Building state-of-the-art predictive and prescriptive big data analytics methods e.g. for advanced MRO scheduling or navigation

Project 17: Big data analysis e.g. for advanced MRO scheduling or navigation (led Dr. Grazziela Figueredo and Prof. Hervé Morvan).

Applications are invited to work with Prof Hervé Morvan and his colleagues in the Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT) and the Faculty of Engineering on the above European funded project in the area of novel aircraft technology attached to propulsion, airframes and controls, human factors, ground operations, navigation and communication. Successful candidates will register for a 3-year PhD in the Faculty of Engineering within the Marie Curie COFUND Doctoral Programme INNOVATIVE which the IAT leads and coordinates. INNOVATIVE includes four research areas and 24 ESR positions to be recruited over 3 cohorts.

About project 17
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) is a phrase widely used these days to describe aircraft maintenance activity. MRO must provide the highest acceptable level of flight safety. In order to achieve that, aircrafts are equipped with sensors, tracking devices, and mobile communication equipment, which constantly gather information, from binary data such as speed, altitude and stability of the aircraft during flight, to damage and crack growth progression at service intervals. Accurate interpretation of the information provided by these sensors lead to successful, cost-effective MROs. In this role, the candidate will work together with researchers from the University of Nottingham and General Electrics to investigate aircraft sensor data. The goal of the PhD project is to build state-of-the-art predictive and prescriptive big data analytics methods for MRO navigation and scheduling through the application of advanced data analysis and machine learning and optimisation techniques.

Candidates will be required to meet the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher eligibility criteria: (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/main/h2020-wp1415-msca_en.pdf, p40-41). In particular, at the time of appointment candidates must have had less than four years full-time equivalent research experience and must not have already obtained a PhD. Additionally, they must not have resided in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the appointment.

This full-time post is available from January 2018 and is offered on a fixed-term 36 month contract.

Application Web Page: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG1120