We have 290 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Southampton

Supervisory Team. Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob Mackenzie. Project description. A fully funded PhD project with a stipend of £23,600 (tax-free) p.a. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Clarkson

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

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High Energy Laser Beam Combination and Propagation of Tailored Beams

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Project description. The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MoD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Clarkson, Prof J Nilsson

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

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Advanced fibre laser sources and concepts for coherent beam combination

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Johan Nilsson, Ben Mills. Project description. “Smart” phased-array lasers based on computer-controlled coherently combined optical fibre amplifiers promise to revolutionise materials processing and other important laser applications. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Nilsson

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

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Microbial Hydroponics - Novel Hydroponics Using Microbial Fuel Cells

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Yannis Ieropoulos, Yue Zhang, Paul Kemp . Project Description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Ieropoulos

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

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Next Generation Machine Learning for Data Analysis

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Andersen Ang. Project description. We are seeking highly qualified candidates for doctoral positions on the research of Machine Learning (ML). Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Ang

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

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What causes galaxies to stop forming stars?

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team: Annagrazia Puglisi. Project description. Ellipticals are amongst the most massive galaxies in the present-day Universe, have spheroidal morphologies and red colours, and were formed more than 10 billion years ago. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Puglisi

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

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Hunting for Hidden Black Holes and Extreme Transients Using Large Surveys

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Poshak Gandhi. Project description. Several potential PhD projects are offered under the themes of searching for extreme cosmic sources in multiwavelength sky surveys. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Gandhi

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

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The Largest Survey of the Hard X-ray Sky - Ever!

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Tony Bird. Project description. When viewed through hard X-ray instruments, the sky gives an ever-changing view of the most energetic and explosive processes in the universe. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Bird

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

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Pinning down the evolution of supermassive black holes from cosmic noon to today

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Sebastian Hoenig. Project description. All big galaxies in the universe host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in their centre. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Hoenig

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

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The effect of General Relativity on super-Eddington accretion

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. Compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) can accrete material through a disc which is bright across the EM spectrum. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

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

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Resolving the unresolvable: using lenses to map accretion onto black holes and neutron stars

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. White dwarfs located in the halo of Andromeda (M31) are expected to lens some of the 100s of X-ray bright, accreting compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) located in that galaxy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

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

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Hidden black holes and the search for self-lensing binaries

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. Binary systems containing high mass stars evolve through a number of stages, and in many cases can appear as a black hole or neutron star orbiting at a large distance from a ‘normal’ companion star. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

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

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Kinetic-scale Structures at Interplanetary Shockwaves

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Imogen Gingell. Project description. Plasma is continuously ejected into interplanetary space by the sun, forming the ‘solar wind’. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Gingell

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

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Machine learning analysis of large-scale crystal structure prediction

University of Southampton Chemistry

Supervisory Team: Prof. Graeme Day. Project description. A fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship is available in the area of computational materials discovery, as part of a prestigious international Synergy grant funded by the European Research Council. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Day

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

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Modelling the Role of Hard Particles in Hard Facing Alloys

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Robert Wood, Georges Limbert and Dave Stewart (RRSL). Project description. Hard facing alloys, such as those used in nuclear power plant, are composite materials comprising carbides (and other hard phases), in galling resistant metallic matrices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood

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

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We have 290 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Southampton

PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Southampton

We have 290 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Southampton

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