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Can bio-based construction materials be reused or recycled?

University of Bath Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Project Background. Bio-based materials are widely marketed as sustainable in comparison with more established non-renewable alternatives. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Cascione, Dr V Ferrandiz-Mas, Dr A Houlihan Wiberg

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

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AI-Driven Digital Cities for Crime Modeling and Economic Analysis

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

AI-Driven Digital Cities for Crime Modeling and Economic Analysis. Project description. The project aims to develop a methodology for designing AI-driven digital twins of real cities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Alexiadis, Dr T Abadie

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

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Mapping the Character of Geographic Places [Self Funded Students Only]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Historically maps were often designed to engage the reader and to communicate some particular aspects of the places portrayed, including the appearance of landscape and of individual buildings. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Lai, Prof C Jones, Prof P Rosin

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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Net zero housing retrofits - assuring a sustainable low-carbon transition in the domestic sector

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

The UK has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The UK's 29 million houses represent 14% of total emissions (CCC, 2019), with nearly 90% of these built more than 20 years ago before stricter energy efficiency standards came into force (Ince & Marvin, 2019). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Mohareb

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

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Decarbonisation of heating and cooling systems for net zero carbon future

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Decarbonisation of heating and cooling in buildings can be achieved through switching fuels and transferring the demand from Natural Gas to low-carbon electricity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Shahrestani

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

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Controlling airborne infectious disease transmission in indoor environment

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Infectious disease pandemics are brutal killers in human history. The recent COVID-19 outbreak in China has killed over 2.4K people globally, and more than 78K people are infected across 28 countries (As of 22th Feb 2020). Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Shao

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

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Building Resilience: Investigating Progressive Collapse in Wooden Structures

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Engineering

Self funded project. 3 years start date October 1st 2024. Project Summary. The project aims to develop advanced computational models for simulating the progressive collapse behaviour of wooden structures under various loading scenarios. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EB Bertolesi

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

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Impact of flooding and erosion from extreme rainfall on EDF’s fleet of nuclear power stations

University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Lyddon, Prof J Cooper, Prof A Plater

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

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The role of NFIA fusion genes in erythroid leukaemia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

It is clear that the process of haematopoietic (blood) development is ultimately coordinated by transcription factors, a view supported by the prevalence of transcription factor abnormalities found in leukaemia. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Tonks

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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The Bones of Subsistence at Norman Cross Prisoner of War Camp, 1797-1816

Anglia Ruskin University ARU Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Anglia Ruskin University and Peterborough Museum are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative doctoral studentship, from October 2024, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. Read more

Supervisor: Prof JG Gardner

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

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Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Meeting Centres

University of Worcester Research School

A Meeting Centre (MC) is a local resource, operating out of ordinary community buildings, that offers on-going warm and friendly expert support to people with mild to moderate dementia and their families. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Evans

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

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PhD Studentship: Assessing the impact of deep shafts in urban areas - (ENG 1764)

University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering

Construction of large and deep shafts in urban areas is necessary for various construction activities, such as tunnel construction where shafts serve as integral components of the tunnel construction and often operational phases. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Marshall

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

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Research Studentship into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings. Project. Research into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings. Read more

Supervisor: Prof MC Chatzis

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

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Machine learning and text data in real estate

Aberdeen University Business School

Information is essential for those acting in real estate markets. While part of this information comes in the form of numbers, a bigger part comes in the form of text through documents. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Schulz, Dr M Wersing

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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