One postdoc position is available in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, in Dr. Xu Jin's group on the topics of intelligent control for UAVs. We look for excellent students in one or more of the following areas:
Adaptive control
Iterative learning control
Nonlinear systems and control
Multiagent/interconnected/networked/cyber-physical systems
More research details can be found on Dr. Xu Jin's website: https://www.engr.uky.edu/directory/jin-xu and the external links included. The positions include stipend (approximately $48,000 annually) and health care. Qualifications: The applicants MUST ALREADY HAVE, or will soon have a relevant Ph.D. degree in a related field.
How to apply: Applications should be emailed to Dr. Xu Jin at xu.jin at uky.edu as soon as possible. Please include a full CV, PDFs of relevant publications, and names of at least three references.
- Short note about the department and the city: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is the largest department in the College of Engineering with 35 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, over 1,000 undergraduate students, and over 120 graduate students. The department also has state-of-the-art computational facilities, research labs, and classrooms, including UAV, ground robot, and air table satellite testing facilities. The city of Lexington is ranked #3 Best City to Raise a Family, #4 City with Best Tech Career Potential, # 8 City with the Lowest Living Cost, # 21 Best Places to Live in America, and # 31 Most Educated Cities in America. Located in the heart of the Bluegrass Region, Lexington is known as the “Horse Capital of the World”. Queen Elizabeth II visited Kentucky five times during her reign as the head of the British royal family, when she visited horse farms in the Lexington area.
