Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain (www.uc3m.es) invites applications to fill: 2 positions at Post-Doctoral level 3 PhD positions The successful candidates will join the Dynamics and Control in Aerospace Systems Lab, within the Aero Research Group (http://aero.uc3m.es/research.html). In particular, they will work in the Air Navigation and Control research line with Prof. Manuel Soler (http://www.aerospaceengineering.es/) The duties of the new group members include: To develop different tasks in recently granted European projects. Information of these projects can be found at http://www.aerospaceengineering.es/projects. The topics include: Aircraft Trajectory Optimization and Climate Change (1 PhD) Artificial Intelligence and data-driven algorithms applied to Air Traffic Management and Meteo (1PhD and 1 PostDoc) Parallel and GPU optimization applied to Air Traffic Management (1 PhD and 1 PostDoc) To teach courses and supervise student projects within UC3M Bachelor and master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Space Engineering. Teaching workload (if any) would be in any case low. Information on these two degrees, exclusively taught in English, is available at uc3m.es. To contribute establishing a vigorous, internationally-competitive scientific research program. In the case of the 2 PostDocs, to write competitive proposals for extramural research funding. The desired skills are: PostDocs: Young PhD holder (or last year PhD student) in Artificial Intelligence/Data-Driven methods (1PostDoc) and Parallel/GPU optimization (1 PostDoc) with high research potential. Also, candidates with tracks in other disciplines but with applications to aviation and/or SESAR activities will be strongly considered. Good publications record; team-working and communications skills. International (mobilities, PhD in different country) and independent working (publications without PhD supervisor; projects as PI, etc.) Ability to deal independently with scientific and engineering challenges, mainly in innovative, interdisciplinary technologies. PhD students: Outstanding academic record. Young MSc holder (or MSc student with 60 ECTS passed at contract’s signature) with background in Aerospace Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Control Engineering, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Applied Physics & Meteorology, Environmental Sciences and Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence/Data Science. Also, candidates with tracks in other disciplines but outstanding academic record are invited to apply. International experience; team-working and communications skills. Ability to deal independently with scientific and engineering challenges, mainly in innovative, interdisciplinary technologies The contractual conditions are: PostDocs: 2-year contract; PhD students: 4-year contract. Annual gross salary: PostDocs: 30000€-36000€ range; PhD students: 22000-24000€ range Become part of a young, dynamic, highly qualified, collaborative team; Flexible working environment and schedule; Opportunity to travel to international conferences (Europe and oversees) and present research activities; publication in top quality journals; laptop; health coverage under the National Health System. Those interested in applying to this position please send to masolera@ing.uc3m.es: a CV (max. 4 pages). a motivation letter of experience, interests and future goals (max. 1 page) the contact information for two professional Submission of...

  Luis Azcárraga Award’19 by Fundación En-Aire to Daniel González-Arribas, Manuel Soler, and Manuel Sanjurjo for the following publication: Robust Aircraft Trajectory Planning under Wind Uncertainty using Optimal Control. D. González-Arribas, Manuel Soler, and Manuel Sanjrujo. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.  Vol. 41, No. 3 (2018), pp. 673-688. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.G002928 Accepted version In words of the Jury (In Spanish, read the NP premio Fundación ENAIRE XXIV EdiciOn here): El trabajo ha sido premiado en base al planteamiento técnico realizado por los autores para resolver un problema de actualidad como es la predicción de las trayectorias de aeronaves. La solución propuesta utiliza técnicas de control óptimo en el desarrollo de un vuelo considerando las variaciones del vector viento que, sin duda, se presentarán a lo largo del mismo. El planteamiento y resolución del problema puede significar un avance tecnológico para la planificación estratégica de los vuelos, de forma que la predicción de la trayectoria conseguida pueda ser utilizada por subsiguientes herramientas del control de tráfico aéreo para, por ejemplo, detección de conflictos entre aeronaves o estimación de hora de llegada precisa a puntos significativos.    ...

The Aerospace Engineering Group of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain (www.uc3m.es) invites applications to fill one position of Assistant Professor in the field of Aircraft Structures and Manufacturing. Research Gate Announcement...

We would like to bring to your and your colleagues’ attention the Najeeb E. Halaby Graduate Student Fellowship (https://ral.ucar.edu/opportunity/halaby-fellowship) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.  This endowed fellowship has been established to help shape the next generation of aviation researchers and practitioners, thus honoring Mr. Halaby’s vision and his more than five decades of extraordinary contributions to aviation.  The fellowship is internationally advertised, and we welcome applications from a wide range of qualified candidates. The fellowship holder will have the opportunity to spend three months in residence with NCAR’s Aviation Applications Program (https://ral.ucar.edu/aap) to extend his/her research focus by considering mitigation of weather sensitivities (e.g., weather impact avoidance) on aviation.  We particularly encourage applicants interested in weather impacts on emerging modes of transportation, like unmanned aerial system operations and urban air mobility.  Research results supported by the Halaby Fellowship will be made public through a presentation at an appropriate national or international venue and publication in a relevant peer-reviewed aviation journal.  Further details about this fellowship are in this brochure. We would very much appreciate, if you could make this fellowship opportunity known to relevant graduate students that you or your colleagues are advising.  We are targeting candidates with the characteristics that Mr. Halaby demonstrated throughout his lifetime: far-reaching vision, the ability to anticipate societal needs, and the dedication to find ways to meet them. Please consider distributing this announcement widely, as deemed appropriate.  Thank...

El trabajo fin de grado de Antonio López Terradas, supervisado por Manuel Soler, 1er premio TFG Emprende 2018. ARAX TFG Emprende RESOLUCIÓN DE LOS PREMIOS TFG-EMPRENDE 2018 DEL CONSEJO SOCIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID (CUARTA EDICIÓN) El Pleno del Consejo Social de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, en su reunión de 18 de diciembre de 2018 ha adoptado acuerdo de resolución de los Premios TFG-EMPRENDE 2018, según la siguiente relación: PRIMER TFG-EMPRENDE 2018 PREMIADO Dotación: 10.000 euros Título: ARAX. SOLUCIÓN BASADA EN DRONES PARA LA MONITORIZACIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE CAMPOS DE CULTIVO A BAJO COSTE: AGRICULTURA DE PRECISIÓN. Presentado por: Ignacio Sánchez Vázquez, Antonio López Terradas Paniagua y Gonzalo Puig Zamora SEGUNDO TFG-EMPRENDE 2018 PREMIADO Dotación: 7.000 euros Título: ALVIU, CONTROLADOR SD-WAN Presentado por: Jaime Azcorra Sedano TERCER TFG-EMPRENDE 2018 PREMIADO Dotación: 3.000 euros Título: 4th SKY-X (Keep calm, just fly) Presentado por: Alba Ulloa García, Flavia Pérez Cámara, Yolanda Marín Sabater y Cristina de la Barrera Bernard TFG-EMPRENDE UC3M El Consejo Social de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid convoca la 4ª edición de los Premios TFG Emprende. Estos galardones distinguen aquellos Trabajos Fin de Grado Emprende más notables en cuanto a innovación y excelencia, valorando muy positivamente la interdisciplinariedad, que obtengan el certificado TFG-EMPRENDE de la UC3M durante el curso académico 2017/2018. El Consejo Social destina a estos premios una cantidad total de 20.000 euros que se distribuirán entre un máximo de 3 premios. Adicionalmente, las personas premiadas serán admitidas al programa de formación de emprendedores Explorer-UC3M, supervisado y coordinado desde el Servicio de Apoyo al Emprendimiento e Innovación de la UC3M.    ...