{"id":10132,"date":"2026-11-03T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuma.ulpgc.es\/?p=10132"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:33:49","slug":"defensa-de-la-tesis-doctoral-de-irene-merino-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iuma.ulpgc.es\/en\/defensa-de-la-tesis-doctoral-de-irene-merino-fernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Thesis Defense of Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9519\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iuma.ulpgc.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/irene_merino-scaled-e1666780060164-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez\" width=\"184\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University Institute of Applied Microelectronics (IUMA) at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is pleased to announce the upcoming doctoral dissertation defense by researcher Ms. Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez. This event will take place on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in the Auditorium of the Electronics and Telecommunications Building, Tafira University Campus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez will present her thesis titled \u201cSizing of Base Stations with Phased Arrays for LEO Satellites and ML-Assisted Design of Patch Antennas and Passive Structures,\u201d supervised by Dr. Sunil Khemchandani and Professor Dr. Javier del Pino Su\u00e1rez. The research focuses on studying the specifications of existing LEO satellite constellations and the sizing of base stations using <em>phased arrays<\/em>. Additionally, it addresses the development, through artificial intelligence, of design methodologies for radio frequency and microwave components, aiming to meet current requirements for high data rates in wireless communications.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The examining committee consists of Dr. Fernando Mu\u00f1oz Chavero of the University of Seville (US); Dr. Javier Garc\u00eda Garc\u00eda of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC); and Dr. Eva Raj\u00f3 Iglesias of Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Instituto Universitario de Microelectr\u00f3nica Aplicada (IUMA) de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria se complace en anunciar la pr\u00f3xima defensa de tesis doctoral de la investigadora D\u00f1a. Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez. Este evento se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el pr\u00f3ximo viernes 6 de noviembre de 2026, a las 10:00 horas, en el Sal\u00f3n de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","category-noticias-recientes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defensa de la tesis doctoral de Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez - Instituto Universitario de Microelectr\u00f3nica Aplicada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iuma.ulpgc.es\/en\/defensa-de-la-tesis-doctoral-de-irene-merino-fernandez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defensa de la tesis doctoral de Irene Merino Fern\u00e1ndez - Instituto Universitario de Microelectr\u00f3nica Aplicada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"El Instituto Universitario de Microelectr\u00f3nica Aplicada (IUMA) de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria se complace en anunciar la pr\u00f3xima defensa de tesis doctoral de la investigadora D\u00f1a. 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