Marc Medrano, a 2001 Balsells postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Power and Energy Program at UC Irvine, has been appointed Academic Director of the Center for University Studies in Aeronautical Training (CESDA), located at Reus Airport in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) beginning in September of 2010. CESDA is affiliated with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona. Marc’s experience in university management and his research background will help him meet new challenges such as the consolidation of the recently formalized degree in Commercial and Civil Aviation for pilots and to foster aviation-related research activities at CESDA. The position of Academic Director was previously held by Angel Jimenez, another Balsells postdoctoral fellow. 

July 2010: Balsells postdoctoral fellow appointed Academic Director of CESDA.