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process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 648 process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Invasive Lung Ventilation empowered by Soft Robotic Implantable Actuators [ILV-robot]

  Research Group: Healthcare Engineering
Lung diaphragm is an integral part of respiratory system, which plays a pivotal role in the initiating and maintaining breathing cycle. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Chauhan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Development of New Piezoelectric Sensors for Force Measurement Applications

Subtractive manufacturing processes such as turning, milling, and drilling remain the backbone of industrial production across sectors, including aerospace, automotive, and energy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Shyha, Dr LM Manjakkal
 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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Generative AI in 6G and beyond networks

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
As the world anticipates the rollout of 6G networks, there's a growing need to explore innovative technologies that can empower these networks to meet the evolving demands of connectivity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Ahmadi, Prof D Grace
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Memristor-like micro-electro-mechanical device for AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our world, but its growing computational demands, particularly for edge computing in devices like IoT sensors, require new, energy-efficient hardware solutions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Zhao
 28 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bismuth-doped fibre amplifiers for extended transmission bands in optical communications

Supervisory Team. Professor Jayanta Sahu, Professor Johan Nilsson and Dr Yongmin Jung. This project aims to develop advanced bismuth-doped optical fibres with optimised design, fabrication, and material properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Sahu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The “self-driving” laser

Supervisory team. Dr Ben Mills and Dr James Grant-Jacob. This PhD will help build the next revolution, the “self-driving” laser, a new class of intelligent light sources that think for themselves. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Mills
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Silicon devices for nonlinear photonics and applications

Supervisory team. Prof Anna Peacock & Dr Meng Huang. Closing date 31 October 2026. This project seeks to develop compact and power efficient nonlinear silicon photonics devices for use in wide ranging applications such as telecommunications, medicine and spectroscopy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A new frontier in distributed temperature sensing in hollow-core fibres

Supervisory Team. Dr Ali Masoudi and Dr Hans Christian Mulvad. Imagine measuring temperature along 200 km of optical fibre with unprecedented precision, even in extreme environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Masoudi
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated polysilicon photonics

Supervisory Team. Prof Anna Peacock and Prof David Thomson. This project seeks to develop a simple, low-cost laser materials processing procedure to fabricate high quality polysilicon photonic platforms that will ease issues associated with optoelectronic integration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultrafast lasers and high-harmonic generation: Developing compact X‑ray sources for next‑generation imaging

Supervisory Team. Dr Peter Horak and Dr Bill Brocklesby. This PhD offers the chance to exploit advanced computer simulations to drive experiments, pushing the boundaries of ultrafast science and opening new frontiers in physics and biomedical applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Horak
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Concrete under fire

Concrete remains one of the mostly widely used materials in the world and fundamental to society. However, it is also a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions representing 8% of global CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Davie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Full-time PhD studentship (Chain & Yong Group)

We are looking for a PhD student with strong computational skills interested in interdisciplinary research at the boundary between immunology, cancer and computer science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Chain, Prof K Yong
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bioinspired morphing for novel propulsor design

RVC Supervisor(s). Professor Richard Bomphrey, Professor James Usherwood. External Supervisor Prof Adrian Thomas (University of Oxford). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Bomphrey, Dr J Usherwood
 21 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC DLA: Nanodiamond for virus detection

At least 1 billion people lack access to safe water due to rapid population growth, urbanization, industrialisation and the climate emergency. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof O Williams, Dr B Hou
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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