PhD Position: Air traffic safety with new low-emission aircraft

Edusail Abroad; Delft; Vor Ort; EUR 36.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Edusail Abroad seeks a PhD candidate to work on safety, capacity and efficiency of mixed air fleets. The project extends the BlueSky air traffic simulator into a scenario generator and assessment tool, in collaboration with TU Delft, NLR and the Dutch infrastructure ministry.

Eligibility includes an MSc in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering (or related fields) with strong physics, maths and Python; English proficiency is required. Duration is 4 years with milestone go/no-go reviews.

Qualifikationen

• MSc in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering, or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Math or CS with aviation interest.
• Strong physics, maths and Python coding.
• A B.Tech alone is not listed as sufficient.

Aufgaben

• Extend the BlueSky open-source air traffic simulator into a scenario generator and assessment tool.
• Develop metrics and models to measure safety, capacity and efficiency of mixed fleets.
• Collaborate with TU Delft, NLR and ministry on methodology and evaluation.

Kenntnisse

Strong physics

Mathematics

Python coding

English communication

Ausbildung

MSc in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering

MSc in Mechanical Engineering

MSc in Applied Mathematics

MSc in Computer Science

Tools

BlueSky

Jobbeschreibung

Battery, hydrogen and other new aircraft types will fly at different speeds, climb rates and ranges from today's jets. This project asks what happens to safety, capacity and efficiency when such aircraft share airspace with conventional traffic. Will build metrics and models to measure the effect of a mixed fleet, using large-scale simulation, semi-analytical models or both. A practical part of the work is extending the open-source BlueSky air traffic simulator into a scenario generator and assessment tool that other researchers and policymakers can use. Will also look at what a mixed fleet means for procedure design, separation, trajectory prediction and collision avoidance. The post sits inside a national lab of twelve PhD candidates and three postdocs run by TU Delft and the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), working with the Dutch infrastructure ministry.

Eligibility: MSc (M.Tech/ME/M.Sc) in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering, or an MSc in Mechanical Engineering, (Applied) Mathematics or Computer Science with an interest in aviation and air traffic management. Strong physics, maths and Python coding expected. A B.Tech alone is not listed as sufficient.

Tests: Strong English communication; English proficiency per TU Delft Graduate School admission requirements

Pay: EUR 3,204 - 4,051 gross per month (year 1 to year 4), plus 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus

Duration: 4 years (1.5-year contract plus 2.5-year contract after go/no-go review)