surface engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 258 surface engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Absorption of gases in nano-confined liquids studied by total neutron scattering

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

Advances in gas capture and storage research directly contribute to lowering the impact of industrial chemical processes on climate change and enable the move towards Net Zero goals. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Falkowska, Dr T Hughes, Prof C Hardacre

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

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Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The wetting behaviours of liquids on solid surfaces play an important role for a wide range of engineering applications, including coatings, electronics, oil recovery, microfluidics, and inkjet printing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof HK Kusumaatmaja, Prof G McHale

16 January 2025 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of a detection system for ocean hydrocarbons based on hollow core optical fibres (HCFs).

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Rand Ismaeel, Francesco Poletti, Natalie Wheeler, Yongmin Jung and Matthew Mowlem (External). Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Ismaeel

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

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Advanced computational modelling of nanobubble cavitation dynamics

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Rapid changes in pressure, such as in high-frequency ultrasound, can stimulate bubbles to nucleate, oscillate, and collapse violently, in a phenomenon known as cavitation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DD Dockar

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Direct simulation of liquid metal nucleate boiling in the presence of magnetic fields

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

Nucleate boiling occurs when a solid surface is heated above an adjacent liquid’s saturation temperature. In this scenario, vapour forms at preferential nucleation sites on the heated surface. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Skillen

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

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Electrification of biogas upgrading via plasma-catalysis

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

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 Kechagiopoulos, Dr A McCue

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

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Computational aerodynamics of high speed flow over rough surfaces

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Neil Sandham. Project description. You will join a group of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers using high performance computing to advance understanding of high speed aerodynamics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Sandham

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

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Thermo-electric materials for tab cooling of advanced batteries

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Richard Wills, Dr Iris Nandhakumar. Project description. Effective thermal management of lithium-based battery systems is important for optimising cell efficiency, reducing cell degradation and preventing catastrophic failure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Wills

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

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A novel approach to the circular production of sustainable powders for metal additive manufacturing

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Engineering

3 Year Self funded project. This PhD project will ignite an exciting new research area for the sustainable production, consumption and recycling of metallic materials for use in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Bhaduri, Dr MR Ryan, Dr FL Lacan

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

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Modelling of floating offshore wind farms

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

On its road to decarbonisation, the UK has set very ambitious targets of offshore wind deployment for 2030 of 50 GW, of which about 5 GW will be of floating wind turbines. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Ouro, Prof T Stallard, Prof P K Stansby

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

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Investigating the Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Superhydrophobic High Voltage Outdoor Insulators

Glasgow Caledonian University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

REFERENCE NUMBER. Please refer to and select reference number SCEBE-21SF-SHVOI-Arshad. BACKGROUND. High voltage outdoor insulators play an important role in the safe and reliable transmission of power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Arshad, Dr A Nekahi

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

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Nonlinear Electrodynamics Mediated by Multidimensional Surfaces

University of Strathclyde Department of Physics

The project will be concerned with the development of high-power sub-terahertz and terahertz (THz) microwave sources to address the long-standing “THz gap”. … Read more

Supervisors: Dr AM MacLachlan, Prof K Ronald

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Investigating Nanoscale Network Polymer Degradation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Research Group: Polymers and Composites

Network polymers are widely deployed as the matrix in structural composites and high-performance pigmented protective coatings. Surprisingly however, many fundamental aspects of how the properties and structure of these materials degrade upon exposure to the environment remains unknown. Read more

Supervisor: Miss SM Morsch

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

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Taking Light Induced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance In Cell for Biological Structural Determination

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Studying the structure of proteins and other biological systems is an important step in understanding their function. Most structural studies are conducted in environments that are far away from native conditions, such as those found inside a cell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Dr J Rowbotham, Dr I Riddell, Dr D Heyes

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

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Use of surface textures to improve tactile perception

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Many human interactions with objects and surfaces rely on perception of the tactile interface. This could be when gripping objects with hands, or controlling walking movements through the physical feedback felt through the soles of the feet. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Carre

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

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We have 258 surface engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

surface engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 258 surface engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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