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Postdoctoral Position in Aircraft Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation

We have a 3-year postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) position at the LoCA Lab in aircraft MDO in an Aerospace Technology Institute's funded project with Airbus. Your work will focus on development methods for aircraft design in dynamic environments. Computational strategies for aircraft design optimisation are currently based on static (or static equivalent) conditions, but this can be too conservative for high-aspect-ratio wings under dynamic conditions, such as flight through atmospheric turbulence. This project will develop algorithms to bring dynamic aeroelasticity into the optimisation loop on a framework that scales to industrial-level analysis. We will use high-performance numerical computing on modern hardware, thus leveraging the vast computational infrastructure built for AI to redefine the art of the possible in next-generation aircraft design.

The work requires research software engineering experience, research-level experience in optimisation methods, and a strong aptitude for team work. Please check to gain some insight into the details of our work.

Interested candidates, you can find further details and instructions on how to apply at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Job Portal. For queries about the position, you can contact (r.palacios@imperial.ac.uk).

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