manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

A wide spectrum of target thermoplastic materials can be manufactured by tailoring polymer blends to achieve particular combinations of end-user performance (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DG Gerogiorgis, Prof V Koutsos

16 January 2025 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Transforming waste marble dust into sustainable nanoparticle reinforced aluminum-marble composite

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

The composites industry is facing significant environmental challenges due to waste management and resource efficiency issues. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Cooke

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Evaluation of properties of wood pellets for Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage Application

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

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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Data Quality and Cleaning in Big Data

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The proliferation of Big Data analytics is developing ever more sophisticated models for intelligent data-driven insight and decision making in business and in other areas such as health and social care. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Peng, Assoc Prof A Lawson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Adversarial Learning for Industrial Control Systems

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Cyber-attacks are increasingly posing more and more threat to information assets and computer systems in general. This is particularly so in industrial control systems which refer to a generalized group of automation systems employed in controlling and keeping track of industrial and manufacturing facilities [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr KB Babaagba, Dr N Moradpoor, Dr OB Bamgboye

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Non-Imaging Cheap Highly Efficient solar concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic (PV) system - (NICHE-PV)

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Solar photovoltaic (PV), which is one of the technologies that harness solar energy by converting the sunlight directly into electricity, grew by more than 100 folds from 2000 to 2013. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Sukki, Dr NS Sellami

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Projects in mathematical systems and control theory

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

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 YZ Zhou

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Low-cost digital twin for building performance monitoring and control system operation

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The UK government urges us to build 'better, faster and greener' to mitigate our housing shortage and move towards net-zero carbon homes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Livingstone, Dr C H See

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of a deconstructable timber system to optimise design for manufacture, assembly & disassembly (DfMA+D)

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The construction sector is a linear economy. finite resources are extracted to manufacture products which are disposed of come their end of life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Livingstone, Dr R Hairstans

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Improving Post Contract Cost-Control Estimates using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Construction projects infamously suffer from significant financial losses and possible ultimate project failure as a result of poor financial management due to poor budgeting, cost prediction, monitoring, and not well-informed commercial management decisions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ND Dan-Jumbo, Dr DI Ikediashi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Historical Games continue to find critical and commercial success. Game series such as Assassin’s Creed, Red Dead Redemption, Total War, and Civilisation are amongst the most recognisable forms of popular history. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ID Donald, Dr HW Wagner

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machining

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

We are looking for a PhD student to join our interdisciplinary team of students, postdocs, and senior researchers developing systems for quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gates

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Environment Diagnosis using Intelligent Optical Sensing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Rand Ismaeel, Martynas Beresna, Christopher Holmes. Project description. Global climate change is the biggest challenge faced by humanity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Ismaeel

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Laser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paper

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The focus of our group’s research is the development of user-friendly sensors or devices for affordable and rapid clinical diagnostic testing at the point-of-care (POC) of a patient, i.e., at their hospital bedside or in a care/nursing home, or in ambulance or at home. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Sones

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Next Generation Silicon Photonic Modulators

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof David Thomson and Dr Weiwei Zhang . Project Description. This project will focus on research into the next generation of optical data communication technology enabling key applications such as high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to thrive. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Thomson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 407 manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 407 manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation

Transforming waste marble dust into sustainable nanoparticle reinforced aluminum-marble composite

Evaluation of properties of wood pellets for Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage Application

Data Quality and Cleaning in Big Data

Adversarial Learning for Industrial Control Systems

Non-Imaging Cheap Highly Efficient solar concentrator for building integrated photovoltaic (PV) system - (NICHE-PV)

Projects in mathematical systems and control theory

Low-cost digital twin for building performance monitoring and control system operation

Development of a deconstructable timber system to optimise design for manufacture, assembly & disassembly (DfMA+D)

Improving Post Contract Cost-Control Estimates using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games

Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machining

Environment Diagnosis using Intelligent Optical Sensing

Laser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paper

Next Generation Silicon Photonic Modulators

We have 407 manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 407 manufacturing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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