[Fully Funded PhD Admissions] The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is offering fully funded PhD positions.

March 4, 2025
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Scholarship: Fully-funded
Degree: Bachelor, Master
Nationality: International Students
Location: Hong Kong
Application deadlines: Open

Scholarship Description:

As a core research engine in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) leads the field of aviation traffic in Asia. Its aerospace engineering program ranks among the top 30 globally in the 2024 QS rankings. PolyU has established joint laboratories with top institutions like NASA and Airbus and has secured over HKD 230 million in research funding from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council in the past three years.

Professor Si-Yuan Feng | Expert in Intelligent Aviation Systems

  • PhD in Transportation Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2023 | Recipient of Hong Kong Government PhD Scholarship)
  • Master’s in Systems Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2019)
  • Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering, Tongji University (2018 | Honors Graduate)

He pioneered the “Digital Twin-Machine Learning-Dynamic Optimization” research paradigm, developing intelligent route planning algorithms for low-altitude travel. His work has been published in top journals, including Transportation Research Part C and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (average IF > 8.5 over the past three years).

Collaborative project with Airbus: Predictive System for Aircraft Abnormal Conditions Based on Generative AI.

Hong Kong Research Grants Council GRF project: Resilience Optimization of Urban Drone Logistics Networks (2024-2027 | HKD 1.28 million)

Available Subjects:

  • Intelligent Aviation Systems: Modeling low-altitude travel scenarios / Drone swarm scheduling algorithms
  • Innovations in Transportation Operations Research: Multimodal network optimization / Emergency response for sudden events
  • Interdisciplinary Applications: AI-driven aircraft health management / Development of digital twin simulation platforms

Eligibility criteria:

  • Please include 1-2 representative works in your email

Application Procedure:

Send to the supervisor’s email: [email protected] Title the email “PhD Application – YourName – University.”