Vacancies

(New!)Research Assistant (RA) in Aerodynamics, Aeroacoustics, and Aircraft Design

Several Research Assistant (RA) positions are available at the Aerodynamics Acoustics and Noise control Technology Centre (AANTC), HKUST. These roles offer a unique opportunity to advance aerospace engineering through innovative projects in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, aircraft structural design, and flight control systems. Successful candidates will contribute to multi-year research initiatives, working with state-of-the-art facilities, including wind tunnels, 3D printing labs, and flight simulators. The research focuses on developing noise mapping software, optimizing 3D-printed aircraft structures, and enhancing flight control systems for precision navigation. Opportunities for PhD/MPhil studies may be available.

Key responsibilities can be in one or more fields below:

✅ Aircraft Structural Design and 3D Printing Manufacturing

✅ Flight Control System Design and Optimization

✅ Noise Mapping and Visualization Software Development

(New!) PhD Students and Research Assistants Recruitment in Path Planning

Leading the Future of Low-Altitude Economy

We are inviting applications for PhD students and research assistants in the following areas:
✅ Multi-agent reinforcement learning research
✅ Urban air mobility vehicle control and route planning
✅ Large-language models and route planning

(New!) PhDs and Research Fellowships in Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics

• Experimental aerodynamics & aeroacoustic
• Computational aeroacoustic & aerodynamics
• Rotor/helicopter aerodynamics and aeroacoustics
• Low-noise urban air mobility development
• Aircraft noise, including airframe and engine noise
• Aeroacoustic meta material development
• Sports-engineering aerodynamics
• Physics-inform based machine learning
• Urban air mobility vehicle control and route planning

Research Assistant (RA) and Research Fellow (RF) in Sports-Engineering Aerodynamics

Key responsibilities can be in one or more fields below:

• Mechanical design, assembly and commissioning of advanced sports aerodynamic test rigs and high-quality fan arrays.
• Develop an active turbulence generator for wind tunnel testing.
• Use 3D scan to reconstruct 3D geometry of athletes and equipment for aerodynamic analysis.
• Use computational fluid dynamics to analyze the key flow features around athletes and equipment.
• Develop automatic flow measurement capability in wind tunnels based on a robotic arm.
• Circuit design and debugging for sensor systems used for sports field tests.
• Develop mobile apps and bike computer applications for sports sensor data collection and display.
• Develop computer vision codes to analyze the athlete's posture and equipment deformation during wind tunnel tests and field tests.