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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Next-generation catalysts for CO2 to methanol conversion

Background. The chemicals industry depends on fossil feedstocks and accounts for up to 7% of global CO. 2. emissions. Methanol is a versatile chemical feedstock that can be converted into the raw materials for producing plastics, paints, fine chemicals, and liquid aviation fuel. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Morris
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio: Building Cellular Resilience: Unlocking the Health Potential of Scottish Potato Bioactives

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Cellular resilience describes the ability of cells and tissues to resist, adapt to and recover from biological, environmental and age-related stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Prof G Bermano, Dr G McDougall, Dr A Tawfike
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rewiring photosynthetic pathways in a purple bacterium (CLARKE_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Tom Clarke. Rewiring photosynthetic pathways in a purple bacterium. There is an increasing need for biological solutions to challenges such as metal recovery and detoxification of organic compounds from industrial waste. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Clarke
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Strong Coupling to Quantum Coherence: Probing Exotic Spin States with Microwave Quantum Sensors

Some of the most fascinating states of matter arise when large numbers of interacting magnetic moments or spins behave collectively according to the laws of quantum mechanics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Giblin
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Dynamic Magnetic Field Control of Three-Dimensional Reconfigurable Smart Optical Materials

To cultivate research talents with global leadership, interdisciplinary innovation capabilities, and international research collaboration capabilities… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XW Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Morphological control of Organically Synthesised Porous Carbons (in collaboration with Gavion) (C4-MPS-Dawson)

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
 Supervisors: Dr R Dawson, Prof NT Turner
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Topological photonics with integrated atomically thin van der Waals materials for efficient quantum optical processing (S3.5-MPS-Krizhanovskii)

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
 Supervisors: Prof D Krizhanovskii, Prof A Tartakovskii
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding Carbon Disorder for High-Performance Graphene Conductive Additives

Project description. Lancaster University is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the Faraday Institution PhD Training Programme, focused on understanding the structure-property relationships of graphene-based conductive carbons for next-generation battery electrodes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XH Hua
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Designing Next-Generation Electrocatalysts for Green Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis is expected to play a major role in the transition to a low-carbon energy system. However, so-called "green hydrogen" remains significantly more expensive than hydrogen produced from fossil fuels. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Alex Walton, Dr S Cobb
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Extensions of lubrication theory to non-isothermal and reactive flows under confinement: mixing, instabilities, and hydrogen flame stabilisation

In fluid mechanics, lubrication theory elegantly simplifies the Navier-Stokes equations into Darcy or Darcy-like laws for incompressible, isothermal thin-film flows. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Daou, Prof S Fedotov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Next-Generation Compact Accelerators and Radiation Sources Based on Intense Laser–Plasma Interactions

Research into intense laser–plasma interactions for compact particle accelerators and advanced radiation sources has attracted considerable interest over the past few decades, driven in particular by the development of high-intensity laser technologies such as chirped-pulse amplification (CPA). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Xia
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] 2D Nanoelectronics beyond Moore's law based on spintronics and thermoelectrics

As conventional electronics approaches fundamental scaling limits, alternative approaches based on electron spin and heat transport offer new opportunities for energy-efficient information processing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Vera-Marun, Prof T Thomson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Intelligent flow control for heat transfer devices using thermo-responsive shape memory alloy

To cultivate research talents with global leadership, interdisciplinary innovation capabilities, and international research collaboration capabilities… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Huang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Large Language models for Maintenance Optimisation

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
The University of York is embarking on transformative research in data-centric engineering, digital twins, and AI, revolutionizing the way systems are designed and operated. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Perin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synergies between thermal and optical properties of the Urban Green Infrastructure - urban surfaces system

The combined effects of urbanization and global warming intensify urban overheating and increase both the frequency and severity of climate change–driven extreme heat events with detrimental consequences to public health and infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C.H. Halios
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only