Energy Technologies PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

We have 150 Energy Technologies PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Enabling atomic resolution imaging of novel energy materials

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Effective use of solar energy is critical to the UKs net-zero strategy, and great advances have been made recently in solar-cell materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Clark, Prof K McKenna

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

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Development and Evaluation of a Scalable Microgrid Model for Enhanced Shore Power Systems at Portsmouth International Port

University of Portsmouth School of Energy and Electronic Engineering

Applications are invited for a three-year full-time PhD to commence in October 2024 or February 2025. . The PhD will be based in the School of Energy and Electronic Engineering, and will be supervised by Professor Victor Becerra, Dr Brett Martinson and Dr Keiron Roberts. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Becerra, Dr B Martinson, Dr K Roberts

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Integrated operational planning using Smart Energy Demand Management in maritime ports

University of Portsmouth Faculty of Business and Law

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024. . The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Business and Law, and will be supervised by Dr Jana Ries, Dr Negar Akbari and Dr Becky Canning. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Ries, Dr N Akbari, Dr B Canning

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Plastic waste upcycling using microwave-initiated heterogeneous catalysis

Queen Mary University of London School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

Recent successes in microwave clean chemistry have opened new, efficient routes for low-temperature hydrogen production, decarbonisation, and plastic waste upcycling. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Jie

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

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Research opportunities Search Understanding the energy system and energy-economy and impacts of low energy demand futures

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Energy demand reduction (EDR) is one of three levers (alongside renewable energy and carbon sequestration) that can be utilised to reduce greenhouse gas… Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Brockway, Prof J Barrett

Open Day(s) 6 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Vapour Deposited Perovskites for High Performance Multi-Junction Photovoltaic Devices

King’s College London Department of Physics

Metal-halide perovskite based solar cells have now achieved a light to electricity conversion efficiency of 26.1%, making them the leading emerging thin-film solar cell material. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Patel

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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QUADRAT DTP: Carbon footprint reduction by repurposing fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composite waste for marine renewable energy

Queen’s University Belfast School of Natural and Built Environment

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Karimirad, Prof A Hastings

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Offshore Engineering Geomorphology for Energy Transition

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The energy transition is upon us as society aims to reduce emissions by transitioning into clean, renewable and carbon neutral energy sources. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Kurjanski, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Assessing the Feasibility of a Hydrogen Economy in Scotland: Implications for Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The concept of a hydrogen economy has been gaining traction in recent years as a potential accelerator towards decarbonization and achieving net-zero carbon societies [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Haro Monteagudo, Prof J McKinley

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Adaptive Sensing for Energy-Efficient Reinforcement Learning

Coventry University Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a one of the three major machine learning approaches, together with supervised and unsupervised learning, and which has raised in popularity in recent years. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Brusey

20 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Multi-Three-Phase Drives for Electric Transport

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

The popularity of power electronic drives used to control electrical machines is increasing, pushed by both the surge of renewable energy generation and the ongoing electrification of transport. Read more

Supervisors: Mr SP Papadopoulos, Dr FVS Vedreno Santos,

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Drive and material imperfections impacting inertial fusion

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Fusion is the process which occurs at the centre of the Sun and is the source of energy that heats and lights the Earth. Our aim is to produce heat and electricity from fusion of deuterium and tritium, isotopes of hydrogen, to form helium and a neutron. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Woolsey, Dr A Higginbotham

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Thermal conductivity measurements in warm-dense and high-energy-density matter

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

High energy density and warm dense matter science is the study of material properties at extreme high pressures such as those that can occur in a fusion experiment, in the cores of Earth-like and larger planets as well as virtually any stellar object. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Woolsey

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Development of solar concentrator for hydrogen production in solar thermochemical water-splitting cycle

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

The UK has set an ambitious commitment of achieving net zero by 2050. Low carbon hydrogen is expected to play a vital role in the next few decades. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Sukki, Dr NS Sellami

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Feasibility of Space-based Solar Power for Terrestrial use

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

Space based solar power has been a theoretical concept for over 50 years, but recently there has been a new wave of research due to declining cost for both solar technology and space launches. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Sukki, Dr NS Sellami

3 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 150 Energy Technologies PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Energy Technologies PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

We have 150 Energy Technologies PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

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