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General Information
| Full Name | Ismael Ben-Yelun |
| Languages | English, Spanish, French |
Education
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2024 PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - International. Mention from University of Cambridge (UK). Cum Laude.
- Honorable Mention in the Technological and Experimental Sciences 2024 Award of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain
- Topology Optimization and Data‑Driven Approaches for Functionally Graded Metamaterials. Advisors.
- Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Montáns
- Dr. Luis Saucedo-Mora
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2019 MSc in Aeronautical Engineering
ETSIAE, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - Airbus Chair award for the best record in the 'Aircraft' specialization
- Final thesis. Machine Learning Prediction of CFRP Frame Reserve Factors, acknowledged with honors
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2017 BSc in Aerospace Engineering
ETSIAE, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - Excellent academic record (top 5% students)
Experience
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2020-now Assistant Professor of Solid Mechanics
ETSIAE, UPM, Spain - Group of Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Nonlinear solids (GAMOSINOS) within the Department of Aircraft and Space Vehicles (ETSIAE)
- Completed a PhD "Cum Laude" with international mention from University of Cambridge
- 240h taught as assistant professor in Elasticity and Strength of Materials, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Modelling
- Supervision of 10 end-of-degree projects
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2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
ParisTech Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology (ENSAM), France - Rank-reduced autoencoders for direct and inverse analysis in topology optimization
- 3 months
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2023 PhD Research Fellow
ParisTech Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology (ENSAM), France - Graph Neural Networks surrogate modeling for effective behaviour of lattice materials
- Inverse design of lattice materials and metamaterials enabled by this surrogate
- 5 months
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2022-2023 PhD Research Fellow
Deparment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK - Robust topology optimisation of lattice structures with spatially correlated uncertainties
- Physics-based prior modeling through Stochastic PDE
- 5 months
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2019-2020 Stress & ML Engineer Intern (MINDS Scolarship)
Airbus Defence and Space, Spain - Surrogate models development for airframe projects related to structural analysis with Neural Networks
- Full Data Analytics cycle
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Feature Engineering and Machine Learning
- Neural Networks prediction
- Post-processing, visualization and error quantification
- 12 months
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2018-2019 Graduate Research Assistant
ETSIAE, UPM, Spain - Data-driven methods developed to determine hyperelastic materials energy function and the material behaviour
- 12 months
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2018 Simulation Engineer (internship)
Department of Defence, GMV, Spain - Development of Matlab model for the simulation of static alignment phase of Inertial Measurement Units
- 2 months
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2017 Manufacturing Engineer (internship)
Airbus Defence and Space, Spain - Manufacturing plant for the HTP of A350 aircraft
- 5 months
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Research Assistant
ETSIAE, UPM, Spain - Python model to optimizate the electricity cost in a hydraulic plant
- 9 months
Honors and Awards
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2024 - Honorable Mention in the PhD for the Technological and Experimental Sciences 2024 Award, Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain (RADE)
- Cum Laude in Thesis Dissertation, UPM
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2023 - "Editor's Choice Article" Prize to GAM paper, MDPI Materials
- Excellent Teaching Faculty Evaluation, UPM
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2022 - "Flap de Oro" Award to best professor of the 2nd year of the BS, ETSIAE (UPM)
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2019 - Diploma for best record in "Aircraft" specialization (MSc), Airbus Chair (UPM)
IT Skills
- Programming: Python, Matlab, Julia
- Machine Learning: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, scikit-learn, tensorflow-gnn, GPy
- Finite Element Analysis: HyperWorks, Nastran, Ansys, Ferrite
- Numerical Analysis: NURBS, SparseArrays
- Optimization: NLOpt, BOHB
- Natural Language Processing: NLTK, Gensim
- Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, ParaView, Blender
- Web Development: HTML
- Version Control: Git, GitHub
- Office: LaTeX, MS Office, overleaf
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
- Others: Jupyter, Anaconda
Professional Memberships
- COMETAS (European Project) technical reports and content network manager on YouTube
- In charge of GAMOSINOS research group social media management (YouTube, Twitter/X, LinkedIn)
- Nominated for membership on the Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) of Elsevier's journal Computers & Structures
- Member of Young investigators Section (SEMNIj) of SEMNI (Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería)