Pablo Solán Fustero

Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Zaragoza

His collaboration with the group began with his final undergraduate project, which concluded his degree in Physics in 2018, and continued with his final project for his Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics in 2019. Immediately afterwards, he began work on his thesis under the supervision of Pilar García Navarro and Adrián Navas Montilla, who were later joined by José Luis Gracia Lozano, professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics. He earned his PhD in Fluid Mechanics (2024) with cum laude distinction from the University of Zaragoza.

The main research carried out by Pablo during his doctoral thesis has focused on the development of intrusive reduced-order models based on proper orthogonal decomposition in the framework of Computational Fluid Dynamics. The main objective of using this type of modeling is to speed up calculations in problems with high computational costs. However, its extension to other types of problems has also been studied, such as the prediction of solutions beyond the training time or the calibration of physical parameters of the problem. To this end, they have been applied to different hyperbolic transport equations, such as the Burgers equation or shallow water equations, as well as to forest fire models. In addition to all this, Pablo is working on two other avenues: the development of high-order numerical schemes and the use of the adjoint method to optimize and control CFD problems.