gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Development of High-Data-Rate Quantum Gravity Sensors (with Toyota Motor Europe)

University of Birmingham EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Project Description. The University of Birmingham, in partnership with Toyota Motor Europe, is offering a PhD position for developing a high-data-rate quantum gravimeter for gravity map-matching navigation and other applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YH Lien

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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CDT-QTE: Experiments for testing gravity of small masses

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof Hendrik Ulbricht. Project description: This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht

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

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Gravity separation of emulsions. Collisions of droplets

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Anatoliy Vorobev. Project description. The separation of colloidal systems under the influence of gravity is a physical phenomenon encountered in a myriad of industrial processes throughout the food, chemical, petroleum, and hydrometallurgical industries. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Vorobev

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

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Space-based quantum sensing for maritime applications

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

The exciting progress of quantum sensing in laboratory experiments have prompted a worldwide effort to develop robust portable systems that can be used in real-life applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Lellouch, Prof M Holynski

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

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Levitating microdiamonds towards a test of the quantum nature of gravity

University of Warwick Department of Physics

Background. Single nitrogen-vacancy (NV- ) centres in diamond have isolated electronic and nuclear spins which can store quantum information at room temperature for over one second. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Morley

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

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PROBING NEUTRON STARS PHYSICS USING NASA'S NICER MISSION

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof. Diego Altamirano. Project description. Neutron stars (NSs) are compact objects. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Altamirnao

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

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Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Gravitational-wave astronomy was pioneered in September 2015 with the first direct observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Dr P Clark

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

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Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Ultra-precision laser interferometry has been developed to astonishing precision over the last decades, resulting in the first detections of gravitational waves in 2015. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Grote, Dr K Kokeyama, Dr K Dooley

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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CDT-QTE: Experiments to generate macroscopic quantum states

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof Hendrik Ulbricht. Project description: This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht

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

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CDT-QTE: Quantum Sensor Network

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Bruce Ou, Dr Alberto Politi, Prof Jize Yan . Project description. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ou

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

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Binks Institute for Sustainability: The value of energy storage in a ‘zero carbon’ energy system, with applications to UK

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

As the global economy is transitioning away from high carbon energy resources, it is widely expected that a large share of future electricity will be generated from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar (see, for example, IEA (2023)). Read more

Supervisors: Prof X Mu, Dr W Fernando

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Coronal genealogy: the evolution of high-energy emission from low-mass stars

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

This PhD project will use models and observations of forming low-mass stars to shed light on the history and evolution of Sun-like stars. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gregory

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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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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Quantum Simulation for Relativistic Schrödinger-Newton equation

University of Portsmouth School of Mathematics and Physics

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in October 2024. . The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Technology and will be supervised by Dr Jaewoo Joo, Professor David Bacon and Dr Andrew Burbanks. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Joo, Prof D Bacon, Dr A Burbanks

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

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Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Supersonic turbulent motions are thought to play a major role in the star formation process in galaxies. Theories have suggested that turbulence is responsible for shaping the interstellar medium (ISM), regulating star formation, and even setting the masses of stars as they form in young clusters. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Dr N Peretto

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

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We have 24 gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 24 gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Development of High-Data-Rate Quantum Gravity Sensors (with Toyota Motor Europe)

CDT-QTE: Experiments for testing gravity of small masses

Gravity separation of emulsions. Collisions of droplets

Space-based quantum sensing for maritime applications

Levitating microdiamonds towards a test of the quantum nature of gravity

PROBING NEUTRON STARS PHYSICS USING NASA'S NICER MISSION

Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

CDT-QTE: Experiments to generate macroscopic quantum states

CDT-QTE: Quantum Sensor Network

Binks Institute for Sustainability: The value of energy storage in a ‘zero carbon’ energy system, with applications to UK

Coronal genealogy: the evolution of high-energy emission from low-mass stars

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

Quantum Simulation for Relativistic Schrödinger-Newton equation

Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

We have 24 gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 24 gravity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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