aerospace PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. We are pleased to announce PhD studentship project in ’Graphene/Nanoparticles Reinforced Multi-scale Carbon/Glass Composites for Advanced Aerospace and Automobile Engineering’.

Recycled Carbon/Glass Fibre based Sandwich Composites for Automotive and Aerospace Sector PhD

Cranfield University
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

Dr S.S Rahatekar

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. We are pleased to announce a self-funded PhD project in ’Low-Cost Recycled Carbon/Glass Fibre-based Sandwich Composites for Automotive and Aerospace Sector’.

Rolls Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Machining of new aerospace materials - ENG 1370

University of Nottingham
Faculty of Engineering

Prof D Axinte

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Applications are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in manufacturing engineering.

Aerospace Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC DTP PhD Scholarship: Active Control methods in Nonlinear Aeroelasticity

Swansea University
College of Engineering

Dr S Jiffri

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Subject areas. Aerospace Engineering, Control. Start date. July 2020. Project description.

Hydrogen storage for aerospace propulsion

University of Bath
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr P Iravani, Prof C R Bowen

Application Deadline: 1 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisory team. Dr Pejman Iravani, Prof Chris Bowen & Prof Tim Mays. Project enquiries. [email protected] PROJECT. The project will investigate, manufacture and test novel approaches to store hydrogen for usage as a propulsion fuel in aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Effect of Geometry and Architecture on the Fatigue Performance of Additively Manufactured Nickel Alloy for Aerospace Applications

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Electronic Materials & Devices

Dr A Hamilton

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Dr Andrew R. Hamilton. Co-supervisor Prof. Ian Sinclair. Project description. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a form of additive manufacturing that involves spreading a layer of powder and scanning a laser to selectively fuse the powder into a single layer of the part geometry.

Interface formation in injection overmoulding of composite structures for aerospace and automotive applications

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr M Ali Aravand

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Composite injection overmoulding or hybrid injection moulding is a recently developed manufacturing technique which enables fabrication of parts combining the strength and stiffness of continuous fibre reinforced composites with the complexity and high production rate of injection moulded components.

Bioresorbable scaffolds for the repair and regeneration of natural bone

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr K Manda, Dr F Buchanan, Dr A Lennon

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

QUB – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD project 2019-2020.

Tailoring the Thermomechanical Properties of High Performance Aerospace & Automotive Composite Materials

University of Sheffield
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr J Foreman

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Interested in high performance, lightweight composite materials? Take advantage of the fact that companies in the aerospace and automotive sectors are currently looking for good materials scientists and engineers with a composites PhD!.

Lithium-sulphur batteries for aerospace applications

Italian Institute of Technology
School in Science and Technology of Chemistry and Materials - Nanochemistry Curriculum

Dr R Proietti Zaccaria

Application Deadline: 15 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Tutor. Remo Proietti Zaccaria. Tremendous efforts have been done in the last decades towards the development of highly efficient secondary batteries.

Rheological and mechanical behaviour of fibre composite with nanobiocomposites matrix for aerospace applications

Kingston University
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing

Dr S Vahid

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The applications of nanocomposite materials derived from natural biopolymer components gaining more attraction because of their renewability, biodegradability, flexibility, and their capability of novel functionalities.

Rolls-Royce: Improving the product design process within aerospace and maritime applications using accountable, responsible and transparent AI

University of Bath
Centre for Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI

Dr JM Flynn, Dr N Campbell

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. The funding is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Rolls-Royce deploys advanced power generation and propulsion technologies into the aerospace, maritime and defence sectors. The complexity of these systems means that product design, certification and maintenance is driven by rigorous processes, accrued expertise and tacit knowledge.

Lithium-sulphur batteries for aerospace applications

University of Genoa
School in Science and Technology of Chemistry and Materials - Nanochemistry Curriculum

Dr R Proietti Zaccaria

Application Deadline: 15 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Tutor. Remo Proietti Zaccaria. Tremendous efforts have been done in the last decades towards the development of highly efficient secondary batteries.

Aerospace optical sensors (GE Aviation)

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Photonic Systems Circuits & Sensors

Dr C Holmes

Application Deadline: 1 July 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Dr Christopher Holmes, Prof Ling Wang. Project description. Sensors are crucial components for flight. In addition to providing information to the flight crew, they are increasingly providing information for Artificial Intelligence systems, in order to predict and thus avoid faults.

Numerical Modelling of Flutter for Aerospace Structures

Brunel University London
Aerospace Engineering

Dr R Cardoso, Dr M Adetoro

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The flutter of aircraft’s wings is similar with the resonance for the vibration of structures and it is a phenomena the aircraft designer needs to avoid.