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EPSRC supported EngD. Developing novel sustainable dried capsules for consumer goods applications

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

For consumer goods industries to achieve their sustainability goals, one potential approach is transitioning from liquid products to dried products. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Z Zhang

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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EPSRC supported EngD. Advancing modular computational fluid modelling techniques to aid the rapid development and scale-up of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

In a world facing climate crisis, it is vital to develop new ways to mitigate climate change. This project, funded by Origen Carbon Solutions, focuses on the modelling and optimisation of innovative Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Windows-Yule

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intelligent Software Engineering in the Era of Large Language Model

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

Software systems are eating the world but Artificial intelligence (AI) is eating the software systems. Given the tremendous development of AI in recent years, innovations like the Large Language Model (LLM), e.g., ChartGPT, have significantly impacted our daily lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr TC Chen

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

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Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti(CON) Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Supervision and International Collaborations. You will be based at the University of Birmingham and will be co-supervised by the industrial partner Tokamak Energy Ltd. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

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

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Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti-CON Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Supervision and International Collaborations. You will be based at the University of Birmingham and will be co-supervised by the industrial partner Tokamak Energy Ltd. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

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

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Impact of helium from nuclear transmutation and from plasma on tritium trapping in fusion structural and plasma-facing component

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Background. Future fusion energy concepts such as ITER, DEMO or STEP rely upon deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction, which holds the promise of generating limitless clean energy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Renewable Energy and Energy Storage

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

Getting to 100% renewable energy requires a massive improvement in the performance of energy storage systems which can store vast amounts of energy for periods of days to weeks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Barbour

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

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Degradable and sustainable polymers in the Environment

University of Birmingham School of Chemistry

The influence of plastic pollution on our environment has been well documented, however, there remains a knowledge gap between relating to how new polymers and plastics might biodegrade. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Dove

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

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The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

ALICE is one of the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It is a general purpose heavy-ion experiment aimed at studying QCD under extreme conditions of energy density. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Evans

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

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An experimental 3D volumetric study of train aerodynamics

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

The aerodynamic slipstream created as a high-speed passenger train moves through the air is highly turbulent in nature. In particular the wake region is known to contain a series of helical vortices, which spread laterally into the far wake region, potentially affecting the stability of trackside workers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Soper, Dr M Jesson

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

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Differential equation modelling to address male infertility

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, is emotionally devastating, and requires expensive and invasive treatments. Importantly, we place a significant and unequal burden on women, who often require risk-bearing procedures to address what is caused by, in 50% of cases, a male factor. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MT Gallagher

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

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Autonomous multi-agent systems for constrained devices in building automation domain

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

Building Automation (BA) systems are increasingly using distributed sources of perception, methods of actuation, and means of computation to address dynamic nature of usage requirements of building spaces. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SW Wang, Dr Z P Pourmirza

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Tribological Interaction between Human Skin and Recycled Textiles

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Tribology's importance is not limited to mechanical components of engineering systems such as a gearbox. The investigation of friction and wear can be applied to many applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Doustdar, Dr I Stead, Prof K Dearn

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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