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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Modern Machine Learning techniques for sustainable Open RAN and 6G networks

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Nowadays, researchers have started to conceptualize 6G with the vision of connecting everything, transmission over mmWave and THz, and integrating sensing, communication, computation, and control functionalities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Ahmadi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Model Order Reduction techniques for nonlinear elasticity and thermofluids

High-fidelity computer simulations for complex engineering systems are computationally demanding. The challenges compound for problems in nonlinear regime and multiphysics loading conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CK Kadapa , Dr CG Guiver
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Memtransistors for Brain-Inspired Computing

  Research Group: Nanoelectronic Devices Group
The energy demand of artificial intelligence is growing at an unsustainable rate, largely because conventional computers separate memory and processing, so data must be shuttled continuously between them. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Lombardo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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High-fidelity electro-mechanical modelling and control of floating offshore wind turbines

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 N Sarma, Dr M Shahbazi
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Drag embedment anchors for floating offshore wind

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: Prof W Coombs, Dr A Leonardi, Prof C Augarde
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The call of the wild: innovative technology to record and understand wild animal behaviour - - EPSRC DLA studentship for September 2027 entry

The behaviour of animals determines their responses to environmental change and ultimately shapes whether populations persist or decline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Thornton
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Uncovering hidden oscillations in offshore HVDC-connected wind farms

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 M Shahbazi, Dr N Sarma
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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When next-generation ion beams meet materials

Why this research is important? Ion beams are used for material removal (etching) in semiconductor chip fabrication, and they are a crucial technology in this time of unprecendented demand for computing power. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Perez-Martinez
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Printing the un-printable: Machine Learning-driven 'Active' Slot-die Coating for the Precision Manufacture of Complex Functional Materials

This project is part of cohort 4 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof JR Howse, Dr M J Jones, Prof G Panoutsos, Dr M Keimer
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Biomechanics and navigation in bees: Integrating energetics and kinematics in changing environments

Project Description. How do foraging bees navigate cluttered environments without exhausting their limited energy reserves? While we know bees routinely negotiate obstacles in their path such as plants, we don't know how they choose between alternative routes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S.M. Walker, Dr G N Askew
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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University of Birmingham Studentship

The Energy Materials Group is pleased to offer a 3.5-year PhD studentship on the topic of all-solid-state lithium batteries. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D S Spencer-Jolly
 1 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Uncertainty-aware structure-to-specificity modelling for generalizing transcription factor binding predictions from sparse mutational data

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Precise control of transcription is essential for engineering biological systems. TetR-family repressors are widely used in genetic circuits, but developing variants with new DNA-binding specificity remains largely empirical, requiring extensive testing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Prof M Rattray, Prof S Lovell
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Multi-Scale Metrology for Reliability in Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics Materials and Devices

Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride are revolutionising modern power electronics by enabling operation at higher voltages, temperatures, and switching frequencies than traditional silicon. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Gunasekar
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling the mechanism of metal whisker growth

Pick up a piece of metal, be it gold, silver, tin, etc, shine its surface and put it in a cabinet under ambient or whatever (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HD Deng
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Multi-Sensor Digitalisation and Closed-Loop Control for Surface Integrity Management in High-Value Grinding Processes (S3.5-AMR-Curtis)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Curtis
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)