Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Visual Swarming for GPS Denied UAV Operations

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Onshore international students from Five Eyes Alliance Nations (United States, the United Kingdom, Canada). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Garratt

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

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Visual Guidance for Ship Launch and Recovery of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Onshore international students from Five Eyes Alliance Nations (United States, the United Kingdom, Canada). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Garratt

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

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Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti(CON) Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Supervision and International Collaborations. You will be based at the University of Birmingham and will be co-supervised by the industrial partner Tokamak Energy Ltd. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

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

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Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti-CON Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Supervision and International Collaborations. You will be based at the University of Birmingham and will be co-supervised by the industrial partner Tokamak Energy Ltd. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

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

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Nonlinear Aerostructural Optimisation of Boundary Layer Ingesting Fan

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof. Ali Elham, Dr. Jie Yuan. Project description. To meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, aviation (~3% of human global CO2 emissions) must do its share. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Elham

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

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Autonomous Data-Driven Modelling for Advanced Satellite Constellation Management

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Preference is given to international students currently studying in Australia, all nationalities are welcome to apply. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LQ Qiao

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

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Novel Methods for the Characterisation of Helicopter Aero-acoustics PhD

Cranfield University School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

Cranfield University has been at the forefront of rotorcraft research for the last 13 years, having an established track record on rotorcraft modelling, performance, aero-mechanics, and aero-acoustics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Ioannis Goulos

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

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Coupled heat transfer – stress – hydrogen diffusion modelling in cryogenic combustion systems for zero emission jet engines

King’s College London School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

Transport, the UK’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, presents a major obstacle to UK’s decarbonisation plans. To overcome it, we must develop new sustainable fuel technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CS Skamniotis, Dr DM Moxey, Dr C Gattinoni

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

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Reducing greenhouse gas and air pollutants emissions from hybrid vehicles

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

This project is to investigate the co-benefits of cleaner fuels and novel exhaust aftertreatment systems on the mitigation of emissions from hybrid vehicles. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Li, Prof J Plane

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Multi-material metal 3D Printing for compact, lightweight heat exchangers for high power thermal management (Studentship I)

University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering

Supervisors. Dr. Luke Parry, Dr. Vitor Marques (Industrial Supervisor). About the Project. The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MOD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security, and this project will be co-funded by Leonardo. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Parry

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

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Design and optimisation of hybrid cooling technologies

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

Global cooling demand is expected to rise with climate change-induced global temperature increase and population growth in the world’s hot regions [1]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R R Renaldi

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

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Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Melike Kurt and Prof Bharath Ganapathisubramani. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kurt

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

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What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

How particles pack together to make stable structures is a puzzle that has been addressed by many illustrious scientists and engineers, including Kepler, Coulomb and James Clerk Maxwell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Haw, Dr P Mulheran

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

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Creating the ethical chemical engineer: pedagogy and practice of teaching ethics in Chemical Engineering

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Chemical engineering will be critical to countering many global threats over thee next decades, in particular climate change, but also challenges in public health, resource sustainability, innovation in manufacturing, and secure food and energy supplies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Haw

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

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Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Hydrogen is an energy source of the future. It is imperative to develop competitive hydrogen production technology from renewable sources such as biomass. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Li

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

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Intelligent electromechanical systems for biomedical devices

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Shiyang Tang, Prof Hywel Morgan. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Tang

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Modelling the Role of Hard Particles in Hard Facing Alloys

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Robert Wood, Georges Limbert and Dave Stewart (RRSL). Project description. Hard facing alloys, such as those used in nuclear power plant, are composite materials comprising carbides (and other hard phases), in galling resistant metallic matrices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood

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

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Data centric modelling of adhesive wear

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Robert Wood, Jo Grundy and Dave Stewart (RRSL). Project description. The occurrence of adhesive wear between sliding surfaces can cause high friction, vibration, material transfer between surfaces and even seizure of components. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood

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

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Durability of glass-fibre/acrylic composites and their interface for use in renewable energy structural applications

University of Strathclyde Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Over the past decades, there has been rapid growth in the development and application of fibre-reinforced composite materials for use in high-performance applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Minty, Mr N M Meyn

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

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Understanding the influence of final annealing on the behaviour of Zr-Nb-Sn-Fe alloys during irradiation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The Zr group is a large welcoming team of researchers that focus on tackling industrially significant issues with regards to nuclear power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Frankel, Dr MM Maric, Dr R Harrison, Dr Z Shah

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

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Understanding the influence of the composition and microstructure of Cr based PVD coatings on the performance of coated claddings

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The Zr group is a large welcoming team of researchers that focus on tackling industrially significant issues with regards to nuclear power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Frankel, Dr R Harrison, Dr MM Maric, Dr Z Shah

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

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Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Nanoporous materials such as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are having their applications in mechanical energy absorption. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Sun

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

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Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Membrane fouling – the deposition of organic and inorganic matter on the membrane surface – is a major technical obstacle affecting membrane-based water treatment processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Romero-Vargas Castrillon, Prof A Lips

19 June 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Industrial PhD project: Design and build of novel scientific instrumentation

University of Surrey School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is the primary technique employed to determine the chemical composition and chemical state of material surfaces, with an analysis depth of approximately 5 nm. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Baker, Prof J F Watts

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development for environmental monitoring, non-invasive surgery and advanced manufacturing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

In this project we will develop hollow-core optical fibres (HCFs) for mid-infrared laser delivery. HCFs offer a radically new solution for laser delivery as they guide light in a gas-filled core, instead of the glass in conventional optical fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

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

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Artificial Optical Nervous System

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Ali Masoudi & Gilberto Brambilla. Project description. The study of the mechanical properties of any large, complex structures such as a space launch vehicle or Earth’s crust relies on a large array of sophisticated and, often, expensive sensors. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Masoudi

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

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Development of Fibre-Enabled, Distributed Gas Sensing for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Natalie Wheeler, Prof Radan Slavík, Dr Martynas Beresna. Project Description. We are looking for a new PhD student to join our growing team, working on the design and development of next generation optical fibres to enable novel distributed gas sensing networks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

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

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Use hydrogen for heat … but not directly

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The UK and many other countries are embracing hydrogen as a pivotal technology in the ambitious journey towards net-zero. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Friedrich, Dr WS Sun

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

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Disruptive manufacturing approach to enable safe and high energy batteries

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Chris Holmes, Pier Sazio, Nuria Garcia, Andrew Hector. Project description. Ensuring the safety of lithium batteries is a top priority in battery development. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Holmes

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

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EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

Swansea University

Apply links now open for September 2024 Entry. A jointly awarded Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the Universities of Edinburgh, Exeter, Strathclyde and Swansea, offering ten places per year funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EngD Programme NERC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 97 Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 97 Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Visual Swarming for GPS Denied UAV Operations

Visual Guidance for Ship Launch and Recovery of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti(CON) Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

Understanding Irradiation Stability of Ti-CON Precipitates in Vanadium Alloys

Nonlinear Aerostructural Optimisation of Boundary Layer Ingesting Fan

Autonomous Data-Driven Modelling for Advanced Satellite Constellation Management

Novel Methods for the Characterisation of Helicopter Aero-acoustics PhD

Coupled heat transfer – stress – hydrogen diffusion modelling in cryogenic combustion systems for zero emission jet engines

Reducing greenhouse gas and air pollutants emissions from hybrid vehicles

Multi-material metal 3D Printing for compact, lightweight heat exchangers for high power thermal management (Studentship I)

Design and optimisation of hybrid cooling technologies

Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds Numbers

What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

Creating the ethical chemical engineer: pedagogy and practice of teaching ethics in Chemical Engineering

Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

Intelligent electromechanical systems for biomedical devices

Modelling the Role of Hard Particles in Hard Facing Alloys

Data centric modelling of adhesive wear

Durability of glass-fibre/acrylic composites and their interface for use in renewable energy structural applications

Understanding the influence of final annealing on the behaviour of Zr-Nb-Sn-Fe alloys during irradiation

Understanding the influence of the composition and microstructure of Cr based PVD coatings on the performance of coated claddings

Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

Industrial PhD project: Design and build of novel scientific instrumentation

Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development for environmental monitoring, non-invasive surgery and advanced manufacturing

Artificial Optical Nervous System

Development of Fibre-Enabled, Distributed Gas Sensing for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring

Use hydrogen for heat … but not directly

Disruptive manufacturing approach to enable safe and high energy batteries

EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

We have 97 Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 97 Mechanical Engineering (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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