We have 67 Heriot-Watt University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We are seeing the second quantum revolution, bringing quantum theory out of the lab. The advantage of quantum theory is opening a huge range of application in many sectors such as environment, data security, telecommunication, defence and aerospace etc. Read more

Supervisors: Dr XY YI, Prof G Buller

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

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Transition Engineering Lab on the Housing Ecosystem. The Problem of Finding an Affordable, Decent Place to Live, within a Net Zero Community. A breakthrough in the accelerated transition of cities to net zero, thriving environments

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences

This project will be based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus. Rapid emissions reductions[1] require transition of personal transport and freight, and reduction of energy in buildings and embedded in vehicles, and construction in urban areas. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Krumdieck

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

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Discovery of porous organic crystalline materials for sustainable separation technologies

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

A fully funded PhD studentship is now available for an organic or materials chemist in our group at the Institute of Chemical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M A L Little, Dr F Vilela

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

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Ultra-Precision Robotic Manufacturing

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

The successful applicants will join Heriot-Watt University and the National Robotarium, a world-leading research and development facility, which will translate cutting-edge research in robotics and related research fields into technologies to create disruptive innovation in an expanding global market, delivering sustainable economic benefit to Edinburgh, the UK and beyond. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Koskinopoulou, Dr IC Carlucho, Dr Y Petillot

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

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Single-photon systems for environmental sensing

Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)

This project aims to investigate the use of novel single-photon detectors for remote environmental sensing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RT Tobin, Prof G Buller

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

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Single-photon depth imaging under extreme conditions

Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)

This PhD project will examine single-photon imaging in a number of extreme environments, including thorough atmospheric obscurants, scattering media and in extreme low-light environments. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Buller, Dr RT Tobin

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

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Char Morphology and Chemistry – The Key to Good Whisky

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This PhD opportunity will primarily be based at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Please contact Prof Martin McCoustra (m.r.s.mccoustra@hw.ac.uk) for further details. Read more

Supervisors: Prof MRS McCoustra, Dr A Hill, Dr A Ozel, Mr P C Cockburn

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

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Revolutionary ultrathin optical devices for imaging

Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)

Flat optics have revolutionized design concepts in photonics, providing a compact platform to develop unusual ultrathin optical devices with multiple functionalities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Chen

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

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Nonlinear optics in time-varying dielectric media

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This theoretical Project aims to study the generation of a new type of light waves emitted by materials the refractive index of which varies periodically and non-periodically in time. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Biancalana

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

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Enabling CO2 Capture and Storage Using AI

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the viable solutions that can effectively reduce CO. 2. emissions from hard to decarbonise industries (e.g., steel, cement, power generation). Read more

Supervisors: Prof PT Cummings, Prof C McGabe

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

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Expanding the capabilities of the Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

The Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF, mosdef.org) is an open-source, extensible Python-based software package designed to facilitate the hierarchical… Read more

Supervisors: Prof PT Cummings, Prof C McGabe

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

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Computational Screening of Supercapacitors

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

In order to be self-sufficient with relatively constant energy output, renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, require that energy be stored during periods of high energy production so that it can be available during periods of low or zero energy production. Read more

Supervisor: Prof PT Cummings

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

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Ultra-high speed integrated optical beam steering.

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Integrated optic (IO) devices manipulate light waves in a manner similar to the way integrated electronic devices manipulate electrons. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Thomson, Dr A Maccarone, Dr R Donaldson

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

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Development of a miniature fibre-optic Raman probe for biomedical applications.

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Raman spectroscopy is a vibrational spectroscopy technique that enables the label-free identification and classification of materials, including biological materials such as live tissues. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Thomson, Dr CR Ross

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

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Model Based Deep Learning for Low-light Computational Imaging: Application to Robust Multimodal 3D Imaging

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This project aims to design new computational algorithms at the interface of statistical modelling, optimization and deep learning to solve multimodal inverse problems for 3D imaging. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Halimi

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

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We have 67 Heriot-Watt University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Heriot-Watt University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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