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We're home to award-winning and internationally recognised research centres spanning energy, aerospace, fluids, structures and materials. Our work involves both the creation of new knowledge, and understanding and translating that new knowledge into the technologies of tomorrow.

The Department’s research, teaching and industrial support work is underpinned by state-of-the-art laboratories and local-access to a 3500-node region supercomputer.

You can study an MPhil over the course of one year or a PhD over three years.

You can study either degree in any of our research groups:

Our centres

• Aerospace Centre of Excellence  – contact:  Professor Massimiliano Vasile
• Energy Systems Research Unit  – contact:  Professor Joseph Clarke
• James Weir Fluids Laboratory – contact:  Mechanics & Materials Research Centre

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Integration & connectivity between the processing route of manufacturing a high-integrity titanium alloy (design for manufacture).

PhD project aligned with the EPSRC funded “Doing More With Less: A Digital Twin of state-of-the-art and emerging high value manufacturing routes for high integrity titanium alloy” (EP/T024992/1)

Durability of glass-fibre/acrylic composites and their interface for use in renewable energy structural applications

This project aims to study the degradation of the fibre-matrix interface of novel composites, enabling the development of more durable materials for demanding applications, the design of future composite products for longer lifetimes and the life extension of existing assets.

Digital technologies for Resilient & Sustainable Infrastructures

The PhD student will work closely with our industrial partners to develop innovative digital tools and methodologies for improving the resilience and sustainability of critical infrastructure. These will include but not limited to the development of: mathematical models to address the performance of critical functions and critical hazards; new uncertainty methods with quantifiable confidence; fast simulation tools based on machine learning and engineering-physics based automatic learning.

AI approaches and automatic uncertainty for robust, reliable, and trustful digital twin: application to sustainable critical infrastructure and systems

The research will develop methods for automatic uncertainty characterization and propagation based on probabilistic computing and virtual experts. Probabilistic computing is a promising approach from the AI community for addressing the uncertainties inherent in so-called natural data (or uncertain numbers).

Early Intervention Inspection of Hot-Forged Components

Development of an inspection methodology able to yield quantitative information concerning the detection, localisation and characterisation of defects during the hot-forging process.

John Anderson Research Studentship Scheme (JARSS)

John Anderson Research Studentship Scheme (JARSS) doctoral studentships are available annually for excellent students and excellent research projects.

There are two main sources of funding:

• Central University funding
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (EPSRC - DTP) funding.

The JARSS 2023/2024 competition will open in October 2023 and students successful in this competition will commence studies in October 2024. Faculties will set their own internal deadlines for the competition.

Academics/Supervisors make the applications for this scheme and there are various deadlines across the Department and Faculties, therefore, in the first instance, all interested students should contact the Department where they would like to carry out their research.

Fees & funding

All fees quoted are per academic year unless otherwise stated.

Entrants may be subject to a small fee during the writing up period.

Fees may be subject to updates to maintain accuracy. Tuition fees will be notified in your offer letter.

All fees are in £ sterling, unless otherwise stated, and may be subject to revision.

Annual revision of fees

Students on programmes of study of more than one year (or studying standalone modules) should be aware that tuition fees are revised annually and may increase in subsequent years of study. Annual increases will generally reflect UK inflation rates and increases to programme delivery costs.

Please note: the fees shown are annual and may be subject to an increase each year. Find out more about fees .

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Postgraduate certificate in researcher professional development (pgcert rpd).

As part of your PhD degree, you'll be enrolled on the Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PgCert RPD). 

This certificate is designed to support you with your research and rewards you for things you'll do as a research student here.

It'll help you improve skills which are important to professional development and employability:

• knowledge and intellectual abilities to conduct your research
• personal qualities to succeed in your research and chosen career
• standards, requirements and conduct of a professional researcher in your discipline
• working with others and communicating the impact of your research to a wide range of audiences

All you have to do is plan these activities alongside your doctorate, documenting and reflecting your journey to success along the way.

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Entry requirements

Normally a first or second-class Honours degree from a UK university or equivalent.

If your first language is not English, you'll require to demonstrate an appropriate level of competence in the English language.

The application

Applications are made online and all documents can be uploaded with the application. During the process, you'll be asked for the following:

• your full contact details
• transcripts and certificates of all degrees
• proof of  IELTS  English language proficiency if English isn't your first language
• two references, one of which must be academic
• funding or scholarship information
• research proposal of 250 to 1,000 words in length, detailing the subject area and topic to be investigated

By filling these details out as fully as possible, you'll avoid any delay to your application being processed by the University.

Supervisors

Research supervisors are assigned to you by the department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Let us know in your application who you'd like to work with, but the department will team you up with the best supervisor for your project.

Once we've received your application, your research proposal is passed to potential supervisors for consideration. If it's not compatible with the researcher's current projects and they are unable to supervise, it's passed along to another for consideration. If they can supervise you, they’ll confirm and nominate a potential second supervisor.

As soon as a second supervisor is confirmed, an offer will be sent to you through Pegasus, our online application system.

When you accept our offer of study, you'll receive a full offer in writing via the email address you'll have provided.

Applicants applying for a specific advertised project, should apply to the academic member of staff in the first instance, prior to making an online application.

Accepting an offer

When you've accepted our offer, we'll need you to fulfil any academic, administrative or financial conditions that we ask.

UK or EU students

If you're applying as a UK or EU student, you'll then be issued with your registration documentation.

An ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate is a mandatory requirement for some postgraduate students in science, engineering and technology.

Find out if you need an ATAS certificate .

Start date : Oct 2023 - Sep 2024

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PhD Aerospace Engineering / Overview

Year of entry: 2024

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The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class (2:1) honours degree and a Master’s degree at merit in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent).

Other combinations of qualifications and research or work experience may also be considered. Please contact the admissions team to check.

Full entry requirements

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In your application you’ll need to include:

• The name of this programme
• Your research project title (i.e. the advertised project name or proposed project name) or area of research
• Your proposed supervisor’s name
• If you already have funding or you wish to be considered for any of the available funding
• A supporting statement (see 'Advice to Applicants' for what to include)
• Details of your previous university level study
• Names and contact details of your two referees.

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Programme description.

Research in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering covers six broad research themes ; aerospace engineering, innovative manufacturing, modelling and simulation, nuclear engineering, resilient systems, and structures in extreme environments.

Our postgraduate research programmes in Aerospace Engineering offer the opportunity to study in a multi-disciplinary team alongside leading academics in the field.

Drawing on our expertise in aerodynamics, automotive aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modelling and other areas we are facilitating the development of tomorrow's aerospace technologies.

Your research will be supported by state-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities. We have strong links with industry and excellent employability in a diverse sector of aerospace engineering.  

Visit our research projects page to browse our range of currently available projects. 

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:

• PhD (full-time) UK students (per annum): Band A £4,786; Band B £7,000; Band C £10,000; Band D £14,500; Band E £24,500 International, including EU, students (per annum): Band A £28,000; Band B £30,000; Band C £35,500; Band D £43,000; Band E £57,000
• PhD (part-time) UK students (per annum): Band A £2393; Band B £3,500; Band C £5,000; Band D £7,250; Band E 12,250

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The programme fee will vary depending on the cost of running the project. Fees quoted are fully inclusive and, therefore, you will not be required to pay any additional bench fees or administration costs.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of the course for Home students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit the postgraduate fees page .

Always contact the Admissions team if you are unsure which fees apply to your project.

Scholarships/sponsorships

There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards at university, faculty and department level to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers.

To be considered for many of our scholarships, you’ll need to be nominated by your proposed supervisor. Therefore, we’d highly recommend you discuss potential sources of funding with your supervisor first, so they can advise on your suitability and make sure you meet nomination deadlines.

For more information about our scholarships, visit our funding page or use our funding database to search for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.

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16 Best universities for Aerospace Engineering in Scotland

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Scotland ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 997K citations received by 32.9K academic papers made by 16 universities in Scotland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Edinburgh

For Aerospace Engineering

2. University of Glasgow

3. University of Strathclyde

4. University of St Andrews

5. University of Aberdeen

6. Heriot-Watt University

7. University of Dundee

8. University of Stirling

9. Glasgow Caledonian University

10. Edinburgh Napier University

11. Robert Gordon University

12. University of the West of Scotland

13. Queen Margaret University

14. Abertay University

15. University of the Highlands and Islands

16. Scotland's Rural College

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Key Course Details

Course overview.

The PhD Aerospace Engineering - Distance Learning is subject to the same University regulations as the standard PhD programme, except that all meetings with the academic supervisors and other relevant Swansea University staff members can be held online. The student is welcome, but not required to visit Swansea University in-person, unless if told otherwise if/when some presence is required on campus.

Start dates: PhD/MPhil - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.

Our world-leading technology has contributed to many exciting projects, including aerodynamics for the current world land-speed record car, Thrust SSC, and the future land-speed record car and design of the double-decker super-jet Airbus A380.

Research within Engineering at Swansea University is multidisciplinary in nature, incorporating our strengths in research areas across the engineering disciplines.

mechanics forms the basis for the majority of the PhD and MPhil projects within these engineering disciplines.

Swansea University provides an excellent base for your research as a PhD or MPhil student in Aerospace Engineering.

Recent PhD theses supervised in the area of Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University include:

• Uncertainty Quantification for Complex Engineering Structures: Statics and Dynamics
• The Application of Composite Corrugated Panels to Morphing Aircraft
• On the Isogeometric Finite Element Method
• Design, Modelling and Optimisation of Morphing Structures for MALE UAVS
• Rolling contact fatigue detection via high frequency acoustic emission
• Development of Numerical Schemes to improve the efficiency of CFD Simulation of High Speed Viscous Aerodynamic Flows

Entry Requirements

Qualifications MPhil:  Applicants for MPhil must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline. See -  Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019  and  Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019 .

PhD:  Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline. See -  Country-specific Information for European Applicants 2019  and  Country-specific Information for International Applicants 2019 .

English Language IELTS 6.5 Overall (5.5+ each comp.) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found  here .

We welcome applications by prospective students from around the world and look for evidence of previous study that is equivalent to the entry requirements stated above. The Postgraduate Admissions Office are happy to advise you on whether your qualifications are suitable for entry to the course you would like to study. Please email  [email protected]  for further information.

As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.

Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Requirement

Non UK/EU applicants are required to obtain ATAS clearance for this programme of study. Successful applicants are sent ATAS application details by the University PGR Admissions team. Further details on the ATAS scheme can be found at on the government Academic Technology Approval Scheme webpage .

Reference Requirement

As standard, two references are required before we can progress applications to the College/School research programme Admissions Tutor for consideration.

Applications received without two references attached are placed on hold, pending receipt of the outstanding reference(s). Please note that any protracted delay in receiving the outstanding reference(s) may result in the need to defer your application to a later potential start point/entry month, than what you initially listed as your preferred start option.

You may wish to consider contacting your referee(s) to assist in the process of obtaining the outstanding reference(s) or alternatively, hold submission of application until references are sourced. Please note that it is not the responsibility of the University Admissions Office to obtain missing reference(s) after our initial email is sent to your nominated referee(s), requesting a reference(s) on your behalf.

The reference can take the form of a letter on official headed paper, or via the University’s standard reference form. Click this link to download the university reference form .

Alternatively, referees can email a reference from their employment email account, please note that references received via private email accounts, (i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) cannot be accepted.

References can be submitted to [email protected] .

How you are Supervised

Your supervisor will:

• Help you develop your research plan in the early stages of your PhD
• Advise on research aims and objectives and suggest relevant training or skills courses
• Provide direction in terms of relevant literature and sources
• Give guidance on gathering, recording and analysing data
• Supervise your written work, providing constructive criticism and ensuring you keep to deadlines
• Support and advise you when it comes to presenting papers at conferences, publishing your work and attending your viva (the final oral examination of your thesis)

Find your supervisor through our  Directory of Expertise .

Welsh Provision

Tuition fees.

Tuition fees for years of study after your first year are subject to an increase of 3%.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page .

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page .

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page .

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

Government funding is now available for Welsh, English and EU students starting eligible postgraduate research programmes at Swansea University. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up .

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

• Travel to and from campus
• Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
• Purchase of books or texts
• Gowns for graduation ceremonies

How to Apply

Once you have identified a topic area within which you would like to work, we recommend that you submit a research proposal and discuss this with an Admissions Tutor for the subject area before making an application. You can email [email protected]  to express your interest in a PhD or MPhil Aerospace Engineering.

Apply online and track your application status for the PhD or MPhil Aerospace Engineering at  www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline

If you're an international student, find out more about applying for the PhD or MPhil Aerospace Engineering  www.swan.ac.uk/international/students/apply

Suggested Application Timings

In order to allow sufficient time for consideration of your application by an academic, for potential offer conditions to be met and travel / relocation, we recommend that applications are made before the dates outlined below. Please note that applications can still be submitted outside of the suggested dates below but there is the potential that your application/potential offer may need to be moved to the next appropriate intake window.

October Enrolment

UK Applicants – 15th August

EU/International applicants – 15th July

January Enrolment

UK applicants – 15th November

EU/International applicants – 15th October

April Enrolment

UK applicants – 15th February

EU/International applicants – 15th January

July Enrolment

UK applicants – 15th May

EU/International applicants – 15th April

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

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Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

Candidates in this program do classwork and research in aerospace structures, propulsion and aerodynamic systems, and have access to state-of-the-art labs and facilities.

Aerospace Engineering deals with the scientific principles that govern the design of airplanes, spacecraft, and jet engines. The Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering degree program allows highly motivated students with a strong science and engineering background to conduct research and coursework in the areas of aerospace structures, propulsion, and aerodynamic systems, while earning their doctoral degree.

Admission to the program is reserved for candidates at the bachelor and masters levels, with high academic achievement and a desire to advance their career through scientific inquiry and knowledge discovery in areas related to aerospace engineering.

Program coursework focuses on cutting-edge research and development. Students have access to state-of-the-art labs designed specifically for instruction and research in aerodynamics, propulsion, dynamics, control, structures, and materials. 

About Aerospace Engineering at the Daytona Beach, FL Campus

The Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering program at ERAU’s Daytona Beach Campus targets domestic and international students, as well as working professionals with bachelor’s or master's degrees in aerospace engineering (or closely related engineering disciplines), who have exemplary track records of academic achievement in their course work, and demonstrated keen interest and ability for engaging in research and independent inquiry.

Housed in the  Aerospace Engineering Department  of the  College of Engineering , the program features three areas of concentration: Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Structures and Materials, and Dynamics and Control.

Candidates for this degree program can expect areas of research to include:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Aeroacoustics
• Air-breathing propulsion
• Rocket propulsion
• Experimental thermo-fluid sciences
• Simulation of aerodynamics and propulsion systems
• Health monitoring of aerospace structures
• Smart materials and structures
• Adaptive structures
• Composite materials
• Functionally graded materials
• Dynamics and control of manned and unmanned aircraft
• Parameter identification of aircraft
• Space mission design
• Design and control of spacecraft
• Orbital debris remediation
• Spacecraft rendezvous and proximity operations
• Control of chaotic systems

Being adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport and the NextGen Test Bed , and just 50 miles north of Kennedy Space Center, ERAU’s Daytona Beach Campus puts students in the middle of the aerospace industry.

Learn More about the Daytona Beach, FL Campus

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Financial aid is available in the form of teaching and research assistantships. Please contact the program coordinator for more information.

Transfer credit: Up to 2 relevant courses can be transferred from another institution upon approval of the program coordinator.

Ph.D. Program

Learn more about the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the Daytona Beach College of Engineering website.

The Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering is conferred in recognition of creative work and the ability to investigate scientific and engineering problems independently, as well as completion of the coursework necessary to build a solid foundation for research. In addition to its academic rigor, the degree emphasizes discovery of new knowledge and performance of research of importance to industry and to the aerospace engineering community. Admission to the program is reserved for candidates at the bachelors and masters levels, with high academic achievement  and a desire to advance their career through scientific inquiry and knowledge discovery in areas related to aerospace engineering.

The objective of the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering is to provide an opportunity for highly motivated students with a strong science and engineering background to participate in a program of research and course work in the areas of Aerodynamics & Propulsion, Dynamics & Control, and Structures & Materials while earning their doctoral degree.

The degree is conferred primarily in recognition of original research and completion of a dissertation resulting in journal publications. In addition, a minimum number of advanced courses that help students build a solid foundation for Ph.D. level research is required.

Although the program is designed for delivery through traditional residential format, provisions are in place to allow highly qualified working individuals in industry or government to participate, when appropriate arrangements can be made.

Areas of Concentration

There are three areas of concentration in the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering:

Aerodynamics & Propulsion focuses on aerodynamics, viscous flows, hypersonic flows, and jet engine and rocket aero-thermodynamics. Courses are offered in these subjects, as well as in specialized topics such as combustion, heat transfer, aeroacoustics, and rotorcraft aerodynamics. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is offered at an introductory level. Advanced level topics include CFD as well as turbine engine systems. Research topics within the Aero-Propulsion group include: Aeroacoustic modeling and noise mitigation; micro air vehicles and synthetic jets for mitigating icing and flow separation; heat transfer in turbine blades; rocket propulsion simulation; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; hypersonic vehicles and hypersonic combustion; pulsed detonation engines; extending stall margins in fans and compressors; rotorcraft aerodynamics; turbulent boundary layer/shear layers and their control; two-phase boundary layers; fluid structure interaction; numerical simulation of plasma for flow control and plasma assisted combustion; and LES of compressible turbulence and high speed combustion.

• Dynamics & Control focuses on the modeling of complex dynamical systems and the design, implementation and testing of guidance, navigation and active feedback control of these systems to meet rigorous requirements and high levels of performance. Particular research topics include autonomous unpiloted air and ground vehicles; evolving aerospace structures and formations; control of flexible aerospace structures; networked systems; aircraft guidance control and handling qualities; spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, with emphasis on rendezvous and proximity operations; aviation safety; artificial intelligence; wind energy systems; and control of quantum information systems.

• Structures & Materials focuses on the study of aeroelasticity, vibration, fracture mechanics, thermoelasticity, composite materials, nanomaterials, smart materials, structural health monitoring, reliability analysis, computational structural mechanics, and design optimization. Particular research topics include aircraft structural design; aeroelastic tailoring; design for additive manufacturing; optimization of composite structures; smart actuators and systems; guided-wave structural health monitoring; static and impact performance of lightweight materials; use of carbon nanotubes and graphene for strengthening and repair of composites; and molecular dynamic simulation.

The Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering program targets domestic and international students, as well as working professionals with a Masters degree in aerospace engineering (or closely related engineering disciplines), who have exemplary track records of academic achievement in their course work, and demonstrated keen interest and ability for engaging in research and independent inquiry.

Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering will be conferred primarily in recognition of creative accomplishment and the ability to investigate scientific or engineering problems independently. The doctoral program also requires completion of advanced coursework that helps students build a solid foundation for Ph.D.-level research.

A student in the Ph.D. program is expected to

• complete an approved plan of study during the first semester as a Ph.D. student
• pass the qualifying examinations to achieve advancement to candidacy
• pass the preliminary examination (present a dissertation proposal acceptable to the dissertation committee)
• complete a program of significant original research
• prepare and defend a dissertation concerning the research work
• complete the credit hours requirement listed below

Candidates will have an Aerospace Engineering faculty member assigned as their research advisor and chair of their dissertation committee. The candidate and advisor will work collaboratively to define the research topic, to determine the courses of study and to select appropriate members of the dissertation committee. Working under the auspices and direction of the advisor, the candidate will be responsible for developing a research plan and the dissertation proposal.

While the typical time for completing the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering will be three (3) years for students with a Master's degree, it will be the policy of the College of Engineering that the total duration of the doctoral study should not exceed five (5) years beyond the Master's degree. Exceptions will be allowed when justified.

Credit Hours Requirement

For students with a Master's degree, the curriculum requires a minimum of 42 credit hours, including a minimum of 18 credit hours of coursework (including one advanced math course) and a minimum of 24 credit hours of dissertation research.

For students with a BS degree, the student needs to complete the requirements for a Master's degree first in addition to the 42 credit hours mentioned above.

At least six hours of coursework must be at 600 level. At most six hours of non-AE courses in EP, other Engineering, or MA, with Advisor and Program Coordinator approval.

Qualifying Examinations

A Ph.D. student must take the qualifying examination in both mathematics and their area of concentration (i.e. Aerodynamics & Propulsion, Structures & Materials or Dynamics & Control).

The qualifying examinations are given once a year in early May. A student must pass the qualifying examination prior to presenting a dissertation proposal.

• See Ph.D. AE Qualifying Examination Procedure for details.

Preliminary Examinations

The purpose of the preliminary examination is to evaluate students’ readiness for conducting their proposed research, assess their ability to use their knowledge to carry out independent and creative research and confirm their potential for successful completion of the Ph.D. dissertation. A Ph.D. student must take the preliminary examination within one year after completing the qualifying examinations.

The preliminary examination consists of a written research proposal and an oral presentation, which is made to the examining committee. The preliminary examination is to evaluate student’s readiness for completing the proposed research.

Dissertation Defense

The dissertation defense is the candidate’s presentation of the work accomplished since the passing of the preliminary examination, and has been deemed sufficient and complete by the candidate’s advisor. The defense is administered by the student’s dissertation committee, in accordance with Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and University guidelines. The purpose of the examination is to evaluate the student's research efforts and written dissertation, to determine if the candidate is qualified to receive a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. The major areas of emphasis of this examination are the quality and originality of the candidate’s research, and his/her knowledge and understanding of the general areas of study related thereto.

Advisor and Dissertation Committee

Students must have an advisor from the faculty of the Aerospace Engineering department when he/she is admitted to the doctoral program in aerospace engineering.

A student must work with his/her major advisor to form a plan of study, a proposed calendar of events and a dissertation committee. The dissertation committee is composed of four faculty members of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus, including at least three faculty members from the Aerospace Engineering Department. The fourth member should be a faculty from outside the Aerospace Engineering Department, i.e. faculty in another Engineering Department, or Physics, Mathematics. etc. In the event that a student is involved in collaborative research with an outside institution and/or company, one or more qualified members from these entities may serve on the dissertation committee, in addition to the four faculty members from the Daytona Beach Campus. The student’s advisor serves as the chair of the dissertation committee. The dissertation committee must be formed within two semesters of the student’s admission to the Ph.D. program.

Annual Progress Review

The dissertation committee will review the progress of the Ph.D. student/candidate once a year. The purpose of the review is to ensure that students continue to make satisfactory progress toward their degree objective. All major recommendations from this annual review will be forwarded to the student, with an assessment of achievements and of areas where improvements are expected.

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Our international reputation for research makes this an ideal place to pursue a research degree, whether as preparation for a research career in industry or as the start of an academic career.

The Department offers a wide range of PhD opportunities which cover the full range of aerospace-related fields as well as those relevant to the environment, energy and health care.

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PhD, MSc by research Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering research at Bristol is organised via cross-faculty research groups with interests spanning four key areas:

• Fluid Flow and Aerodynamics
• Bristol Composites Institute (BCI)
• Dynamics and Control

This work is supported by at least 50 academic staff, more than 70 research staff and over 240 postgraduate students, plus a highly experienced administrative and technical support team.

Aerospace engineering is a specific discipline involving experimental, numerical, theoretical and computational research which is later applied to aerospace-related problems, for example, fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, wind turbines and UAVs.

All postgraduates would expect to publish in high-quality journals and present at international conferences. Hence, research programmes are aimed at independent and self-motivated applicants.

World-leading research

The University of Bristol is ranked fifth for research in the UK ( Times Higher Education ).

94% of our research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Entry requirements

PhD applicants must hold/achieve a minimum of a master's degree (or international equivalent) in a science, mathematics or engineering discipline. Applicants without a master's qualification may be considered on an exceptional basis, provided they hold a first class undergraduate degree. Please note, acceptance will also depend on evidence of readiness to pursue a research degree.

MSc by Research applicants must hold/achieve a minimum of an upper second class honours degree (or international equivalent) in science, mathematics or engineering and demonstrate readiness to pursue a research degree.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

Read the programme admissions statement for important information on entry requirements, the application process and supporting documents required.

If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our  profile level E.

Further information about  English language requirements and profile levels .

Fees and funding

Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.

More about tuition fees, living costs and financial support .

Alumni discount

University of Bristol students and graduates can benefit from a 25% reduction in tuition fees for postgraduate study.  Check your eligibility for an alumni discount.

Funding for 2024/25

A number of funded studentships are available each year, supported by research council, industry, University or other funds. View the faculty website for a list of currently available funded projects or visit jobs.ac.uk .

View information on funding postgraduate study for prospective UK, EU and international postgraduate students.

Self-funded or sponsored students are also very welcome to apply.

Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students.

Career prospects

Graduates from the department leave with a breadth of technical and personal skills and expertise, far beyond their particular degree specialism. They progress into a wide variety of careers within engineering (for example, aerospace, automotive/motorsport, transportation, consulting engineering), academia, public services (for example, civil service, air traffic management) and commerce (for example, IT, finance).

A higher degree can accelerate your career significantly, particularly into positions of greater responsibility. Furthermore, it increasingly provides entrepreneurial opportunities, which build on the skills and knowledge you acquire during the programme.

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You need to contact a potential academic adviser to discuss available projects, and complete a  Supervisor Suitability Form (Office document, 71kB) , before submitting an application.

You can then apply using our online application system. For further information, please see the  guidance for how to apply  on our webpages.

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Aerospace Engineering & Management MSc

The Masters in Aerospace Engineering & Management introduces you to contemporary business and management issues while increasing your depth of knowledge in your chosen aerospace engineering speciality.

• Teaching start: January or September
• MSc: 12 months full-time

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Why this programme

• The University of Glasgow has been the home of aerospace research for over 60 years. This long-standing activity has culminated in the Division of Aerospace Sciences having internationally recognised expertise in all areas of aeronautics and aerospace systems.
• You will be taught jointly by staff from the School of Engineering and the Adam Smith Business School. You will benefit from their combined resources and expertise and from an industry-focused curriculum.
• Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow is ranked 1st in Scotland (Complete University Guide 2023).
• If you have an engineering background, but with little management experience and you are looking to broaden your knowledge of management while also furthering your knowledge of aerospace engineering, this programme is designed for you.
• Students in this programme can benefit from access to our outstanding facilities: including several wind tunnels, a flight simulation lab, an autonomous unmanned vehicle (UAV) laboratory, helicopter test rig laboratories, structural testing apparatus and computer labs for modelling and simulation.
• The school has an Athena Swan Silver Award, demonstrating the school’s commitment to supporting women in scientific studies and careers, and to improving the working environment for all.
• This programme has a September and  January intake .* 

 *For suitably qualified candidates.

Programme structure

There are two semesters of taught material and a summer session working on a project or dissertation. September entry students start with management courses and January entry students with engineering courses.

You will be based in the Adam Smith Business School, developing knowledge and skills in management principles and techniques. We offer an applied approach, with an emphasis on an informed critical evaluation of information, and the subsequent application of concepts and tools to the core areas of business and management.

Core courses

• Contemporary issues in human resource management 
• Managing creativity and innovation 
• Managing innovative change 
• Marketing management 
• Operations management 
• Project management.

You will study engineering courses, which aim to enhance your group working and project management capability at the same time as improving your depth of knowledge in chosen aerospace engineering subjects.

• INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN PROJECT M

Optional courses (five chosen)

• AIRCRAFT VIBRATION AND AEROELASTICITY 4
• COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS 4
• ADVANCED CONTROL 5
• AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS M
• FAULT DETECTION, ISOLATION AND RECOVERY
• INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS M
• SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS 5
• ROTORCRAFT AEROMECHANICS M
• ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS 5

Project or dissertation

• MSC PROJECT or DISSERTATION PROJECT

You will undertake an individual project or dissertation work in the summer period (May–August). This will give you an opportunity to apply and consolidate the course material and enhance your ability to do independent work, as well as present results in the most appropriate format. Project and dissertation options are closely linked to staff research interests. September entry students have a choice of management dissertation topics in addition to aerospace engineering projects, and January entry students have a choice of aerospace engineering projects. 

Programme alteration or discontinuation The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised. In exceptional circumstances, however, the University may withdraw or alter a programme. For more information, please see: Student contract .

Career prospects

Career opportunities include positions in aerospace, defence, renewable energy, nuclear energy and management. You can also continue studying, for a research Masters or a PhD.

Fees & funding

Tuition fees for 2024-25

• Full-time fee: £14300

International & EU

• Full-time fee: £31860

Tuition fees for January 2024 start

• Full-time fee:  £13650

International & EU

• Full-time fee:  £29370

International and EU applicants are required to pay a deposit of  £2000 within four weeks  of an offer being made.

Deposits: terms & conditions

This programme requires some students to pay a deposit to secure their place.

If you are an international student, we will only issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) once the deposit has been paid.

Your offer letter will state:

• how to pay the deposit payment
• the deadline for paying the deposit

The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% handling fee will be deducted.

Deposits will be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

• Where the University is unable to offer you a place.
• Where the applicant has personal circumstances such as illness, bereavement or other family situations that has prevented them coming to the UK. Medical or other proof may be requested.
• Applicant can prove that they have applied for a visa to attend the University of Glasgow, but the VISA has been refused. The applicant must have shown 'real intent' to study at the University of Glasgow but has been unable to obtain their visa.
• Applicant does not meet his / her conditions of offer: this may be academic or language test requirements. Satisfactory evidence must be uploaded to the student’s applicant self-service to prove that they have not met the conditions of their offer (note that applicants who do not meet the language condition of their offer must show reasonable attempt to meet this, i.e. they must provide a language test which was taken after the date that the deposit was paid).

Deposits will not be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

• Applicant has decided to defer – in this situation the University will retain the deposit and credit it against the applicant’s account for securing their place for the following year of entry.

Refund requests must be made within 30 days of the programme start date stated on your offer letter.

Requests made after this date will be subject to discretion.

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Additional fees

• Fee for re-assessment of a dissertation (PGT programme): £370
• Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed: £350
• Registration/exam only fee: £170

Funding opportunities

• Global Glasgow Scholarship

The University of Glasgow has several Global Glasgow Scholarships available to international students starting a eligible postgraduate taught Masters programme for January 2024 . The scholarship is awarded as a tuition fee discount.  

• STEM in Scotland Scholarship

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PhD Aerospace Engineering

First class Honours BEng degree in a relevant Engineering discipline including Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.  Strong applicants with a 2.1 qualification may also be considered. Personal attributes including a drive to conduct research, self-motivation and the ability to work independently and within a team are essential.

About the course

Our research expertise in Aerospace Engineering specialises in areas including aeroelasticity, steady and unsteady aerodynamics, non-linear dynamics, control systems, flapping wings and probabilistic structural analysis.

Aerospace research at the University of Hertfordshire has been supported with grants from the EPSRC, the De Havilland Trust and industry.

Teaching methods

Each student will be assigned a Principal and a second supervisor who are experts in the research topic. The research will be conducted in our labs which are well-equipped for research in the topics of our expertise. Students studying on Full-Time mode are expected to submit their registration and progression reports in the first and second years of the research programme respectively and are formally assessed in the form of a viva by (usually) an internal examination panel. In completion of their 3 rd year students are expected to start the preparation for their final assessment and to submit their thesis which is examined in the form of a viva by an external and an internal examiner (Part-Time mode assessment deadlines are extended accordingly).  

What’s next for my career?

Our PhD courses enable students to develop specialist research skills and knowledge. We aim to provide PhD projects that will challenge and in some cases even inspire our students. If you are self-motivated and want to improve your ability to understand and solve engineering problems, then a PhD with us may be right for you.

We were ranked 1st in the East of England for Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering in the 2023 Complete University Guide.

Course fees

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• Research degree fees for international students

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Professors Babu, S.S. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Cambridge (UK) Frankel, J.I., PhD – Virginia Tech Hamel, W.R., PhD – Tennessee Johnson, J.A. (UTSI), PhD – Liverpool (UK) Keyhani, M., PhD – Ohio State Kihm, K.D., PhD – Stanford Komistek, R.D., PhD – Memphis Mahfouz, M.R., PhD – Colorado School of Mines Mench, M.M. (Condra Chair of Excellence Professor), PhD – Penn State Parang, M. (Associate Dean), PhD, PE – Oklahoma Schmisseur, J.D. (UTSI, H.H. Arnold Chair), PhD, – Purdue Smith, G.V., PhD, PE – Penn State Tan, J., PhD – Michigan State Vaidya, U. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Auburn Vakili, A. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee

Associate Professors Anusonti-Inthra, P. (UTSI), PhD – Penn State Boulet, J.A.M., PhD – Stanford Brooks, S. (UTSI), PhD – Catholic University of America DeSmidt, H.A., PhD – Penn State Duty, C., PhD – Georgia Tech Ekici, K., PhD – Purdue He, W., PhD – Connecticut Madhukar, M.S., PhD – Drexel Moeller, T. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee Nguyen, K., PhD – Colorado Pionke, C.D., PhD, PE – Georgia Tech Reinbolt, J.A., PhD – Florida Zhang, F.Y. (UTSI), PhD – Nagoya (Japan) Zhang, Z., PhD – Princeton Zhao, X., PhD – Virginia Tech

Assistant Professors Abedi, R. (UTSI), PhD – Illinois Chakraborty, S., PhD – Penn State Compton, B.G., PhD – California, Santa Barbara Ferdous, Z., PhD – Rice Hu, A., PhD – Waterloo (Canada) Mukherjee, D., PhD – Minnesota Rucker, D.C., PhD – Vanderbilt Sarles, S.A., PhD – Virginia Tech Shin, S., PhD – Michigan TerMaath, S., PhD – Cornell Wade, E.R., PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor of Practice Young, M.A., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Associate Professors Lyne, J.E., MD, PhD – North Carolina State Solies, U.P., PhD – Tennessee

Senior Lecturers Barker, J.M., PhD – Clemson Bond, R.E., PhD – West Virginia Sharpe, L.W., PhD – South Carolina

Emeriti Faculty Baker, A.J., PhD, PE – New York Carley, T.G., PhD, PE – Illinois Caruthers, J. (UTSI), PhD – Georgia Tech Collins, F. (UTSI), PhD – UC Berkeley Crawford, R. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee Dareing, D.W., PhD, PE – Illinois Engels, R. (UTSI), PhD – Virginia Polytechnic Institute Flandro, G.A. (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology Forrester, J.H., PhD, PE – Iowa State Hodgson, J., PhD, PE – Georgia Tech Johnson, W.S., PhD, PE – Clemson Keefer, D. (UTSI), PhD – Florida Kim, K.H., PhD – North Carolina State Landes, J.D., PhD, PE – Lehigh Mathews, A., PhD, PE – Illinois Milligan, M.W., PhD, PE – Tennessee Peters, C. (UTSI), PhD – University of Brussels Schulz, R.J. (UTSI), PhD – Tennessee Shannon, T.E., PhD, PE – Tennessee Snyder, W.T., PhD – Northwestern Soliman, O., PhD, PE – Tennessee Wasserman, J.F., PhD, PE – Cincinnati Wu, J-M (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology Wu, S. (UTSI), PhD – California Institute of Technology

The department offers a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The mission of the department is to provide a broad base integration of courses and experiences that prepare graduates to practice their profession successfully, to apply their skills to solve current engineering problems collaboratively, and to help advance the knowledge and engineering practice in their fields.

The Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is accredited by the  Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (http://www.abet.org), under the General Criteria and the Mechanical Engineering Program Criteria.

The Aerospace Engineering undergraduate program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is accredited by the  Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (http://www.abet.org), under the General Criteria and the Aerospace Engineering Program Criteria.

The Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is accredited by the  Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (http://www.abet.org), under the General Criteria and the Biomedical Engineering Program Criteria.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

PROGRESSION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Progression.

The first two years of the curriculum are considered to be lower-division and the two remaining years upper-division. Students must apply for progression to departmental upper-division courses, which depends on academic performance. Factors considered include overall grade point average, performance in selected lower-division courses and evidence of orderly progression through the prescribed curriculum. CHEM 122   * and CHEM 123   *, or CHEM 128   *; CHEM 132   * and CHEM 133   *, or CHEM 138   *

Full Status

A lower-division student may apply for progression to upper-division after completing EF 152   * or EF 158   *, CHEM 122   * and CHEM 123   *, or CHEM 128   *; MATH 231   , ME 202   , ME 231   , and ME 321   , with a grade of C or better in each, and an overall GPA of at least 2.4 in these courses. Students who have not satisfied the requirements for full status will be dropped from departmental class rolls in upper-division courses.

Provisional Status

Students who have completed EF 152   * or EF 158   *, CHEM 122   * and CHEM 123   *, or CHEM 128   *; MATH 231   , ME 202   , ME 231   , and ME 321   , with a grade of C or better and have a GPA between 2.0 and 2.4 in these courses may apply for provisional status. The granting of provisional status is based on the availability of space in departmental programs after full status students have been accommodated. Provisional status students are required to demonstrate their ability to perform satisfactorily in upper-division by attaining a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the first 12 hours of 300-level required engineering courses. Award of upper-division full status is dependent upon this performance. Students with a UTK GPA less than 2.0 will not be admitted to upper-division. Students who have not progressed to upper-division will be dropped from departmental class rolls in upper-division courses.

Transfer Students

Students transferring more than 26 hours from another institution are considered transfer students. Transfer students must meet the same criteria as non-transfer students, using transfer grades for acceptable substitutions.

Departmental Academic Standing

Faculty of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering expect all students who enter to make progress toward graduation. To graduate from the department, a student must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in all departmental courses counted toward the degree. Students not meeting the required departmental GPA may be dropped from their major.

In addition, the University Academic Good Standing Policies    apply to all students.

Graduation Requirements

A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all departmental courses counted toward the degree taken at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is required for graduation. No more than two departmental courses in which a C– or lower is the highest grade earned may be counted toward graduation. This is in addition to the university’s graduation requirements.

Five-Year BS/MS Program

The department offers a Five-Year BS-MS program for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 9 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Tennessee. This program is designed for students attending the University of Tennessee for their Master of Science degree because other universities may not accept these courses for graduate credit since they were used to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. Significant components of the program are:

• Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.4 to be admitted to the program. Conditional admission may be granted after completing 64 hours of required coursework while full admission is granted after completing 96 hours of required coursework with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4 in required coursework.
• Students must at least have conditional admission before taking graduate courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. All courses taken for graduate credit must be approved by the departmental chair of the program. Students admitted to the program must request permission from the Graduate School to take approved courses for graduate credit. Students admitted to the program must also follow the normal procedure for admission to the Graduate School.
• Admission of students into this program must be approved by the department and the Graduate School.
• Students will not be eligible for graduate assistantships until they are enrolled as graduate-level students in the Graduate School.

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2024 MS or PhD Co-op, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Aerospace Engineering, Pharmaceutical

Job Details

If youre a MS or PhD student pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Material Science, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related majors, you may be a fit for a Co-op role.

This Co-op is from May or June to December 2024, full-time in Tarrytown, NY. The student will establish a research ground to understand antibody behaviors under microgravity and cosmic radiations experienced by humans. Antibodies will be incorporated into various dosage forms for conducting stability research under simulated and actual space conditions. A major component of this work will be to initiate collaboration with space agency labs around the world.

The student should have an understanding of biologic drug products, excellent communication skills, and an ability to work productively in a fast-paced collaborative environment. Preferred: Students with a scientific understanding of protein chemistry, as well as experience with biophysical/biochemical characterization of proteins or other biomolecules. Ideally, the student will also understand how extreme environments (e.g. radiation, thermal gradients, moisture, microgravity, etc.) can impact biologic products.

In this role, a typical experience might include the following:

Achieving a general understanding of what happens in our global organization

Completing hands-on project work that has an impact on the business

Engaging with Regeneron leadership

Collaborating with a specific hiring manager and other interns/co-ops

Establishing connections with Regenerons diverse set of employee resource groups

Participating in professional development sessions while enjoying lots of free food and swag

Showcasing the knowledge you gained through end of program presentation sessions

Getting paid for your hard work!

This role might be for you if:

You want to make a difference

You advocate for your ideas and what they can do in the world

Youre excited to think, challenge, listen, re-think and solve

You continuously look for ways to improve

You are science-minded, ask questions and challenge conventional wisdom

You work with precision, passion, thoughtfulness and integrity

Youre ready to work with the team that can bring a great idea to life

You know this is no ordinary job

Please note our intern & co-op pay ranges are determined by level of education (year in school) and degree program.

The hourly rate range for Tarrytown, NY, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Armonk, NY, and Basking Ridge, NJ includes: $17.00-$48.50 per hour.

To be considered for this opportunity, you must be enrolled in, or accepted to, an academic program pursuing a MS or PhD degree (and be returning to school the semester following the internship). A cumulative GPA of 3.0 is preferred. We want someone who is able to commit to 40 hours per week for a minimum of 28 weeks from May or June through December 2024. Demonstrated leadership in areas such as campus activities, clubs, sports, current or previous work, or within the community is also preferred.

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first steps toward living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive and diverse culture that provides comprehensive benefits including health and wellness programs, fitness centers and equity awards, annual bonuses, and paid time off for eligible employees at all levels!

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Seminar - Harmonics dispersion relation: A new fundamental theory of strongly nonlinear waves - Apr. 5

Abstract: Wave motion lies at the heart of many disciplines in the physical sciences and engineering. For example, problems and applications involving light, sound, heat, or fluid flow are all likely to involve wave dynamics at some level. While the theory of linear waves is fairly established, nonlinear wave motion remains a complex, often mysterious, object—particularly when the nonlinearity is strong.

For example, an unbalanced nonlinear wave distorts acutely as it travels and appears to ultimately fully lose its original shape, and in many instances the final outcome is onset of a form of instability. Inherent to this distortion is an intricate mechanism of harmonic generation manifesting in intensive time-varying exchange of energy between the harmonics that matches the wave’s ongoing nonlinear evolution in space and time.

In this work, a general theory is presented for the dispersion of these generated harmonics as they emerge and develop in a traveling nonlinear wave. The harmonics dispersion relation−derived by the theory−provides direct and exact analytical prediction of the collective harmonics spectrum in the frequency-wavenumber domain, and does so without prior knowledge of the spatial-temporal solution.

Despite its time-independence, the new relation is shown to be applicable at any temporal state of evolution of the nonlinear wave as long as the wave is balanced or has not yet reached its breaking point. The theory is applied to nonlinear elastic waves in a homogeneous rod and an extension is demonstrated to rods with a periodic array of property modulation (phononic crystal) or intrinsic resonators (elastic metamaterial). Finally, the theory is shown to provide a rigorous foundation for the analytical synthesis of solitons.

Bio: Mahmoud I. Hussein is the Alvah and Harriet Hovlid Professor at the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He holds a courtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Physics and has formally served as the Engineering Faculty Director of the Pre-Engineering Program and the Program of Exploratory Studies. He received a BS degree from the American University in Cairo (1994) and MS degrees from Imperial College London (1995) and the University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor (1999, 2002). In 2004, he received a PhD degree from the University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor, after which he spent two years at the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate.

Dr. Hussein’s research focuses on the dynamics of materials and structures, especially phononic crystals and metamaterials, at both the continuum and atomistic scales. He received a DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2011, an NSF CAREER award in 2013, and in 2017 was honored with a Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty at CU Boulder. He was awarded as PI two multi-million dollar grants, both on concepts he discovered— nanophononic metamaterials (NPMs, Phys. Rev. Lett ., 2014; ARPA-E 2019-2023) and phononic subsurfaces (PSubs, Proc. R. Soc. A , 2015; ONR MURI 2024-2029).

He has co-edited a book titled Dynamics of Lattice Materials published by Wiley. He is a Fellow of ASME and has served as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics . In addition, he is the founding vice president of the International Phononics Society and has co-established the biennial Phononics 20xx conference series which has helped create a new multidisciplinary research community and is widely viewed as the world’s premier event in the emerging field of phononics.

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