Chemistry (3d printing) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship (3 years) within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Read more

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

PhD Project: 3D printing next-generation actuators for soft robots and devices - (ENG 1725)

Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/index.aspx) at the University of Nottingham. Read more

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

PhD project: Functional Structural Colour Devices through 3D Printing - (ENG 1724)

Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/index.aspx) at the University of Nottingham. Read more

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

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

Soft Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage Device Development

Hybrid energy storage offers multiple advantages in electrochemical energy storage especially for portable electronic gadgets and autonomous systems due to its high energy and power density. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Manjakkal

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

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

3D printing of nanocomposite drug delivery platforms

Hydrogel-based three-dimensional (3D) printing has garnered significant interest in various biomedical fields like tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and personalized medicine. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RA D'Sa

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

PhD Project: 3D-Printed Micro-Robots for Medical Applications - (ENG 1726)

Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/index.aspx) at the University of Nottingham. Read more

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

PhD Project: Functional 3D/4D Printing of Responsive Structures - (ENG 1723)

Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/index.aspx) at the University of Nottingham. Read more

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

University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy

Biotherapeutic delivery through personalised 3D printed microneedle patches

Join our dynamic research team and be at the forefront of ground-breaking drug delivery advancements. We are offering a fully-funded 36 month PhD studentship (to UK students only) to tackle skin variability challenges through the development of personalised microneedles using cutting-edge 3D printing technology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Alvey, Dr R Owen, Dr D Scurr, Prof C Alexander

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

University of Strathclyde Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Towards insect-mimetic acoustic hierarchical structures

Overview. We are seeking excellent candidates for 4-yr PhD and 5-yr masters+PhD scholarships to pursue an exciting interdisciplinary project that will pioneer novel materials enabled by self-assembly and 3D printing with multiple length-scales of complexity to better mimic the functional structures of insect hearing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K.H.A Lau, Prof J Windmill

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

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

A 3D-Printed Blood-Brain-Barrier-on-a-Chip for Agrochemical Permeability Studies – CASE Studentship

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) tightly regulates the flow of material between the bloodstream and the brain. One of the big problems faced by a range of sectors, from pharmaceuticals to agrochemicals, is understanding how compounds interact with and cross this barrier. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Forth, Dr D Dickens

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Novel strategies and innovative technologies to produce amorphous solid dispersion

Poor drug solubility presents a major challenge in drug product development of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms. However, many new development compounds exhibit poor solubility and only a few of them reach market approval. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou

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

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Miniature Mass Spectrometry

Mass spectrometry (MS) and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) are versatile analytical techniques that allow general-purpose chemical detection and measurement. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

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

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Removing the hydration bottleneck from integrated alkaline CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion

Humanity’s demand for fuels and chemicals is rapidly increasing, driven by a growing population and global demands for an improved quality of life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Cobb, Dr S Filip

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

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

High-Throughput Soft Matter Characterisation for Formulation Discovery

Direct Ink Writing (DIW), extrusion-based 3D printing, is a rapidly developing processing technique for additive manufacturing of advanced, functional materials into complex designs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr WS Sharratt, Dr E García-Tuñón, Dr V Kurlin

12 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Newcastle University School of Engineering

PhD studentship - Optimizing Pulse-Jet Cleaning for Sustainable Energy: A CFD Approach to Emissions Control

This PhD project is part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. About the CDT. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lee

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