air quality PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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.

Poor urban air quality is a threat to human life, a detrimental impact on quality of life and potentially hindering economic growth.

VC International Scholarship in Effective and Secure Traffic Monitoring for Air Quality Control and Situational Awareness for Well-being (eligibility criteria apply)

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Dr N Saxena, Prof P R Burnap

Application Deadline: 1 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition 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 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 for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Many people living in developing countries face serious problems of poor air quality (AQ) due to vehicle traffic.

AI to the rescue of climate change, modelling air quality for cleaner urban planning

Anglia Ruskin University ARU
Department of Computing and Information Science

Research Group: Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group

Dr L Babu Saheer, Dr J Zarrin

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.

Research Group. Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group. https://auth-authoring-prod.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/computing-informatics-and-applications.

Efficient multifidelity data-informed models for urban air quality

University of Strathclyde
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Dr J A Mackenzie, Dr A Ramage

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.

A fully-funded four year EPSRC Industrial Case PhD studentship is available, starting on or after 1st October 2020.

Efficient multifidelity data-informed models for urban air quality

University of Strathclyde
Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Dr J A Mackenzie, Dr A Ramage

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.

A fully-funded three year PhD studentship is available, starting on or after 1st October 2020. The research will be undertaken within the Numerical Analysis group in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde, supervised by Professor John Mackenzie and Dr Alison Ramage.

Integrated Air Quality Pollution Control Cooling System

Brunel University London
Chemical Engineering

Prof M Kalbassi

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.

India is amongst array of developing countries with one of the worse air pollutions problems in the world.

Machine learning based movement tracking from Internet-of-Things [IoT] devices to better understand the link between human behaviour and environmental stressors in cities

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Group: Atmospheric Science

Dr D Topping, Prof J Evans

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 population in cities around the world is growing. Eighty-five per cent of humanity – some nine billion people - will live in cities by the end of this century.

Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental Flows

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics

Dr C Vanderwel

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 Christina Vanderwel. Project description. There are two openings for PhD students to work on “Simulating urban air pollution in the lab”.

The Retrieval of Atmospheric Isoprene from Satellite INstruments (RAISIN)

University of Leicester
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr J Harrison, Dr E Marais

Application Deadline: 5 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.

Isoprene is the single most important non‐methane biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) in the atmosphere. Emitted from terrestrial vegetation, especially in the tropical forests, its annual emissions comprise nearly half the global BVOC budget.

Digital Manufacturing Electron beam welding process quality prediction using BeamAssure technology - NSIRC187 PhD Studentship - sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation

National Structural Integrity Research Centre
Engineering

Mr C Ribton, Ms H Stedman

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Background. High power electron beams are used for welding critical components in aerospace and nuclear industries due to their inherent advantages.

Resilient Cooling Systems for Buildings

Brunel University London
Mechanical Engineering

Prof M Kolokotroni

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.

Resilient Cooling describes low energy cooling solutions for buildings that strengthen the ability of individuals and our community as a whole to withstand, and also prevent, thermal and other impacts of changes in global and local climates.

What is on at Downtown? Places, People and Movement in an Urban and Digital Age (Advert Reference: SF19/BL/EIS/DILAVER)

Northumbria University
Faculty of Business and Law

Dr O Dilaver, Prof D Charles

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.

Urbanisation and digital transformation are two facets of extensive societal change. The former presents a unique dilemma. while more people are attracted to cities around the world, many city centres - the quintessential core of this attraction - are deserted to decay.

The indoor home dust biome: characterising and communicating chemical hazards within our home (Ref: SF20/APP/DEAN)

Northumbria University
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Prof J Dean

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.

There is a gap in our understanding of physical, chemical and biological characteristics of household dust, which has direct relevance to human health.

Hydrodynamics of Particle-Laden Flows: aerosols

Heriot-Watt University
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Dr S K Dadzie, Dr A Ozel, Professor R Ocone

Application Deadline: 30 April 2021

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.

Air quality control relies on the simulation of aerosol dynamics. This research is to develop new theoretical model and simulation tools for these particle-laden flows.

PhD Position in Deep Learning Applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Physics

St. Olavs University Hospital
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Dr PT While

Application Deadline: 31 May 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.

ABOUT THE POSITION. A PhD position is available at the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at St. Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, to start in the autumn/winter of 2020.