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Digital Twin and AI-Driven Modelling of Seabed Mobility for Offshore Infrastructure

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: Dr WZ Zhang, Dr S McLelland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Seabed response to mooring lines for floating offshore wind

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: Dr A Leonardi, Dr A Petalas, Dr E Bowman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

  Research Group: Dynamics Research Group
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: Dr T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

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: Dr T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Enhancing the Resilience of Offshore Wind Electrical Systems through Digital Twin Tools

The UK’s expansion of offshore wind is changing the dynamics of the electricity grid, particularly due to the lack of generation inertia worsening power system stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Griffo, Dr X Chen, Dr M Smailes, Dr A Nambiar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Centrifuge Physical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Moorings in Layered Soils

The future of offshore wind energy lies in floating turbines, enabling the capture of wind power in deep waters where conventional foundations (like monopiles and jackets) are not economically viable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Bowman, Prof C Augarde, Prof C Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Control of Nonlinear Engineering Systems: Traditional and AI-Integrated Approaches

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
 Supervisor: Dr V Vaziri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optical Fibre Applications for Sensors, Lasers or Communications

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 K Nakkeeran, Dr T Thevar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Electromagnetic Sensing for High-Temperature Microstructural Evolution

This PhD redefines electromagnetic sensing by moving beyond magnetic permeability-dominated approaches to establish a conductivity-driven eddy-current framework for tracking microstructural evolution at high temperature. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Davis, Dr F Zhou
 25 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Experimental Investigation of Phase-Change Heat Transfer on Engineered Surfaces for Compact Thermal Systems

This exciting PhD project aims to experimentally investigate the fundamental nucleation, liquid-film, and heat-transfer mechanisms that govern phase-change heat transfer on engineered surfaces, with a primary focus on boiling and/or condensation in compact thermal systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A S Sadaghiani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Lung Fibrosis Uncovered: From Cells to Treatments

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe and progressive lung disease characterised by excessive scarring, tissue stiffening, and respiratory failure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr GL Liu
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design of lightweight composite stiffened shell structures using topology optimisation

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 P Dunning, Prof M Kashtalyan
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Optimal design of fibre reinforced composite pipes and umbilicals

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 O Menshykov, Dr M Menshykova
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Numerical modelling of cracked materials under dynamic loading

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 O Menshykov, Dr A I Osofero
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Advanced Modelling of Frictional Interfaces in Renewable Energy Structures

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 M Kartal, Prof M Kashtalyan, Dr D Mulvihill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only