Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Monitoring of Aircraft Structures and Systems

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship. This fellowship is situated in a joint project between the Departments of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of the KU Leuven - Campus Ghent to fully cover materials as well as operational aspects. The successful candidate will be affiliated with the renowned “Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics” and “Materials Performance and Nondestructive Testing” Divisions of the KU Leuven.

Responsibilities

Project description: Structural failure in the aerospace sector can be life threatening for users/passengers and financially catastrophic for operators and the manufacturer. This is the main reason for which a large part of an aircraft’s lifecycle operation cost is spent for inspecting its structural integrity on the ground. On-line detection, autonomous and characterization of failures within aircraft structures can lead to a radical reduction of this cost while increasing safety.

Profile

This funding call is open to all EU and International applicants. Candidates should have a PhD in a related field. 

Offer

Informal enquiries prior to making an application should be addressed along with a detailed CV to Prof. Dimitrios Chronopoulos, mail: dimitrios.chronopoulos@kuleuven.be AND Prof. Sam Coppieters, mail: sam.coppieters@kuleuven.be.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Dimitrios Chronopoulos, mail: dimitrios.chronopoulos@kuleuven.be AND Prof. dr. ing. Sam Coppieters, mail: sam.coppieters@kuleuven.be.

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