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Huertas Cerdeira, Cecilia

Huertas Cerdeira, Cecilia

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
The Institute for Systems Research
Aerospace Engineering
2151 Martin Hall
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Dr. Huertas Cerdeira has broad research interests in the fields of Unsteady Fluid Mechanics and Fluid-Structure Interactions. Her group leverages a combination of experimental, analytical and data-driven tools to tackle problems ranging from bio-inspired robotics to efficient aviation, wind energy harvesting and heat transfer enhancement.

Education

  • PhD., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2019
  • M.S., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2015
  • B.S/M.S., Mechanics and Aeronautics, ENSMA Poitiers (France), 2014
  • B.S., Aeronautics, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain), 2014

Honors

  • Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2025)
  • NSF CAREER Award (2024)
  • William F. Ballhaus Prize, California Institute of Technology (2019)
  • Charles D. Babcock Award, California Institute of Technology (2018)
  • Victoria Alegria Tracy Scholarship, The Aerospace Historical Society (2018)
  • La Caixa Fellowship Grant , La Caixa Foundation (2015-2017)

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