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water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 138 water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Numerical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Moorings in Variable Seabed Conditions

Durham University

Offshore Wind CDT

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Augarde, Dr A Petalas, Prof W Coombs, Prof C Smith

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

Bioactive, biodegradable coatings for urinary medical devices

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

The incidence of infection associated with indwelling medical devices is considerable and increases with the dwell time and location of the device. … Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Jones

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

Community resilience and cascading climate impacts

The University of Manchester

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

Critical infrastructures are central to the function of society, with interdependencies between systems which brings risks of disruption in one sector impacting on another. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Mander, Dr R Wood

7 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Low-carbon Climate Adaptation in UK Households: Understanding participation in, and pathways toward, low-carbon climate adaptation

The University of Manchester

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

People play many roles in climate action — as commuters and carers, workers and hobbyists, citizens and consumers. Climate change is already reshaping all of these. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hoolohan, Dr R Wood

7 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Developing a Finite Element Based Model for Pellet Relocation in Nuclear Reactor Fuel (HAYNEST_U26EMPAMENTUM)

University of East Anglia

School of Engineering

Primary supervisor - Dr Thomas Anthony Haynes. Pellet-clad interaction (PCI) is a complicated phenomenon, relatively poorly captured in current commercial fuel performance codes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr TH Haynes

2 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Scalable Intelligent Planning for Partially Observable Uncertain Systems

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

The stability of modern life builds on sustainable, continuous operation of large-scale infrastructure, such as power grids, water networks, and transportation systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KZ Zhang

28 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Modelling slope stability

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Climate change predictions for the British Isles generally indicate that there will be higher winter rainfall in future, but with more frequent high intensity rainfall events at any time of year. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A P Dykes

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

Effects of self-cementing properties on the performance of a sustainable capillary barrier cover system by using recycled concrete aggregates

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

In supporting the UK Government to fulfil its targets on carbon emissions and environmental protection, there is an increasingly strong emphasis on recycling and reuse of construction waste in civil engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kew

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

Construction, characterisation and analysis of results from a liquid fingerprinting system using ultrasound

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

There is a need to be able to identify liquids in situ using small samples and with high reliability. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Chakraborty

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

Machine learning to predict blood function – towards better haematology analysis

University of Reading

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Blood represents a complex mixture of blood cells, plasma proteins, hormones, lipids, salts and water. Blood is good indicator of health, and clinically… Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof J M Gibbins

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

Simulation and optimisation of reverse osmosis desalination process with renewable energy

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Desalination of seawater has been gaining increasing momentum to overcome the freshwater scarcity around the world. Among the various technologies, RO (reverse osmosis) is one of the most promising seawater desalination technologies for freshwater production but is energy intensive. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba

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

Influence of CO2 impurities on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in conventional oil reservoirs

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

The application of CO. 2. injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) has proven to be an effective technique for increasing oil recovery from mature reservoirs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Rahmanian

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

Sonars for precise underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV) navigation.

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

There is a great interest in underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs) and currently many companies develop AUVs for multiple applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

Full-duplex underwater acoustic systems

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

Acoustic signal transmission is the only feasible technology for long-range (>10-100m) underwater communication, navigation and sonar systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

High-frequency underwater acoustic communication for image transmission.

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

Communication using acoustic waves is the main underwater communication technology, since electro-magnetic waves quickly attenuate underwater. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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