Upcoming calls for application for Aerospace Engineering PhD | July-September 2023
www.aero.polimi.it/en/phd

Rotorcraft Aeromechanics, Energy Transfer, and Advanced Air Mobility

• Development of tools for the design and certification-by-simulation of Advanced Air Mobility powered lift aircraft (PNRR), TXT Group
• Aeroelastic Assessment of Flexible Wings Carrying Distributed Electric Propulsion Systems (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Interactional aerodynamics of advanced electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) for sustainable air mobility (PNRR)
• Technological Readiness Advancements and Applications of Optical Force Sensors for Pilot-Machine Interaction (PNRR), LWT3 ↗
• Ditching Loads Simulation and Validation (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Mass flow measurements techniques in non-ideal compressible flows for hydrogen technologies and renewable energy applications (PNRR), Regione Lombardia
• Plant-control co-design of Airborne Wind Energy Systems (PNRR)

Space

• Evolutionary predictive model of the space debris population, ERC GREEN SPECIES
  
• Using star tracker for autonomous navigation and in-space objects detection (PNRR), Leonardo Space
• Advanced strategies for exploitation and scheduling of large heterogeneous constellations of observation satellites (PNRR), Thales Alenia Space-Italy
• Autonomous navigation and control in close-proximity operation with uncooperative targets (PNRR), Thales Alenia Space-Italy
• Data-driven Techniques for Robust Trail Detection in Wide-FoV Telescopes Images for Space Surveillance (PNRR), OHB Italia
• RF & Radiometric Model of Space Microwave Radiometers for Earth Observation (PNRR), OHB Italia
• Advanced concepts of plasma propulsion systems for space applications (PNRR), D-Orbit

Structures, Materials, and Technologies

• Multi-stable Aerospace Composite Structures, ERC NABUCCO
• Design for Additive Manufacturing rules for functional aerospace structures (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Long-term performance of thermoplastic composites (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Post-processing optimization for AM-fabricated aerospace alloys (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Towards an effective Fiber Optic monitoring system for composite structural elements (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Development of constitutive laws and innovative numerical approaches for the prediction of the damage tolerance of structural elements in composite materials under fatigue loading (PNRR), Leonardo Helicopters
• Scalability of local and global instability and damage tolerance of honeycomb sandwich composite structures (PNRR), Leonardo Labs
• Biomimetic multifunctional membrane for deployable and inflatable ultra-lightweight space systems (PNRR)

All calls marked PNRR imply one or more periods of 6 cumulative months abroad; some also imply a 6 month internship with the indicated external company/organization.

The calls will open on July 26 and will close on September 5, at 2pm (Italian time). They will be available at this link: https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/en/prospective-phd-candidates/calls-and-regulations ↗. They will contain the points of contact for further specific information on each thematic grant and the exact starting date of the PhD (either November 1st or December 22nd).

All grants amount to 1400 €/month (2100 €/month during the period abroad), with a total research budget of about 5700 € over the three years.

Further details will be available in the calls.

20.7.2023