analytical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Microstructural and surface integrity in machining of specialist composite materials for next generation aero-engine applications - (ENG 1317X2)

The project will seek an understanding of the microstructural changes during machining of specialist aerospace materials for high temperature applications used in the latest generations of civil and military aero-engines. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing - (ENG 1316X2)

Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology, The University of Nottingham. Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD program in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Computer vision and robot control for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines - (ENG - 1398X1)

Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in manufacturing and On-Wing Technology, The University of Nottingham. Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Loughborough University Department of Chemical Engineering

Novel High-Performance Coatings- Product and Process Development

Coatings are used for a wide range of applications with formulations developed or adapted according to the needs specific to the surfaces they are used on- smoothness, brightness, scratch resistance are among these. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Özcan-Taşkın, Dr I Martin-Fabiani

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Fundamental Electromagnetics: Foundational Theories of Electricity and Magnetism relating to Charged Particle Interactions

Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD. Charged particle dynamics (also known as charged particle optics) is concerned with the interactions of charged particles (e.g., electrons, protons, ions) within an electric and/or magnetic field. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Sniffing for Answers: Rapid Profiling and Classification of Volatile Organic Compounds

Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD within the Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation research group, www.liverpool.ac.uk/mass-spec. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Health Data Research UK Big Data for Complex Diseases (BDCD)

Modelling the Impact of Diagnostic Pathways in Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - University of Swansea (part of Health Data Research UK’s Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme)

HDR UK is funding six PhDs with leading UK universities and research organisations. This brand-new programme offers the chance to carry out a doctoral research project at the leading edge of health data science. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RO Owen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Brunel University London Civil Engineering

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Neural Radiance Fields and Micro-drones for Enhanced 3D Volumetric Finite Element Analysis

Objective. The central objective of this project is the innovative deployment of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) and micro-drones in the process of 3D volumetric Finite Element modelling of bridges. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Rustell , Dr E Bertolesi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Civil Engineering

Autonomous Drone Surveys and Convolutional Neural Networks for Bridge Maintenance: A Predictive Approach Using Finite Element Analysis

Objective. The primary objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive framework for bridge maintenance that integrates autonomous drone surveys, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and Finite Element analysis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Rustell , Dr E Bertolesi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Civil Engineering

Ambient Vibration-Based Calibration of Finite Element Models of Bridges

Objective. The primary objective of this project is to develop a novel method for calibrating Finite Element models of bridges using ambient vibration data and drone imagery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Rustell , Dr E Bertolesi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Houston Computer Science

Ph.D. Position in AI Accountability Project at the University of Houston

The Computational Biomedicine Lab at the University of Houston is offering a Ph.D. position in AI Accountability as part of the Community Responsive Algorithms for Social Accountability (CRASA) project. Read more

Supervisors: Prof I A K Kakadiaris , Dr H Tibebu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Strathclyde Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering

Structural health monitoring and conditioning of wind turbines via sensor fusion inspection

Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering (NAOME) department in the University of Strathclyde in collaboration with Ilosta Ltd. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Mehmanparast

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Canterbury School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

PhD Scholarship in Materials Chemistry/Geochemistry focused on the feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in New Zealand Aotearoa

PhD scholarship in Materials Chemistry/Geochemistry focused on the feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in New Zealand Aotearoa. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof V Golovko

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

NMR approaches for understanding mass transfer in microbial biofilms and sessile microbial communities

Biofilms are structured sessile communities of microorganisms with relevance in many areas of life. They are almost omnipresent in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Nilsson, Prof A McBain

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only