The CDT in Net Zero Aviation Experience

The CDT in Net Zero Aviation offers a unique and exciting  experience that combines innovation and impact driven research with a net zero aviation focused training program to develop skills fit for the future. Graduates will become a nucleus for Net Zero Aviation upskilling across the aviation ecosystem disseminating knowledge and further promoting innovation and collaborative working.

We are offering:

  • An inclusive, diverse and accessible learning environment
  • Fully funded 4 year full-time and 6 year part-time industrially co-sponsored PhDs & EngD’s - £25,183 tax free annual stipend, full fees and additional funding for conferences and 3 month industrial placement
  • Industrial supervision/mentorship
  • Access to 40 industrial, government & research partners from the wider aviation sector
  • Access to world class research and education facilities
  • Attendance/presentations to international and national conferences with expenses fully covered
  • Cohort and individual modular training covering technical, research, professional and personal development. 
  • Minimum of 3 months fully funded industrial placement
  • Flexible/hybrid working arrangements and accessible facilities
  • Research projects designed from the outset to meet and promote EDI and responsible research requirements while catering for individual needs
  • Opportunities to inform future research strategies and environmental policies
  • Opportunities to engage, interact and inform the public and end users, promote STEAM and inspire the new generation of students and researchers
  • Additional support for disabled and matured researchers and carers. 

We are looking for:

  • Passionate, inquisitive and enthusiastic researchers, graduates and professionals
  • Applicants with a strong interest in research covering engineering, science, technology, net zero, environmental, sustainability, social, economic and commercial aspects along with their interactions
  • Applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills that want to make a difference and further develop their professional, research and personal skills
  • Graduates, early career researchers and technologists as well as professionals with degrees or relevant work experience including engineering, materials, manufacturing, transport, science, maths, computing, social sciences or environmental topics.

An Exciting, Highly Rewarding Research Journey & Experience 

Our programme is designed to develop a wide range of future-proof skills that combine technical, professional, leadership and personal development. Our researchers enrol to a 4-year programme. During year one every co-Hort will be mainly based at Cranfield. In year two to year four the researchers will move to the University that hosts their research.

Activities
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Individual Research
Project Definition Literature Review Paper Research Plan Dissemination Plan Individual Training Plan
Research Tools Development Data Generation/Collection Data Analysis Journal and Conference Papers
Research Tools Development Data Generation/Collection Data Analysis Journal and Conference Papers
Data & Analysis Refinement Validation & Verification Environment Evaluation Impact & Conclusions Journal & Conference Papers
Cohort-Training Activities
Core Technical Modules Leadership in Sustainability Training Modelling, Experimental & Data Analytics NCAS - Atmospheric Sciences Group Design Seminars, Workshops Invited Lectures
Leadership in Sustainability Training Modelling, Experimental & Data Analytics NCAS - Atmospheric Sciences Challenge Week Seminars, Workshops Invited Lectures
Leadership in Sustainability Training Modelling, Experimental & Data Analytics NCAS - Atmospheric Sciences Challenge Week Seminars, Workshops Invited Lectures
Seminars Workshops Invited Lectures
Individual and External Training Activities
Elective Technical Modules Enhanced Research, Personal, Professional Training External, Discipline Specific Training
Elective Technical Modules Enhanced Research, Personal, Professional Training External, Discipline Specific Training
Industrial Placement Elective Technical Modules Enhanced Research, Personal, Professional Training
Enhanced Research, Personal, Professional Training External, Discipline Specific Training
Student Led Outreach and Inter Cohort Activities
CDT Conference Open Days School Visits
CDT Conference Open Days School Visits
CDT Conference Open Days School Visits
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