo Cabrera.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordi Ferr\u00e9 (2026).<\/strong> &#8220;Uncertainty quantification (UQ) and sensitivity analysis within a fusion code environment&#8221;.<br \/>\n<em>Programme:<\/em> European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physic at Czech Technical University at Prague, Czech Republic.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Alejandro Soba and Ezequiel Goldberg.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">BSc theses<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Marc Fuster (2018).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/mfuster_2018_bachelor_thesis.pdf\">\u201cApplication of the edge-based finite element method for fusion plasma simulations\u201d<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Degree:<\/em> Physics at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Shimpei Futatani and Daniel Campos.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric Planas (2020).<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/upcommons.upc.edu\/handle\/2117\/330653\">&#8220;Modelling and simulation of plasma heating using ICRF waves in JET tokamak&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Degree:<\/em> Physics Engineering at UPC, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Dani Gallart and Mervi Mantsinen.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gerard Castro (2021).<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/TFG_Gerard_Castro.pdf\">&#8220;Fast ion populations during ion cyclotron resonance frequency heating in tokamaks&#8221;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Degree:<\/em> Mathematics and Physics at UAB, Spain.<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors:<\/em> Mervi Mantsinen, Dani Gallart and Jordi Manyer<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">Student internships<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Marta Florido (2019).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Teixidor (2019).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lara San Mart\u00edn (2020).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donato Jimenez (2021).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eoin Kearney (2021).<\/strong> University of Edinburgh, UK.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paolo Settembri (2021).<\/strong>  University of L&#8217;Aquila, Italy.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marina Garc\u00eda (2022).<\/strong>  Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guillem Joseph (2022).<\/strong> Sorbonne University, France.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruth Mora (2022).<\/strong> CFIS-UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arda Erbasan (2022).<\/strong> METU, Turkey.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dominik Freinberger (2022).<\/strong> TU Wien, Austria.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jorge Su\u00e1rez (2022).<\/strong> Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pau Manyer (2022).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diego Garc\u00edn (2023).<\/strong> CFIS-UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marina Maroto (2024).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuri S\u00e1nchez (2024).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferran Poca (2024).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rick van Schaik (2024).<\/strong> Eindhoven University of Technology (TU\/e), Netherlands.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Irene Agudo (2025).<\/strong> Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raquel Trull (2025).<\/strong> UPC, Spain.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #568cbf;\">High School research projects<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Ruth Mora (2020).<\/strong> Col\u00b7legi Sant Andreu, Badalona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are interested in a student internship, research stay, supervised thesis project or any other arrangement involving a student at the Fusion Group at the Department of Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). 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