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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Modelling of microbial induced hydrogen loss for underground hydrogen storage

Hydrogen is identified to play a key role in the UK’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Cai
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational techniques for damage and fracture under multiphysics loads

Estimating the structural integrity of components under multiphysical loading conditions is becoming increasingly important for applications in energy and transportation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CK Kadapa , Dr D Barreto
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and Analysis of Neural Network-based controllers for unknown systems

Mathematical systems and control theory “represents an attempt to codify, in mathematical terms, the principles and techniques used in the analysis and design of control systems” [1]. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CG Guiver, Dr S Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI-enabled digital technologies for the resilient operation of power systems

Are you interested in power system research for the future power grid operation? We have a recent PhD project opportunity at The University of Sheffield, a World leading Russell Group university in the UK. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof XZ Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Next-gen programmable electronics and photonics materials

Chalcogenide materials offer exciting opportunities to transform future electronic and photonic technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R E Robert E Simpson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Power-Efficient, Secure Edge AI Architectures

This PhD project is built on a multidisciplinary collaborative project between Anglia Ruskin University and Arm Ltd. This is for a full-time PhD, starting in the 2026/7 academic year (April 2027). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Cirstea, Dr PD De
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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In Silico Directed Evolution of Biological Qubits: Rational Design of Nanoscale Quantum Transducers - EPSRC DLA studentship for September 2027 entry

Engineered flavoproteins, LOV domains, and fluorescent proteins have recently demonstrated that radical pair mechanisms (RPM) can serve as biological qubits with optical readouts, achieving magnetic field responses up to a 50% fluorescence change in living cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Kattnig
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Empowered Electrical Machines and Drive Systems for Transportation Electrification

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
This PhD project aims to develop AI-empowered modelling, design, optimisation and control techniques for electrical machines and drive systems used in transport electrification. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Zhao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Aeronautics: A Lagrangian perspective of entrainment into wind-turbine wakes (AE0091)

Wind turbines clustered together for reasons relating to land availability, onwards power transmission to the grid, and maintenance scheduling amongst others. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Buxton
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Overcoming enzymatic inhibition in anaerobic digestion of cereal straw to produce biomethane fuel

The global anaerobic digestion market is expanding rapidly, driven by urgent commercial demand for biomethane to replace fossil natural gas in transport, industrial heating, and national energy grids. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Reilly, Prof J Chong
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development of selective multi-agonist drugs for better metabolic disease management

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with obesity, impaired insulin secretion and reduced insulin sensitivity, resulting in persistent hyperglycaemia and an increased risk of cardiovascular and other disease complications. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F O'Harte, Prof N Irwin
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A Photon and a Molecule Walk into a Tunnel Junction: Quantum Optics Meets Single-Molecule Science

In this fully funded PhD project commencing in October 2027, you will combine scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) with quantum optics to investigate the ultrafast dynamics of individual molecules. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Rusimova, Dr P Mosley
 14 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine learning enhanced sea-ice dynamics for climate modelling

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Feltham, Dr M Thomas, Dr A Bateson, Dr NC Chakraborty, Dr E Fiedler , Dr E Blockley
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-carbon ocean intelligence: tracking zooplankton-driven carbon export with autonomous technology

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Manno, Dr CM Liszka, Dr N Wu, Assoc Prof SB Buzzard, Dr K Bandara
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-carbon continuous monitoring of ice-nucleating particles in polar seawater and sea spray

  Research Group: Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M D Tarn, Prof B Murray, Dr M Frey, Dr A Nightingale, Dr A Schaap
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)