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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Resource-Efficient Execution of Data Centre-Grade Workloads with Lightweight Operating Systems on Emerging Capability Hardware

Modern data-centre workloads (e.g., agentic AI) demand strong security guarantees and high performance, which come today at a high resource cost. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Olivier, Dr P Petoumenos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial governed Biocomputing for Robots with Autonomy and Intelligence (MicroBRAIN)

Supervisory Team. Professor Yannis Ieropoulos. The project is about a novel sensing-computing platform that (a) employs living cells, and (b) is energetically autonomous. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Ieropoulos
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI Methods for the Design and Optimization of Wide-Bandgap CMOS Power Electronics

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in  the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad and Dr. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mehrad, Dr A Tawfik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Curb-side V2G for Neighbourhood-Level Peak Shaving under High EV Penetration

As EV numbers surge, this work shows how curb-side Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) can turn parked cars into a shared energy buffer, smoothing the sharp neighbourhood demand peak and easing pressure on local networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Hettiarachchige Don, Dr S Prabhu, Prof V Becerra
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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3D Indoor Mapping for Navigation in Complex Environments

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Salem Aljareh. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Aljareh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Improving community engagement in renewable energy developments

Many of UK’s renewal energy developments that obtain government sanctioned approval to proceed, but not ’community approval’, are compounding the NIMBY oppositions that often lead to protracted conflicts between communities, industries and governments which in turn results in significant social, political and economic costs to the interests of all concerned. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof F Phua
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Data-Driven Numerical Modelling of Material Behaviour for Finite Element Simulation

Modern infrastructure increasingly relies on materials whose composition varies due to local resources, alternative binders, and sustainability-driven formulations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Torelli
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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SU-2-1 Futureproof energy and materials feedstock resilience for sustainable aviation fuels supply chain

This PhD is one of a number of projects hosted by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF). We are offering pioneering research projects that will enable PhD researchers to explore key technologies and solutions that will support UK industry to reach net zero. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Koh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Goal-Oriented Reduced-Order Finite Element Methods for Optimising Composite Layups in Offshore Wind Turbine Blades

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Giani, Prof W Coombs
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Thermal evaluation of dynamic cable protection system at hang-off

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Gan, Prof G Ingram, Prof I Vernon
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-Human Co-Working Models for City-Scale Energy-Saving Transformation in Existing Building Stock

The decarbonisation of the built environment presents a major challenge for local governments, particularly in cities with large, aging housing stocks and diverse community needs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Zhu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Making, Breaking and Understanding Ammonia: Multiscale Catalytic Design through Real Translation for a Sustainable Future

Ammonia is undergoing a transformation. from one of the world's most important industrial chemicals to a potential hydrogen carrier and carbon-free energy vector. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Roldan Martinez
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial and Molecular Drivers of Feedstock Co-Digestion for Resilient Biomethane Production

Can we unlock more renewable energy from organic waste by understanding the invisible microbial communities that power it?. Every day, enormous quantities of organic waste contain energy that could be recovered as renewable gas. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Quintela-Baluja
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Discovery chemistry for singlet fission materials to retrofit silicon solar cells

Background. Silicon solar cells generate most of the world’s solar electricity, yet they waste much of the energy in blue and green sunlight as heat. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gorman
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Smart Water-Resilient Housing: An Occupant-led, Lifecycle Toolkit for Climate-Resilient Homes and Neighbourhoods

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Adeyeye
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)