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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Machine learning methods for modelling and optimising CO2 heat pumps

Heat represents nearly half of the world's energy consumption and contributes to almost 40% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Z Yu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Sustainable Grease Lubrication

Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of Sustainable Grease Lubricant, leading to the award of a PhD degree. The post is supported by a bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by  EPSRC/Shell IDLA award. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Wong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Explainable, Ethical, Green Artificial Intelligence

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Starkey, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigation of direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sharifi, Dr R Rafati
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fluid flow in subsurface reservoirs with application to CCUS

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sharifi, Dr R Rafati, Dr A Martinez-Felipe
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Hydrogen Pipeline Transport: Materials, Reactive Phenomena, and System Design

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Martinez-Felipe, Dr A Sharifi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Real-time forecasting PV output using novel Machine Learning

The rapid proliferation of wind and solar installations, coupled with the growing impact of climate change on the volatile UK weather, creates formidable operable challenges for the UK electricity Grid. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Cai, Prof AH Hussain
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Digitally enabled development of sustainable metamaterials to create circular alternatives to current unsustainable parts widely used in industry

Manufacturing causes ~20% of global carbon emissions and ~50% of energy use [e.g. 1]. The UK’s third climate change risk assessment [2] suggests the climate crisis has caused irreversible damage. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Pope
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Physics-informed digital twin for guided wave-based structural health monitoring of Offshore Wind turbine foundations

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 T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship in Aeronautics: Turbulence under strain (AE0096)

Richard Feynman famously quoted ‘turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics’. Understanding and modelling turbulent flow physics will unlock a vast potential for optimising many applications of the energy and transportation sectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Steiros
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nonequilibrium spintronics for future AI hardware

AI is transforming the world, but today's chips consume enormous energy running it. The brain does far more on about 20 watts, computing with noisy, nonlinear, interacting elements. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Kurebayashi
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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YES-27-D-02: Unlocking the Geological Potential of Salt Caverns for Hydrogen Storage in the North Sea, UK

Why Hydrogen storage?. Hydrogen is increasingly used as a source of energy to reach UK Net Zero targets by 2050. It is a clean alternative to methane gas, which is used in cars, houses, and for industrial applications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C D Botter, Dr A McArthur
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape

North East England Doctoral Landscape (NEEDL) is a BBSRC-funded strategic Partnership in Biosciences doctoral training between four universities based in the North East of England, Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Teesside University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape

North East England Doctoral Landscape (NEEDL) is a BBSRC-funded strategic Partnership in Biosciences doctoral training between four universities based in the North East of England, Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Teesside University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape

North East England Doctoral Landscape (NEEDL) is a BBSRC-funded strategic Partnership in Biosciences doctoral training between four universities based in the North East of England, Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Teesside University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership