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

Hydrological controls on the Vaiont landslide

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

The Vaiont landslide occurred in 1963 in northern Italy and has perplexed researchers ever since. Recently, however, new geological information and interpretations have led to an entirely new framework for understanding the event. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A P Dykes

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

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Impact of grain roughness on porous media flows under conditions relevant to the subsurface

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Tanino, Prof D Pokrajac

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

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Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Spent Nuclear Fuel: Its Behaviour During Geological Disposal

Lancaster University School of Engineering

The expected remaining lifetime of the UK’s Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) will result in the generation of ~5,000t of AGR Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF). Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Boxall, Prof M Joyce

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

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Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Introduction to research area. The application of animal slurries and anaerobic digestates to land to provide crop nutrients is facing ever increasing regulatory constraints influencing how they are stored and spread to land. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MK Kirby

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Native tree reinforcement of slope stability during establishment at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

This 4-year project, funded through Forest Research, aims to evaluate mechanical and hydrological mechanisms of slope stabilisation during the ongoing establishment of native tree species at A83 Rest and Be Thankful, an area prone to extensive and disruptive debris flows that are widely reported in the media. Read more

Supervisor: Dr j Knappett

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

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Improved prediction and forecasting of coastal compound flood hazard around the UK

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

In low-lying coastal regions, flooding often arises from more than one drive (e.g. oceanographic, fluvial and/or pluvial), a phenomenon that is known as ‘compound flooding’. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Haigh, Dr S Berthou

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

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From past to present: Harnessing hydrology, ecology, and palaeo-markers to establish dune slack restoration potential

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Bangor UK CEH

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Jones, Dr K Selby, Dr B Jones, Dr C Dwyer

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

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The hybridity of polluted freshwaters - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Freshwater pollution, a manufactured water landscape (waterscape), embedding with its flows and cycles technologies, institutions, discourses, and meanings which produce and are produced by power relations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AO Ofori

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

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Integrated indicators of ecological health for rivers based on riverbed biofilms - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Pollution has resurfaced as a critical issue for the health of river ecosystems. Persistent and emerging water quality problems are being highlighted regularly by the media and community groups, pressuring regulators to reassess monitoring and assessment approaches. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Grabowski

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

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From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Agriculture is an important user of water in many catchments in England, particularly in the East. Water is abstracted from rivers and aquifers to… Read more

Supervisor: Prof I P Holman

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

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Fingerprinting storm and tsunami sediment signatures: Assessing future coastal resilience challenges from extreme events

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

The number of deaths attributed to natural hazards continues to rise, despite progress in implementing disaster risk reduction strategies. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Dawson, Dr A Cuthbertson

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

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Novel phosphate cement chemistries and materials for safe storage of uranium-based nuclear waste

Imperial College London Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship funded by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) (a subsidiary of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), on the project titled “Long-Term Performance of PO4-Based Backfill Cements in Repository Environments for DNLEU Disposal (PO4DNLEU)”. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Myers, Prof H Wong

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

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Droplet Impacts with Functional Surfaces

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P D Hicks

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

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Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Tiina Roose, William Powrie, Siul Ruiz. Project description. Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T. Roose

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

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Project Title: Bioinspired Materials for Healthy Clean Water

Durham University Department of Engineering

Durham University is seeking applications from PhD candidates interested in projects at the intersection of materials, their processed form and their application to environmental challenges such as water treatment. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Wu

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

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We have 16 groundwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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

We have 16 groundwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Hydrological controls on the Vaiont landslide

Impact of grain roughness on porous media flows under conditions relevant to the subsurface

Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Spent Nuclear Fuel: Its Behaviour During Geological Disposal

Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Native tree reinforcement of slope stability during establishment at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful

Improved prediction and forecasting of coastal compound flood hazard around the UK

From past to present: Harnessing hydrology, ecology, and palaeo-markers to establish dune slack restoration potential

The hybridity of polluted freshwaters - PhD

Integrated indicators of ecological health for rivers based on riverbed biofilms - PhD

From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems - PhD

Fingerprinting storm and tsunami sediment signatures: Assessing future coastal resilience challenges from extreme events

Novel phosphate cement chemistries and materials for safe storage of uranium-based nuclear waste

Droplet Impacts with Functional Surfaces

Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure

Project Title: Bioinspired Materials for Healthy Clean Water

We have 16 groundwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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

We have 16 groundwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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