Two Post-Doctoral positions in flight control design & Flight testing
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Two (2) Post-Doctoral positions are available at the Aerospace Engineering Dept. of the University of Bristol (U.K.) to work on development & flight test of aircraft control schemes. They require an aerospace degree and a PhD in automatic control, signal processing or other relevant field, with advanced knowledge of robust control techniques (H-infinity, LPV). A practical orientation is also preferred.
The positions are offered on a fixed term contract with a starting salary per annum of £31,342 - £35,256 depending on qualifications. The positions are open to all nationalities. The starting date for both positions is as soon as possible in 2017 or as soon thereafter. Interviews are expected to be carried out in November and until positions are filled.
Enquiries can be made to Dr. Andrés Marcos: andres.marcos[at]bristol.ac.uk. Please add to the email subject: 2017 FLEXOP/VISION PD positions.
The positions are offered on a fixed term contract with a starting salary per annum of £31,342 - £35,256 depending on qualifications. The positions are open to all nationalities. The starting date for both positions is as soon as possible in 2017 or as soon thereafter. Interviews are expected to be carried out in November and until positions are filled.
Enquiries can be made to Dr. Andrés Marcos: andres.marcos[at]bristol.ac.uk. Please add to the email subject: 2017 FLEXOP/VISION PD positions.
1st position |
The first position, for 1.5 years, is part of the European Horizon 2020 Transport project entitled: “Flutter Free FLight Envelope eXpansion for ecOnomical Performance improvement (FLEXOP), https://www.flexop.eu/.
The objective of FLEXOP is to demonstrate the maturity of (i) wing aeroelastic tailoring and (ii) active flight control for flutter flight envelope expansion. Towards this goal an unmanned demonstrator aircraft (MTOW~80 kg & wing span ~7meters) is being designed to provide a safe flight testing platform for the developed flutter techniques. This Post-Doc position will focus on the investigation of robust control methods for active on-board flutter control. It will include the development, implementation and verification of the designs, as well as supporting their hardware implementation and flight demonstration in FLEXOP flexible wing demonstrator (top-left Figure). |
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2nd Position
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The second position, for 1.5 years, is part of the European Horizon 2020 Mobility for Growth project entitled “Validation of Integrated Safety-enhanced Intelligent flight cONtrol (VISION)”, http://w3.onera.fr/h2020_vision/.
This project is part of a call for international cooperation in aeronautics with Japan, and aims at demonstrating smart technologies for aircraft Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC). The work at TASC focuses on the development, design and flight test of a system-wide aircraft Fault Monitoring and Tolerant Control (FMTC) scheme based on robust control and using standard sensing units and potentially, also vision-based systems. The designed schemes will be flight tested in JAXA’s MuPAL-alpha flight emulator and aircraft in Tokyo (Japan) – see top-right Figure. The project will be carried out at the University of Bristol but will entail yearly visits to JAXA during the application and validation phases. |