University of East Anglia, School of Mathematics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Dr J Kirby

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Model theory is a branch of mathematical logic which considers the category of all models of a given theory, for example all groups, or all algebraically-closed fields.

Advanced luminescence imaging techniques for solar cell and module characterization and diagnostics (KAPLANIEU19SF)

Dr E Kaplani

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Diagnostics in solar cells and modules are very important from the manufacturing stages as a means for quality control to the monitoring of the power production of a photovoltaic system operating in the field to ensure durability, prognose failures and improve system lifetime.

Design and development of graphene-based optical fibre sensors for volatile organic compound detection (HERNAEZMU19SF)

Dr M Hernaez, Dr S Melendi-Espina

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Applications are invited to the Engineering Division at the School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, for a PhD in the field of optical fibre sensors based on nanostructured coatings.

Fluid dynamics in plants: its importance for transport and signalling (BLYTHMU19SF)

Dr M Blyth

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Fluid motion is vital to the function of healthy plants. For example, transpiration causes water to be drawn upwards from root to leaf through the conducting elements of the xylem, and pressure-driven flow carries the products of photosynthesis through the phloem.

Higher representation theory and categorification (MIEMIETZVU19SF)

Dr V Miemietz

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This PhD project will investigate questions surrounding categorification in representation theory. Categorification has led to many breakthroughs in representation theory in the last 15 years.

How do complex drops evaporate? (ASKOUNISAU19SF)

Dr A Askounis

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The evaporation of complex drops (drops containing particles or polymers) is ubiquitous in our lives from the drying of a spilled coffee drop [1], which gives rise to the name.

Impact analysis and performance optimisation of shock-resistant transparent structures (LIUDU19SF)

Dr D Liu

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. Transparent materials are essential because the human perception is principally conceived through the vision sense.

Luminescent downshifting silicon quantum dots in photovoltaic devices (KAPLANIEU19SCID)

Dr E Kaplani, Dr Y Chao

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The worldwide deployment of photovoltaics follows an exponential growth, with crystalline silicon modules the dominant technology in the PV market.

Mathematical modelling of impact pressures due to breaking sea waves (COOKERMU19SF)

Dr M Cooker, Prof A Korobkin

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

When a sea wave travels from deeper into shallower coastal, it tends to steepen and overturn as a breaking wave. A breaking wave can exert damaging forces on a structure in its path.

Nonlinear models for wave propagation in the marginal ice zone (PARAUEU19SF)

Dr E Parau

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Interactions between ocean waves and sea-ice are extremely complex. The interactions are essential to understanding sea-ice morphology, especially in the context of global warming [3].