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Model Order Reduction techniques for nonlinear elasticity and thermofluids

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

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

Novel Design for Sodium Battery - Modelling and Experimental Validation

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Improving the sustainability of energy storage materials is becoming an increasingly important aspect in recent years. Sodium-ion batteries are a promising alternative to Lithium, that could reduce the reliance on rare earth elements. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Kahwash, Dr LM Manjakkal

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

Design and Analysis of Neural Network-based controllers for unknown systems

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 S Smith

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

Towards compact Gamma-ray Free Electron Lasers

University of Strathclyde

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Over the past few decades, X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have become the pre-eminent tool for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular scale. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Robb

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

Ageing to Arrhythmias

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Cardiac arrhythmias are a leading cause of sudden death and morbidity. This project aims to identify why they occur in the elderly and novel routes to therapies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M K Lancaster, Dr M.A. Colman

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

Development of a Low-Level RF (LLRF) System for Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Control of a Superconducting RF Cavity

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Marks

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

Externally coupled structures for THz-driven electron beam deflection

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

About the Project. This project is a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research team from Lancaster University, University of Manchester and The Cockcroft Institute at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK, developing world leading concepts for novel acceleration using laser-generated THz pulse. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Letizia

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

Superconducting thin film coated radio-frequency cavities

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Burt

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

Accelerating Electrons with Light – laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Laser wakefield acceleration has demonstrated the production of GeV-scale electron beams in centimeter-scale accelerators using plasma waves as a driver. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Arran

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

Accelerator design for leather tanning and related applications

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

This project focuses on the use of electron beams to tan leather in a novel process described by industry as potentially the biggest disruption to the process in 150 years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon

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

How do we control the shape and time structure of our very short bunches using THz-driven structures?

The University of Manchester

Cockcroft Institute

Particle accelerators are powerful tools that have driven major discoveries in physics, from finding the Higgs boson to developing new materials. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Appleby

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

Spin and superradiance in General Relativity

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Applied Mathematics

In General Relativity, bodies in freefall follow geodesics in spacetime. For example, the Earth follows a geodesic in the spacetime of the Sun, to a good approximation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Dolan

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

Reconfigurable Surfaces for High-Efficiency RF Energy Harvesting

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Background and Motivation. The increasing demand for sustainable and maintenance-free wireless technologies has accelerated interest in radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting, which converts electromagnetic waves into usable electrical power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin, Prof C H See

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

Unitary quantum gravity and the fate of black holes

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Applied Mathematics

Black holes have now been observed in detail via astrophysical observations, detections of gravitational waves and pictures of the event horizon. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gielen

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

Interactions between higher categories and homological algebra

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

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 S Paoli, Dr I Patchkoria

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

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