On March 23, Gurutz Artetxe Ballejo made the public defense of his doctoral thesis, entitled "Design and analysis of synchronous reluctance machines for the replacement of rare earth magnet machines in low speed applications", before the examining board chaired by Dr. Richard Bosch Tous in Classroom 1 of the Miramón building.

After the defense of the thesis, all the members of the tribunal congratulated Gurutz Artetxe Ballejo and his thesis director, Dr. Richard Bosch Tous, for the research work carried out. With this thesis, 629 theses have now been defended at the Technological Campus of the University of Navarra.