L’estudiant del màster en Física i Matemàtiques (FISYMAT) de la Universitat de Granada, Luís Álamo, ha estat guardonat amb el premi al millor pòster a la 3rd Spanish Fluid Mechanics Conference (SFMC 2025), celebrada del 24 al 27 de juny a Màlaga. El seu treball, titulat Lagrangian Coherent Structures in convective fluid flows, es basa en el Treball de Final de Màster que ha desenvolupat sota la supervisió de Jezabel Curbelo, professora de la UPC i investigadora del CRM.
La participació al congrés ha estat possible gràcies al projecte Boosting Career, atorgat aquest any a Jezabel Curbelo i que ha finançat el viatge i l’estada de l’estudiant. A més, a partir del setembre, Luís iniciarà el doctorat a la UPC amb un contracte predoctoral finançat per la Fundació Ramón Areces, dins del projecte CLaCoS – Deciphering Climate Change: Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows as Indicators.
“Em va sorprendre molt veure el nivell de recerca entre els estudiants més joves, molts dels quals ja estan fent comunicacions orals amb un alt nivell de formació. És una cosa que em va motivar molt”, explica Luís sobre la seva experiència a la conferència.
“La dificultat inherent a la mecànica de fluids i l’interès que desperta en tots els àmbits acadèmics fa que hagis d’aprendre de tot i de tothom.”
El treball guardonat tracta sobre les estructures coherents Lagrangianes (LCS), una eina moderna per analitzar fenòmens de transport, barreja i circulació en sistemes fluids com oceans i atmosferes. Aquestes estructures permeten identificar zones que, malgrat la dinàmica del sistema, conserven la seva cohesió espacial i tenen un paper clau en el comportament global del flux.
“El que més em va atreure d’aquest tema és que combina dues de les àrees que més m’han interessat durant la meva formació: la mecànica de fluids i la teoria de sistemes dinàmics. A més, ofereix moltíssimes possibilitats d’aplicació, i això afavoreix entorns interdisciplinaris que per a mi són molt enriquidors.”
Amb vista al doctorat, Luís destaca l’oportunitat de continuar treballant amb Jezabel Curbelo com un dels grans al·licients. “Crec que la Jezabel és la persona ideal per guiar-me en aquesta etapa, pel seu perfil interdisciplinari i per com sap traslladar coneixements teòrics a problemes reals. Hi ha moltes tècniques encara per explorar, i el camp de les LCS està en plena efervescència. El meu objectiu és aprofitar-ho al màxim i seguir formant-me com a científic.”
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