Open positions

Open PhD positions for cohort 2; research starts in May

The Research Training Group AirMetro invites applications from motivated PhD candidates to conduct cutting-edge research in an interdisciplinary and international environment.

The doctoral progam is intended for four years and the fourth year is expected to be funded by the second AirMetro funding period.

Topic Title
RTG2947-T2/2 Surrogate metamaterial modelling for effective vehicle communication in IAM operations
RTG2947-T4/2 Optimization and Scheduling for Innovative Air Mobility Networks
RTG2947-T5/2 Navigation Performance of eVCAs in urban environments
RTG2947-T6/2 Design of Robust eVCA Flight Trajectories accounting for Polymorphic uncertainties in Sensor Models and Sensor Fusion for IAM Operations
RTG2947-T7/2 Turbulence and VCA induced vortex modelling as safety cases for Urban Air Mobility
RTG2947-T8/2 Multimodal Navigation with Adaptive Sensor Fusion and Localized Map Management
RTG2947-T9/2 Communication on Flying Devices: Cooperative SLAM and AD-hoc Mesh-Networks for Disaster Management
RTG2947-T10/2 Fail safe, Distributed Digital Twin for Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) Operations
RTG2947-T11/2 System-Level Impact Analysis of IAM using Agent-Based Models

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Last modified: Jan 20, 2026