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building materials PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 129 building materials PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Design of lipoic acid-based materials for circular 3D printing

Applications are invited for a funded PhD studentship, supervised by Prof Andrew Dove (School of Chemistry) at the University of Birmingham (group website: http://www.dovegrouplab.com). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Dove
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT)Manufacture of high density fuel concepts for use in water reactors

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT . UoM_Nuclear. The University of Manchester invites applications for a fully funded PhD position focused on developing novel nuclear fuel materials for use in existing and future reactors, which includes a £26k p.a. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Turner, Prof T Abram, Dr MJ Pritchard
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) Developing high density fuel concepts for use in water reactors

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. The University of Manchester invites applications for a fully funded PhD position focused on developing novel nuclear fuel materials for use in existing and future reactors, which includes a £26k p.a. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Turner, Prof T Abram, Dr MJ Pritchard
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD studentship in Cocrystals as Probes for the Local Conditions in Resonant Acoustic Mixing

PhD studentship in Cocrystals as Probes for the Local Conditions in Resonant Acoustic Mixing. Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Michalchuk, Prof T F Friscic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Superconducting thin film coated radio-frequency cavities

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Burt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Organic Semiconductor Synthesis for Quantum Materials

About the project. Synthetic organic chemistry gives us extraordinary control over molecular structure. We can precisely tune how molecules absorb light, transfer energy, and stabilise reactive states. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gorman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Rethinking embodied carbon accounting of construction materials: from attributional snapshots to consequential causal modelling

The construction sector is one of the largest global sources of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily due to the production of carbon-intensive materials such as cement and steel. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BD D'amico, Dr SLT Thomson, Prof E Hart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Building Back Circular: Digitalising Construction for Climate-Resilient Recovery

We are inviting applications for a PhD project that investigates how advanced digital technologies can accelerate the adoption of circular economy (CE) principles in the built environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LK Khaddour, Prof BC Canberk
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ferroelectric diodes with 2D semiconductors for future AI hardware

Supervisory Team. Dr Soumya Sarkar, Kees de Groot and Dimitra Georgiadou. Artificial intelligence demands faster, more efficient hardware. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Sarkar
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Chemistry of Energetic Coordination Compounds

This PhD project aims at fundamental research into the discovery of novel energetic materials. Results will inform solutions to challenges posed by current requirements to remove heavy metals and perchlorate from energetic materials such as propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P P Portius
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Developing magnonic building blocks for neuromorphic computing

This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Griggs
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Molecular Design of Reversible Polymer Networks - QUT (Australia) & NTU (Singapore)

What if you could design the molecular blueprint that dictates how a material behaves—down to when it holds together and when it comes apart?. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof H Frisch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mixing of cohesive and wet materials

This PhD project focuses on the simulation and modelling of wet and cohesive powders, which play a crucial role in industries such as pharmaceuticals, food processing, and additive manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Thornton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multiaxial Variable Amplitude Fatigue of Aluminium–Steel Welded Joints with In-Situ Full-Field Measurement

There is no funding attached to this project. The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof LS Susmel, Dr DA Asquith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards self-replicating hybrid nanomaterials – a PhD in Synthetic Supramolecular Chemistry, Systems Chemistry and Nanomaterials

  Research Group: NanoSupra Group (Kay-Philp)
We have a fully funded PhD position available to develop reaction- and interaction-enabled nanoparticles for self-replicating nanomaterials. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr ER Kay
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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