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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Fully Funded PhD Opportunity: Next-Generation Top Cells for Silicon based Tandem Photovoltaics

Overview. An open position exists for a fully funded PhD scholarship in the development of next-generation, silicon-based tandem solar cell technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Walter, Prof KW Weber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Human-Centric Green AI: Balancing Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Carbon Efficiency in Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming society, but its rapid growth faces a critical sustainability crisis. Large-scale AI models require massive data centres, leading to soaring carbon footprints and significant electronic waste. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Pattnaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC - Cryogenic Fuel Pump Motors for Aerospace

The project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with Rolls-Royce (RR) at the. RR University Technology Centre (UTC) in Electrical Systems at the University of Manchester. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Durovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine Learning-Guided Synthesis of Graphene Aerogels for Supercapacitors

Graphene aerogels are ultra-light and highly porous carbon materials with strong potential for high-power energy storage applications such as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MF Vasheghani Farahani, Prof I Kinloch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Mathematics - Making a splash: Mathematical modelling of resonant wave sloshing in confined basins

Motivated by marine and industrial applications, this project concerns nonlinear resonant sloshing of confined water waves. Nonlinear resonance is a mechanism by which energy is continuously exchanged between a small number of linear wave modes, a phenomenon common to many dispersive fluid systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MD Durey, Dr KK Kowal
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Heat Transfer Enhancement in Helicoidal Heat Exchangers for Industrial Thermal Systems

The proposed project focuses on the investigation, design and optimization of helicoidal heat exchangers for enhanced thermal performance in industrial heat transfer applications, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Volkov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Resilient Interdependent Multilayer Critical Infrastructure Networks (2026)

How can we prevent cascading failures that leave millions without power, water, or communication?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SSK Skarvelis-Kazakos
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Study of Hydrodynamics and Interfacial Electrochemistry in Next-Generation Membraneless Fuel Cells

Current fuel-cell technologies suffer from major limitations associated with the use of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs), including high material cost, fuel crossover, membrane degradation, water management challenges, and lack of long-term operational stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Anastasiou, Dr M Perez-Page
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC supported EngD: Computational modelling of drag reduction agents (DRAs) in pipe flow.

Drag-reducing agents (DRAs) are chemicals for improving transport when pumping fluids of high Reynolds numbers, which consumes 10 to 25 percent of the global energy demand (Napierala (2022) Energies 15(3), 799). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A R Rahmat, Prof Z Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Topological photonic quasicrystals

Supervisory Team. Dr Dong-Yang WANG. This project will explore the use of photonic quasicrystals in building higher-dimensional topological phases. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluation of properties of wood pellets for Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage Application

The current state of the art for utilisation of wood pellets is co-firing and the co-generation of biomass combustion products. The safe and effective storage, transportation and processing of wood pellets is then highly important for bioenergy applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rahmanian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards sustainable desalination by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions

  Research Group: Advanced Materials Engineering
Climate change and population growth pose a threat to water security worldwide. Sea water desalination is traditionally a promising technology to provide fresh water. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Rahmanian, Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Microscale investigation of hydro-mechanical properties of subsurface rock

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 Y Zhou, Dr K Wu, Dr M Kartal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrating AI-Driven Optimisation and High-Fidelity Laser-Fluid-Structure Interaction Modelling

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 J Gomes, Dr L Akanji
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of a Multi-Scale Optimisation Framework for Nanoparticle-Enhanced Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems

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 J Gomes, Dr V Vaziri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only