Boeing - UQ Research Alliance PhD Scholarships

  
      Enrolment status
      
            Future UQ student
      
      Student type
      
            Domestic
      
      Study level
      
            Postgraduate research (HDR)
      
      Study area
      
            Computer science and IT, Engineering, Science and mathematics
      
      Scholarship focus
      
            Academic excellence
      
      Funding type
      
            Living stipend,
                Top-up,
                Tuition fees
      
      Scholarship value
      
            Total $35,000 base stipend per annum plus an additional $14,151 to up, full tuition fees, Boeing funded travel expenses and work experience program.
      
      Scholarship duration
      
            The living scholarship is for 3.5 years with the possibility of 1 extension in line with UQ and RTP Scholarship Policy, the Boeing top up is for 3.5 years, but may be extended at Boeing's discretion.
      
      Number awarded
      
            May vary
      
      Applications open
      
            5 June 2024
      
      Applications close
      
            28 July 2024

About this scholarship

Innovative Boeing Defence aerospace project seeks PhD candidates interested in Software / AI / Simulation / Robotics / Materials / Manufacturing Design

This is an opportunity to be part of an innovative PhD program at a leading research institution, working collaboratively with UQ and Boeing supervisors on research with commercial impact.

This Research Alliance scheme pairs students with an Advisory team that includes UQ and Boeing Supervisors, as well as a generous scholarship package.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defence, space and security systems. If you love modern flying and space machines and are inspired to build the next generation of air and space vehicles, you should consider joining us!

UQ is ranked #43 in the World according to QS World University Rankings, so your UQ PhD will be highly regarded wherever your career takes you.

Join the team working to advance Boeing Australia’s partnership with the Queensland Government to create an advanced manufacturing and new aerospace capability in Queensland. Announced in October 2020, the partnership could culminate in Queensland becoming the primary final assembly facility for the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. Imagine, your PhD work contributing towards a range of aerospace manufacturing programs, including one of most exciting aircraft projects in recent Australian aerospace history – the first military combat aircraft in 50 years to be designed, built and manufactured in Australia.

There are three fully funded PhD Scholarships available for truly outstanding candidates to work on a project at The University of Queensland (UQ) in collaboration with Boeing Defence Australia. This PhD project aims to develop tools to evaluate aerospace designs in a Model Based Engineering Environment.

Projects

AI Qualification of Aerospace Composites

This PhD project aims to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to minimise the amount of testing required to qualify composite material structures for aerospace use. This will shorten design timelines and allow composite materials to be designed and qualified with new topologies.

At present, the qualification process takes up to 10 years and millions of dollars. The vast amount of information that has been collected during these processes will form the basis of your training dataset. You will use AI / machine learning to significantly simplify the amount and type of qualification testing required. Your final AI will then need to be certified for aeronautical use.

The current state of composite fibre technology for aerospace is limited to Quasi-isotropic materials (only designed in 4 directions of fibre). The outputs from this project will allow significant increases in design flexibility to take advantage of emerging materials for our aerospace future.

Advisory Team

Members of your advisory team may include:

Dr Xin Yu or Dr Xin Guo (The University of Queensland), and Dr Phillip Crothers (Boeing).

About you

These projects would suit someone interested in academic/industry-based research in the areas of Artificial intelligence, Computer Sciences, Digital twins, Virtual world modelling, Synthetic data creation software and system engineering, Materials, Mechatronics, Model-based systems engineering, or other relevant fields.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:

be nominated by the Advisory team and enrolling school or institute at UQ
be assessed by the Graduate School as meeting all conditions for admission to the higher degree by research program and be competitive for scholarship.
obtain security clearance from Boeing as part of the application process

Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and may be eligible

We are committed to equity and diversity. Female applicants and people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent are encouraged to apply. Indigenous applicants may be eligible for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Scholarship base living stipend rate.

How to apply

Apply for this scholarship when you apply for a higher degree by research program at UQ.

Before submitting an application you should:

check your eligibility
prepare your documentation

When you apply, please ensure that under the scholarships and collaborative study section you:

Select ‘My higher degree is not collaborative’
Select 'I am applying for, or have been awarded a scholarship or sponsorship'.
Select 'Boeing - UQ Research Alliance PhD Scholarship'.

Start your application

Selection criteria

Your application will be assessed on a competitive basis.

We take into account your:

previous academic record
publication record
honours and awards
employment history

Rules

Read the UQ Research Scholarships terms and conditions. If selected, you will also be required to sign an intellectual property and confidentiality deed poll.

The information you provide in your application is collected for the purposes of (1) assessing your eligibility for this scholarship, (2) selecting scholarship recipients, and (3) administration of the scholarship. The University of Queensland will disclose the information you provide to Boeing for the stated purposes. The University will not otherwise disclose the information to a third party without your consent, unless such disclosure is authorised or required by law. For further information, please refer to the University’s Privacy Management Policy.