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Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Calit 2 Building
Irvine, CA 92697-3975
[email protected]
Hi! My name is Olga. I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). I did my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. Soon after I started my PhD under the supervision of Tryphon Georgiou at the University of California in Irvine, where I am currently at.My research so far has focused on the intersection between control theory and stochastic thermodynamics. In particular, I have studied how Optimal Mass Transport techniques can be applied to thermodynamic systems subject to anisotropic temperature fields, among other subjects. I am interested in thermodynamics as the only physical description that captures the flow, asymmetry and nuances of time. Ultimately, I am driven by the need to understand the emergence of time, both at a the physical and psychological level, its relationship to information and the origin of the universe.
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Short CV
Education
................................2018-2023
PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine under the supervision of Tryphon Georgiou
...............................2018-2020
Master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California
in Irvine
...............................2014-2018
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona (EEBE)
Awards
2021-2023...................................
"La Caixa" Fellowship to finish my PhD at UC Irvine
March 2023...................................
GNSP Best Speaker Award finalist, APS March Meeting
2018-2020...................................
Balsells Fellowship to study my Master's and PhD at UC Irvine
November 2018.........................
Best academic record award
(Mechanical engineering class of 2018)
Spring 2018.................................
Aprenentatge scholarship to assist in teaching algebra to Freshmen
June 2014.................................
Best academic record award
(High school)
Publications (arXiv)
Journal publications:
10. Stochastic thermodynamic engines under time-varying temperature profile, R Fu, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, Automatica (2024)9. Wasserstein speed limits for Langevin systems, R Sabbagh, O Movilla Miangolarra, TT Georgiou, arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.07788 (2023)8. A matching principle for power transfer in Stochastic Thermodynamics, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, TT Georgiou, IEEE Control Systems Letters (2023)7. Minimal entropy production in the presence of anisotropic fluctuations, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, TT Georgiou, arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04401 (Under review)6. Inertialess Gyrating Engines, J Ventura Siches, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, PNAS Nexus 1, 2752-6542 (2022)5. Thermodynamic engine powered by anisotropic fluctuations, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, Physical Review Research 4, 023218 (2022)4. Geometry of finite-time thermodynamic cycles with anisotropic thermal fluctuations, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, IEEE Control Systems Letters 6, 3409-3414 (2022)3. Energy harvesting from anisotropic fluctuations, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, R Fu, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, *Physical Review E *104 (4), 044101 (2021)2. Underdamped stochastic thermodynamic engines in contact with a heat bath with arbitrary temperature profile, O Movilla Miangolarra, R Fu, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, Physical Review E 103 (6), 062103 (2021)1. On the relation between information and power in stochastic thermodynamic engines, A Taghvaei, O Movilla Miangolarra, R Fu, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, IEEE Control Systems Letters 6, 434-439 (2021)
Conference proceedings:
5. A matching principle for power transfer in Stochastic Thermodynamics, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, TT Georgiou, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), (2023)4. Minimal entropy production in anisotropic temperature fields, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, TT Georgiou, IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), (2023)3. Geometry of finite-time thermodynamic cycles with anisotropic thermal fluctuations, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), (2022)2. On the relation between information and power in stochastic thermodynamic engines, A Taghvaei, O Movilla Miangolarra, R Fu, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), (2021)1. Harvesting energy from a periodic heat bath, R Fu, O Movilla Miangolarra, A Taghvaei, Y Chen, TT Georgiou, 2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 3034-3039 (2020)
Other
In my free time I do research, but otherwise I am surfing, skating, rock climbing or traveling.
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Art: @chloyeah_ for Ametsak by Gorka Gil
