BEATRIZ LOPEZ BOADA

BEATRIZ LOPEZ BOADA is a Full Professor and Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability, Infrastructure, Strategy, and Digital Transformation at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). Her research focuses on vehicle dynamics, control systems, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS), with emphasis on fault-tolerant control, autonomous vehicles, active suspension systems, and traffic optimization. She has pioneered work on magnetorheological dampers, vehicle platooning, and IoT-based sensor fusion for real-time state estimation. Her teaching innovations include integrating AI tools into transport engineering curricula. Key contributions include H∞ control methodologies for roll stability, energy-efficient traffic management, and robust platoon control under disturbances.

Education & Professional Roles:

• Vice-Chancellor for Sustainability, UC3M (current)
• Full Professor of Automotive Engineering, UC3M

Research Interests:

• Active suspension systems for rollover prevention
• Fault-tolerant control architectures for electric vehicles
• Data-driven traffic prediction using LSTM and graph neural networks
• Integration of IoT and AI in transportation infrastructure

Recent work emphasizes connected vehicle systems, including heterogeneous platoon coordination and adaptive control strategies under communication delays. She also investigates how driver preferences impact energy-efficient traffic signal control.

Awards & Grants: While specific awards aren't listed, her sustained research output indicates significant contributions to transportation engineering. Active grants include projects on autonomous vehicle safety and smart traffic management systems.

Advising & Labs: Leads UC3M's Vehicle Dynamics and Control Lab, focusing on experimental validation of control algorithms using real-world vehicle platforms. Collaborates with automotive industry partners on suspension system optimization and sensor fusion technologies.