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Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Reading

We have 15 Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Reading

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SCENARIO: Developing an urban canopy model for improved weather forecasts in cities

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
Most of the world’s population now experiences an urban version of weather extremes and climate change. Accurate forecasting of weather and air quality in cities relies on correctly representing the physics of turbulent exchange between the surface and the overlying atmosphere. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Barlow, Dr O Coceal, Dr M Carpentieri, Dr H Lean, Dr M Best
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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SCENARIO: Windstorms in a changing climate

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisor. Richard Dixon, Inigo Insurance / Visiting Research Fellow, University of Reading . Windstorms, a particularly hazardous form of the low-pressure systems that typically occur in the mid-latitudes in the autumn and winter, are one of the most important natural hazards impacting the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Martinez-Alvarado, Dr B Harvey, Dr A Volonté
 20 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Correcting for errors in location of features in numerical weather forecasts using ‘field warping’

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Are you a physicist, mathematician, engineer, meteorologist, computer scientist or other quantitative scientist who likes the idea of earning a PhD working with some of the most fascinating and complex physical models, like those that forecast the weather?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Bannister, Dr A Fowler, Dr W Ingram
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Understanding the risk of extreme U.S. winter weather

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisor. Alec Vessey, AXA XL. Extreme cold weather devastated the United States (U.S.) in February 2021 and December 2022. The Feb. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Hodges, Dr A Charlton-Perez
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO - Changes in soil structure and hydraulic properties using long-term monitoring to unveil hydrological process dynamics and improve numerical model parameterisation of soil-vegetation-atmosphere systems and support regenerative agriculture Nature-based Solutions

University of Reading Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
This project is based at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford. To comply with visa regulations, for international candidates, this project will be hosted at the University of Reading under lead supervision of Professor Anne Verhoef. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Dussaillant, Prof A Verhoef, Dr J Blake, Mr M Brown
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: The use of sedimentation fields as a form of saltmarsh restoration

University of Reading School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Co-supervisor. Avidesh Seenath, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Saltmarsh provides important ecosystem services including habitat for wading and migratory birds, nursery grounds of commercial fish species, carbon storage and flood defence through wave attenuation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Dale, Dr S Robinson
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Earth System Prediction Doctoral Training Programme – up to 10 PhD studentships available for 2024

University of Reading
 Advancing the Frontiers of Earth System Prediction (AFESP) is a new 15-year, £30million research programme at the University of Reading, in partnership with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the UK Met Office and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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SCENARIO: Developing an integrated toolkit for the assessment of peatland degradation

University of Reading School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Co-supervisor. Peter S. Jones, Lead Specialist Advisor – Peatlands, Natural Resources Wales. There is global recognition of the value of peatlands because they provide high value ecosystem services. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C D Collins, Prof N Branch, Prof C Vane
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Multi-Scale Parameterization for the Convection Grey Zone

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisor. Professor Ian Boutle, Met Office. The numerical models used for weather forecasting and climate projection perform their calculations on a grid and simulate the flow on spatial scales larger than the grid. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof RS Plant, Prof CE Holloway
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: How predictable is severe weather associated with elevated convection?

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
Deep convective clouds, such as those associated with thunderstorms, are responsible for the heaviest rain as well as strong winds, downdraughts and other high-impact weather. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Clark, Prof SL Gray, Dr H Lean
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Aviation turbulence in a warmer world

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisors. Veronique Blanc, Airbus; Sylvie Marquier; Airbus. Clear-air turbulence is a major meteorological hazard to the aviation sector. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Williams, Dr MA Teixeira
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over mountainous terrain: the need for a new paradigm

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisors. Steve Derbyshire, Met Office – Exeter; Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MA Teixeira, Prof RS Plant
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Quantifying and forecasting variability and extremes in the weather-sensitive energy generation in Kenya

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Co-supervisors. Dr Caroline Wainwright, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University; Dr Willis Ochieng, Chief Energy Planner, Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Hirons, Dr D Brayshaw
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Hazardous Mediterranean cyclones in the current and future climate

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
The Mediterranean basin is among the most cyclogenetic regions in the world and Mediterranean cyclones can lead to devastating socio-economic impacts for coastal communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof SL Gray, Dr C Sánchez, Prof H Dacre
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: How will extreme weather affect the energy sector in Europe under climate change?

University of Reading Department of Meteorology
  Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP
Weather affects both electricity supply and demand, for example during still and cold winter days when low supply from wind turbines coincides with high demand for heating. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Schiemann, Dr D Brayshaw, Dr L Dubus, Dr C Grams
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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