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We have 83 water quality PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with multi-sensors prototype for underwater onsite monitoring

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

Maritime activities remain a crucial factor to the economy with high expectations for future growth. According to the United Nation, there are more than three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kerrouche

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Mitigating the impact of environmental stress on the quality and sustainability of malting barley

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Climate change is challenging our ability to reliably grow crops. This PhD will be focused on the impact this is having on our capacity to produce a sustainable supply of malted barley for use within the brewing and distilling industries. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Alexander

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Linking Oceanographical Connectivity pathways and Environmental Pollution Pressures to the Genetic Structure of Planktonic Biota in Coastal Embayments

Atlantic Technological University Research

This PhD project is part of the Postgraduate Research Training Programme COASTAL CONNECTIVITY, which offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr NT Touzet, Dr rn Nash, Dr FK Kavanagh

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Microfluidics for Micro-AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

This project will develop and test microfluidic systems that can be deployed aboard small robot submarines (micro-AUVs) to sample and analyse aquatic chemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Nightingale

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Carbon Sequestration in the Context of River Restoration

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RVE Anthony, Prof N Entwistle

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

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Liquid exfoliation of quasi-2D nanosheets for use as efficient visible-light photocatalysts

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have received significant scientific attention due to their exceptional properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Stafford

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Role of ditch networks in agricultural landscapes to mitigate flooding and diffuse pollution.

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Pattison, Prof C Spray, Dr K Redeker

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully funded 4-year studentships at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable Chemical Technologies: A Systems Approach

University of Bath

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable Chemical Technologies. A Systems Approach at the University of Bath is offering fully funded, 4-year studentships to start 30 September 2024. Read more

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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): Sustainable Green Urban Spaces: Assimilation of Citizen-Science Data for Air Quality Monitoring via Digital-Twin Simulation

University of Dundee UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science

Green urban spaces offer vital clean-air zones for residents, but their typical proximity to major traffic routes poses significant challenges for air quality monitoring and maintenance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Eaves, Prof M Woods

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Multiscale investigation of corrosion deposition in high temperature high pressure water for nuclear power plants

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

We are pleased to present an exciting PhD opportunity in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, providing a unique chance for candidates to participate in a multiscale investigation of corrosion deposition in high-temperature, high-pressure water for nuclear power plants. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Scenini, Dr G Giustini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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High Entropy 2D Materials for Efficient Water Splitting - Postgraduate Research Teaching Associate (PGRTA) Scholarship

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

We invite applications for a fully-funded Ph.D. position to conduct cutting-edge research in the field of high entropy 2D materials for water splitting, building upon our recent publications in the field (Chemistry of Materials 35 (19), 7904-7914; Advanced Science, 2204488). Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Lewis

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exchange of water between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden recorded at DSDP Site 229

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Red Sea is relatively isolated from the Indian Ocean by a shallow sill near its connection with the Gulf of Aden at the Bab el Mandeb Strait. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Mitchell, Dr D Liebrand

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

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Thermal hydraulics modelling of low-pressure, light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

The Low-Pressure Water Reactor (LPWR) is a 300MW(e) pool-type water-cooled Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design in which the nuclear core is located at the bottom of a deep underground shaft instead of inside a pressure vessel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Giustini

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

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Behaviour and welfare of keystone marshland engineers: the feral water buffalo of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences

The vision of the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC; https://www.cityu.edu.hk/jcc/) is to become a centre of excellence in veterinary medicine and life sciences education and research. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Alan McElligott, Dr K Flay

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

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The hybridity of polluted freshwaters - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Freshwater pollution, a manufactured water landscape (waterscape), embedding with its flows and cycles technologies, institutions, discourses, and meanings which produce and are produced by power relations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AO Ofori

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 83 water quality PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

water quality PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 83 water quality PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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