Munich Aerospace awards 16 new PhD scholarships

17 February 2021 – Munich Aerospace awards doctoral scholarships in the field of aerospace research to support young scientists. The scholarships are aimed at qualified university graduates who have completed their studies in a field relevant to aerospace and are now aspiring for a doctorate at the Technical University of Munich or the Bundeswehr University Munich.

Further information on the PhD topics can be found in the PDF files below:

• Agri-food Supply Monitoring from Earth Observation Data (Industry cooperation with IABG, Lead: Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu) (PDF)
• Adaptive Few-shot Change Detection for Earth Observation (Industry cooperation with IABG, Lead: Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu) (PDF)
• Machine-Learning Based Dynamic Radio Resource Allocation for Future Satellite Systems (Lead: Prof. Andreas Knopp) (PDF)
• Coding for Uncoordinated Multiple Access. The activity aims at the design of code-based access protocols for satellite loT systems, targeting an energy efficiency close to the theoretical bounds (Lead: Prof. Gerhard Kramer) (PDF)
• Intelligent Fault Detection and Fault-tolerant Control (Lead: Dr. Gertjan Looye) (PDF)

General information on PhD scholarship conditions can be found here. Abstracts of the newly acknowledged Munich Aerospace research groups can be found here.

Scholarship applications expired:

• - Analysis and Development of AI-based Concepts for Ground Based Collision Avoidance in Single- and Multi-Satellite-Systems (Lead: Prof. Roger Förstner)
• - Intelligent fault-tolerant flight guidance (Lead: Dr. Gertjan Looye)
• - Development of AI-based on-board guidance & navigation procedures for the safe and optimal execution of avoidance manoeuvres in the context of autonomous collision avoidance in multi-spacecraft systems (Lead: Prof. Roger Förstner)
• - Lightweight Code-based Quantum-Resistant Cryptography. The activity aims at developing lightweight quantum-secure crytosystems for hardware-constrained satellite loT terminals (Lead: Prof. Gerhard Kramer)
• - Certifiable Control Allocation for eVTOL (Lead: Dr. Gertjan Looye)
• - Hybrid lightweight structures by using of additive manufacturing (Lead: Prof. Eric Jägle)
• - Hybrid lightweight structures by additive manufacturing (Lead: Prof. Eric Jägle)
• - Experimental Analysis of Drop-In Biofuels as an Alternative Fuel for Small Aero Engines (Lead: Dr. Christian Helcig)
• - Performance and Emissions of Helicopter Engines using Drop-In Biofuels (Lead: Dr. Christian Helcig)
• - Efficient structure exploitation on GPUs for discretized optimal control problems (Lead: Prof. Matthias Gerdts)
• - Robust Model Predictive Control under Uncertainties (Lead: Prof. Matthias Gerdts)