David Portillo

Personal data

Education

  • BSc & MSc Energy Engineering (UPM)
  • MSc Nuclear Engineering (UPM)
  • BSc & MSc Mathematics (UCM)
  • PhD Nuclear Fusion (UPM)

Academic positions

  • Predoctoral researcher at Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (UPM).
  • Postdoctoral researcher at ETSII (UPM).
  • Assistant Professor.
  • Associate Professor.

Lecturing during 2022/23

  • Solid mechanics.
  • Strength of materials.
  • Advanced strength of materials.

Research lines

Computational solid and fluid mechanics. More specifically:

  • Numerical methods that preserve geometric structure.
  • Analisys of numerical methods.
  • Numerical methods for optimization problems. In particular, topology optimization for structures.

Scholarships and awards

UPM PhD scholarship.

Active competitive projects

  • Optimal structures of assembled laminates: numerical methods, design, and manufacturing (OPTIMATED) 2022-2025 - Ministerio Español de Ciencia y Tecnología - PID2021-128812OB-I00.

  • High Entropy Alloys Resistant to Hydrogen Embrittlement (EARTH) 2022-2024 - Ministerio Español de Ciencia y Tecnología - TED2021-130255B-C32.

Recent Publications

Domingo García-Senz, Pedro Velarde, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, Chantal Stehlé, Manuel Cotelo, David Portillo, Tomasz Plewa, Arthur Park (2019). Interaction of Hemispherical Blast Waves with Inhoumogeneous Spheres: Probing the Collision of a Supernova Ejecta with a Nearby Companion Star in the Laboratory. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1812.06285

David Portillo, Bastian Oesterle, Rebecca Thierer, Manfred Bischoff, Ignacio Romero (2020). Structural models based on 3D constitutive laws: Variational structure and numerical solution. Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.112872

Diego Ruiz, David Portillo, Ignacio Romero (2021). A data driven method for dissipative thermomechanics. IFAC-PapersOnline. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.096.

Schenk, C., Portillo, D. and Romero, I. (2023). Linking discrete and continuum diffusion models: Well‐posedness and stable finite element discretizations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.7204.

Cantón-Sánchez, R., Portillo, D. and Romero, I. (2023). Dimensionally reduced, nonlinear dragged solids: Theory and finite elements for rigid and shell-like bodies. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, vol. 100, pg. 104980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2023.104980.