Miquel Sureda Anfres

Associate professor
Campus Terrassa (UPC), Edifici TR6, Despatx 107
Colom, 11
08222 Terrassa

Telèfon: +34 937398942
E-Mail: miquel.sureda

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His research interests include electric space propulsion systems and spacecraft design. Miquel is currently focused on the design and optimization of interplanetary missions and sustainable offworld settlements. He is also part of the H2020 project DISCOVERER, devoted to develop new technologies to revolutionize Earth Observation by operating satellites at Very Low Earth Orbits. Dr. Sureda is member of the BOARD of the Sustainable Offworld Network (SONet), a community of professionals in the academic and private sectors dedicated to the development of sustainable human settlements on other worlds, especially on the Moon and Mars.

Short CV

Miquel Sureda (Barcelona, 1978) received the bachelor degree in physics from University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) in 2001, the bachelor and Master degree in aerospace engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain) in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree from Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain) in 2012. Since 2007, he has been full time lecturer at the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). He has collaborated with the Nanosat Lab (UPC) since 2017, mainly involved in the 3Cat-4 project, within ESA “Fly Your Satellite!” program.

1- Towards the first european autonomous flight safety system - software and hardware design -
Sabán-Fosch, A.; Diez, E.; Soria, M.; Sureda, M.
Acta astronautica 236, 417-431 (2025)

2- Development and analysis of novel mission scenarios based on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP)
Vaidya, S.; Traub, C.; Romano, F.; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Sureda, M.; García-Berenguer, Marina
CEAS space journal , 1-18 (2022)

3- Design of an intake and a thruster for an atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system
Romano, F.; Herdrich, G.; Chan, Y.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
CEAS space journal , 1-9 (2022)

4- In-orbit aerodynamic coefficient measurements using SOAR (Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research)
Crisp , N.; Roberts, P.; Livadiotti, S.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
Acta astronautica 180, 85-99 (2021)

5- Design and Testing of a Helix Antenna Deployment System for a 1U CubeSat
Sureda, M.; Sobrino, M.; Millán, O.; Aguilella, A.; Solanellas, A.; Badia, M.; Muñoz, J.; Fernandez, L.; Ruiz-de-Azua, J.A.; Camps, A.
IEEE access 9, 66103-66114 (2021)

6- Intake design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion system (ABEP)
Romano, F.; Espinosa - Orozco, J.; Pfeiffer, M.; Herdrichd, G.; Crisp , N.; Holmes, B.; Edmonson, S.; Haigh, S.; Livadiotti, S.; Macario, A.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
Acta astronautica 187, 225-235 (2021)

7- 3M en pantalla (mitos y mentiras sobre metales en pantalla)
Salan, N.; Montala, F.; Sureda, M.
Material-ES 4, 28-31 (2020)

8- Attitude control for satellites flying in VLEO using aerodynamic surfaces
Cañas, V.; González, D.; Becedas, J.; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Sureda, M.; Nieto, M.; Muñoz, C.
JBIS: journal of the British Interplanetary Society 73, 103-112 (2020)

9- The benefits of very low earth orbit for earth observation missions
Crisp , N.; Roberts, P.; Livadiotti, S.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
Progress in aerospace sciences 117, 100619/1-100619/18 (2020)

10- Analytic Stability Maps of Unknown Exoplanet Companions for Imaging Prioritization
Gascón, C.; Savransky, D.; Sureda, M.
Astronomical journal 160, 84/1-84/25 (2020)

11- Deployment mechanism for a L-band helix antenna in 1-Unit Cubesat
Fernandez, L.; Sobrino, M.; Milian, O.; Aguilella, A.; Solanellas, A.; Badia, M.; Muñoz, J.; Ruiz-de-Azua, J.A.; Sureda, M.; Camps, A.
Acta astronautica , (2020)

12- RF Helicon-based Inductive Plasma Thruster (IPT) Design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System (ABEP)
Romano, F.; Chan, Y.; Herdrich, G.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
Acta astronautica 176, 476-483 (2020)

13- A review of gas-surface interaction models for orbital aerodynamics applications
Livadiotti, S.; Crisp , N.; Roberts, P.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
Progress in aerospace sciences 119, 100675/1-100675/16 (2020)

14- On the exploitation of differential aerodynamic lift and drag as a means to control satellite formation flight
Traub, C.; Romano, F.; Binder , T.; Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodriguez-Donaire, S.; Sureda, M.
CEAS space journal , 1-18 (2019)

15- Young scientists under pressure: what the data show
Maher, B.; Sureda, M.
Nature 538, 444:1-444:2 (2016)

16- High-throughput microcapillary pump with efficient integrated low aspect ratio micropillars
Madadi, H.; Casals-Terré, J.; Castilla, R.; Sureda, M.
Microfluidics and nanofluidics 17, 115-130 (2014)

17- Las promesas de la nanotecnología
Sureda, M.; Casals-Terré, J.
Automática e instrumentación , 34-38 (2014)

18- On the capabilities of nano electrokinetic thrusters for space propulsion
Diez, F.; Hernaiz, G.; Miranda, J. J.; Sureda, M.
Acta astronautica 83, 97-107 (2013)

19- In situ particle zeta potential evaluation in electroosmotic flows from time-resolved microPIV measurements
Sureda, M.; Miller, A.; Diez, F.
Electrophoresis 33, 2759-2768 (2012)

20- Tracer particles zeta potential evaluation from time resolved µPIV measurements
Sureda, M.; Miller, A.; Diez, F.
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 56, 1 (2011)