Geotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 9 Geotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

Tree stability in high winds

University of Birmingham Department of Civil Engineering

Forests play a crucial role regulating the climate, providing a haven for biodiversity and, increasingly, are a source of income for many. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Metje, Prof Mark Sterling

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

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Using AI to predict the effect of climate change on earthworks

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Civil Engineering

Background. Recent experience and future climate projections show increasingly wet winters and increasingly dry summers. The resulting wetting and drying cycles are causing increased shrinkage and swelling of earthworks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Connolly

Open Day(s) 2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Effect of sea level rise, coastal erosion, and flooding risk on track

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Civil Engineering

Background. With the events at Dawlish and sea water levels at Skegness predicted to rise 35cm by 2050, and coupled with the recent effects of storms such as Babet, coastal issues will become more prevalent in the future. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Woodward

Open Day(s) 2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Effect of long wet days and seasons, or intense and heavy rainfall on track, drainage and geotechnical

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Civil Engineering

Background. Modelling strongly suggests that these weather effects will become more severe by 2080, particularly instances of Storm Babet and the incident at the Bradway Tunnel highlight this, and the subsequent impact on services/users. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Heitor

Open Day(s) 2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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QUADRAT DTP: Offshore renewable energy site characterisation using ultra-high resolution seismic data modelling and inversion with machine-learning.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Seismic reflection data inversion is an established method to derive the physical properties of rocks from seismic data. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Cornwell, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sounds of the River: Hydroacoustic and seismic monitoring of sediment transport

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

Summary. In order to better understand sediment transport as bedload, you will deploy new monitoring technology alongside machine learning of the output on key rivers in Scotland impacted by rewilding and nature-based engineering. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Naylor, Dr H Sinclair, Dr M Creed, Mr SC Chapple

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences - The rocks of the future: lithification of anthropogenic geomaterials in the Anthropocene

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch encompassing significant human impact on the Earth (e.g. Waters et al. 2016). In a geological and geomorphological context, humans are agents in sculpting the landscape and creating artificial ground (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J MacDonald, Dr D Brown, Dr AO Owen, Dr A Jarvis

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

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Investigating the effects of hydromechanical properties on the collapsibility and instability of slopes with unsaturated volcanic soils

University of Birmingham Department of Civil Engineering

Unsaturated volcanic soils could possess significant apparent cohesion and shear strength leading to stability of slopes at greater slope angles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E N Ngezahayo

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

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Energy-SuDS: The potential of urban Green Infrastructure for decarbonising heating and cooling.

Newcastle University School of Engineering

There is no more important challenge in engineering than that presented by climate change. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Stirling

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

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We have 9 Geotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

Geotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 9 Geotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

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