Nom de l'entreprise / du laboratoire: Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) and Laboratory of Plasma Physics (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique)

The aim of this PhD Thesis will be to develop experimentally a large-scale diagnostics, suitable to provide the measurements on long distances at smallest possible E-field values. Obtained solution should be applied to plasma-assisted combustion experimental bench(s), and to ONERA lightning experimental bench. It is part of a collaborative project, developed between the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IPP), the Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). 50% of financial support from ONERA and 50% from EUR PlasmaScience will be available at the condition the candidate pass the Doctoral School competition of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (the deadline of the Doctroral School is in the beginning of April).

The selection criteria for students are as follows: excellent knowledge of physics, intellectual capacity, ability to generate ideas to solve problems, ability to make decisions, interest in experimental work, basic programming skills, English at B2 level, integrity and sense of responsibility. Access to ONERA requires obtaining an authorization issued by the General Delegation for Armament. The suggested PhD Thesis is not confidential. Presentations at national/international conferences will be encouraged and financially supported. Scientific publications in the reviewed journals will be encouraged.

Supervisors:

ONERA: Dr. Paul-Quentin ELIAS, IPP: Dr., Prof. Svetlana STARIKOVSKAIA

Contact: svetlana.starikovskaia@lpp.polytechnique.fr