structural dynamics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The project will be a collaboration with Prof Glenn Burley (University of Strathclyde). Background. The strong and specific binding of small molecules and proteins to DNA has relevance across many areas, from fundamental biophysics, through chemical biology to nanotechnology.

Novel Hybrid Wind and Wave Energy System and Its Structural Dynamic Responses Subjected to Combined Wind and Wave Loads

Coventry University
Institute for Future Transport and Cities

Dr L Wang

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The sustainable development of offshore wind and ocean energy needs an efficient use of the natural resources, optimising their exploitation and reducing costs.

Combining X-ray Free Electron Laser Probes of Chemical Dynamics

University of Southampton
Chemistry

Dr R Minns

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Dr Russell Minns. Project description. We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to come and work in the group on the use of femtosecond XUV and X-ray probes of chemical dynamics.

Vibrational Performance of timber floor – an Investigation of influence of construction parameters SEBE0026

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE)

Dr A Khokhar, Dr R Hairstans

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Traditional timber floor systems are usually composed of a series of parallel timber joists (eg. solid and engineered I-joist or Laminated-Veneer-Lumber) which support wood-based sheathing.

Precision Medicine DTP: Structural effects of cross-kingdom miRNA on regulation of RNA function in cancer

University of Edinburgh
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

Prof T Hupp, Dr A Rajan

Application Deadline: 1 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Scientific research in the 20th century has established that plant-derived dietary vitamins and minerals can have a positive impact on human health.

The contradictory functions of carotenoid-based light-harvesters: Understanding energy harvesting and dissipation in the Fucoxanthin-Chlorophyll Protein (FCP)

Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Dr C Duffy

Applications accepted all year round

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PhD Type

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This supervisor does not yet know if funding is available for this project, or they intend to apply for external funding once a suitable candidate is selected. Applications are welcome - please see project details for further information.

The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary is one of the UK’s elite research centres, according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Collapse investigation and retrofit of ageing infrastructure against hazardous events

University of Birmingham
Department of Civil Engineering

Dr K Skalomenos

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Our futuristic vision for Sustainable and Resilient Structures is one that has transparent expectations of structural performance against time, increased loads, environmental changes and natural disasters.

Seeing photosynthesis at the nanoscale: mapping physical properties of light-harvesting biomembranes by high-resolution microscopy and spectroscopy

University of Leeds
School of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Molecular and Nanoscale Phsyics

Dr P.G. Adams, Dr G Heath

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Understanding photosynthesis could provide valuable clues for future solar technology and help our understanding of food crops.

Ultra-fast X-ray Imaging of Nanoscale Quantum Materials

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Quantum, Light & Matter

Dr M Newton

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Dr. Marcus Newton. Project description. A long standing dream of chemical physics is to directly observe atomic motions during the event of a quantum phase transition from one state to another.

Dynamic soil-pile interaction for emerging large-diameter monopiles supporting offshore wind turbines (ENG1304)

University of Nottingham
Faculty of Engineering

Dr L Prendergast

Application Deadline: 29 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Are you interested in structural dynamics, soil-structure interaction and mathematical modelling? Offshore wind turbines are dynamically sensitive systems, with the potential for resonance between the rotational frequencies of the blades, the frequency of waves in the ocean and the natural frequency of the structure.

Dynamic cell fate decisions: linking mechanical signals and protein expression dynamics in the developing eye to understand human developmental disorders

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr Cerys Manning, Prof N Papalopulu

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Inherited developmental disorders account for much of childhood visual impairment. Development of the eye requires cell fate decisions that balance stem cell proliferation and differentiation.

More efficient structural design for floating offshore wind turbines - (studied by distance learning)

Aberdeen University
School of Engineering

Dr A Bagheri Sabbagh, Dr A Maheri

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. Wind turbines are one of the renewable sources of energy which is becoming a sustainable alternative way to produce energy, and which is growing fast all around the world.

Development and Exploitation of Asphaltenic Structures and Properties using Crystallographic Structural Informatics and Molecular-Scale Modelling

University of Leeds
School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Prof K Roberts, Dr R Hammond

Application Deadline: 29 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Basic hydrocarbon compounds including linear, branched and cyclic saturated and unsaturated aliphatic compounds, as well as polyaromatic compounds, are encountered in a range of industries, with their structural properties underpin the formulation and manufacture of a range of materials spanning e.g.

Direct characterisation of TRPC channel dynamics triggered by drug-like modulators using high-speed atomic force microscopy

University of Leeds
School of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Molecular and Nanoscale Phsyics

Dr G Heath

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The rapid expansion in the structural understanding of membrane proteins through recent progress in electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography is leading to an ever greater need for techniques which provide high temporal resolution dynamics.

Modeling Ultrafast THz-Induced Magnetisation Dynamics for Next Generation Data Storage and Processing

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Dr T Ostler, Prof D Cleaver

Application Deadline: 1 July 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Department name. Business, Technology and Engineering/Materials and Engineering Research Institute. Research Area. Since the pioneering work of Beaurepaire and co-workers in 1996 [1], the field of ultrafast spin dynamics has rapidly developed.