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Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

University of Auckland Department of Physics

The University of Auckland is conducting research into electric propulsion systems for small spacecraft. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Rattenbury

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

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Novel magneto-thermal catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation

Victoria University of Wellington Robinson Research Institute

The project. A circular CO. 2. economy requires the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide into useful products and materials. But this is complicated by the high chemical stability of carbon dioxide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Bumby

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

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Superconducting bearings for high-speed machines

Victoria University of Wellington Robinson Research Institute

Would you like to contribute to building a sustainable low-emissions future? High power-density superconducting motors and generators are being actively studied as solutions for powering future large-scale electric aircraft. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Storey

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

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Using optical coherence tomography and vibrometry to understand hearing in crustaceans

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

Crustaceans use sound for many different life history strategies. Over the last decade many different crustaceans, such as paddle crabs and lobsters, have been described to produce sounds. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof C Radford, Dr F Vanholsbeeck

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

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Modeling cartilage degeneration using imaging data

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

We have an exciting new PhD study funded by a Royal Society NZ Marsden grant. The study will reveal how subtle sub-micron scale collagen network changes, in early degeneration of soft tissues, may be related to macro length scale non-invasive tissue imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Vanholsbeeck, Prof AT Thambyah

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

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Neuromorphic Computing: A Computer Chip That Thinks Like The Brain

University of Canterbury MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

PhD Scholarship available to work on brain-like (or “neuromorphic”) computing using electronic devices that are self-assembled from nanoparticles (or “clusters”). Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Brown

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

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Topological materials and coupled superfluids (theory and computation)

Massey University - Auckland Campus The Dodd-Walls Centre

The rich physics of spinor quantum gases with internal coupling makes them ideal platforms for emulating fundamental physical processes and for realizing atomtronic analogs of solid-state devices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Brand

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

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Theoretical studies of localisation of ultra-cold atoms in disordered media.

The Dodd-Walls Centre Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies

Theoretical studies of localisation of ultra-cold atoms in disordered media. The candidate should have a good mathematical grounding and be competent writing and running computer simulations. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Hutchinson

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

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Spectroscopy and Modelling of Rare-Earth Ions in Quantum-Information Candidate Materials

University of Canterbury The Dodd-Walls Centre

Quantum memories based on rare-earth ion dopants are arguably the best available, offering high efficiencies, multi-hour coherence times, and large bandwidth storage of entanglement. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Reid

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

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Rydberg quantum optics

The Dodd-Walls Centre Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies

This project will develop a single-photon source emitting directed photons on demand – the holy grail for quantum communications. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Kjaergaard, Dr A Deb

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

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Reactive collisions

The Dodd-Walls Centre Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies

Ultracold chemistry aims at controlling chemical reactions at the quantum state level. At its heart lies the idea of placing molecules into a single rotational, vibrational, electronic, and hyperfine state, and exploring how this affects their reactivity. This Ph.D. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Kjaergaard

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

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Photonic simulators of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

Photonic systems offer a highly-controllable platform for the exploration of universal wave phenomena. In this PhD project, you will experimentally and theoretically investigate the use of optical fibre resonators for simulating dynamical wave phenomena at the frontiers of quantum and mechanics and solid-state physics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Erkintalo

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

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Optical tweezers

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

Optical tweezers use highly focused light to manipulate tiny particles. The Biophotonics laboratory in the physics department is developing optical tweezers for the manipulation of bacteria. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Vanholsbeeck

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

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Optical Frequency Combs

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

Optical frequency combs provide an ultra-precise spectroscopic ruler that allows the measurement of optical frequencies with unprecedented levels of accuracy. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof S. G. Murdoch

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

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

University of Auckland The Dodd-Walls Centre

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a real time, non-invasive and non-contact imaging modality for translucent and transparent tissue capable of providing morphological images at the micron scale resolution at more than 1mm depth penetration. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Vanholsbeeck

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

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We have 20 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

We have 20 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

Novel magneto-thermal catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation

Superconducting bearings for high-speed machines

Using optical coherence tomography and vibrometry to understand hearing in crustaceans

Modeling cartilage degeneration using imaging data

Neuromorphic Computing: A Computer Chip That Thinks Like The Brain

Topological materials and coupled superfluids (theory and computation)

Theoretical studies of localisation of ultra-cold atoms in disordered media.

Spectroscopy and Modelling of Rare-Earth Ions in Quantum-Information Candidate Materials

Rydberg quantum optics

Reactive collisions

Photonic simulators of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics

Optical tweezers

Optical Frequency Combs

Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

We have 20 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

We have 20 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in New Zealand

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