Environmental Sciences (computational physics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 11 Environmental Sciences (computational physics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Development of physics-constrained reduced order models of thermally driven flows

Monash University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Project description. Thermally driven turbulent flows in engineering and geophysical systems, are highly dimensional, nonlinear, and multi-scale. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Soria, Dr V Kitsios

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

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Innovative decommissioning for offshore foundation systems

Durham University Offshore Wind CDT

This project is offered as part of the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience. The CDT is a partnership between Hull, Durham, Loughborough and Sheffield universities, along with over 40 industry partners. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Augarde, Prof W Coombs

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Binks Institute for Sustainability: Optical Bistability and snowpack stability in a climate affected world

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Many parts of the world rely on a predictable winter snowpack which then melts stably in the spring and summer to provide irrigation for agriculture. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M MacDonald, Dr P Teixeira

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

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Numerical analyses of subglacial lakes dynamics by lattice Boltzmann method

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Nestled beneath the vast ice sheets of polar regions, subglacial lakes have long remained shrouded in mystery, hidden beneath kilometres of ice. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A De Rosis, Dr G Giustini

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

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Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over complex terrain: the need for a new paradigm

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Computer models used to predict the weather (known as numerical weather prediction or NWP models) and climate (known as climate models) do not simulate… Read more

Supervisors: Dr MA Teixeira, Prof RS Plant, Dr S Derbyshire, Dr I Stiperski

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

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Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of UK housing stock’s energy and carbon performance

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

To better inform the energy use and CO 2 reduction potential of the UK housing stock, computational models can simulate housing energy use and CO 2 emissions to test the effectiveness of decarbonisation scenarios. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Buckley, Dr P Wate, Prof D Robinson

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

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Hybrid explicit-implicit time integration schemes for smoothed particle hydrodynamics

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a method for numerical solution of fluid mechanics problems. In this method fluid continuum is approximated by a number of interacting particles. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Mihajlovic, Dr G Fourtakas

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

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Experimental and Modelling Approaches for Indoor Air Quality Assessment

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This is one of four potential projects, please choose from the links below to view the remaining three projects. Antibiotic resistant genes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Das, Prof N Carslaw, Dr S Quinn, Dr T J Dillon

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Understanding and predicting sensitivity of Amazonia’s forests to increasing heat and drought

University of Leeds School of Geography

Tropical forests fulfil important roles both for climate and biodiversity. They are exposed to a range of pressures including an increasingly hotter and erratic climate as well as changing atmospheric composition (particularly CO2 and N2O levels raising) (Lapola et al., 2023). Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Gloor, Dr D Galbraith

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Transforming the Future: AI-powered Sustainable solution to enable fast response to dangerous pollution levels for a breathable tomorrow

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

The research project aims to construct an autonomous computational system using purposeful AI (ML, Deep Learning) that continuously collects and analyses datasets from various sources (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Rahman

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

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science

University of Bristol EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science

Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships are available as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral training in Aerosol Science. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 11 Environmental Sciences (computational physics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Environmental Sciences (computational physics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 11 Environmental Sciences (computational physics) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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