ion beam PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 ion beam PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Hydrogen trapping and permeation in metallic and ceramic coatings for fusion powerplant applications

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Research Group: Coatings and Ceramics

Future fusion powerplants must maintain tritium inventory to ensure safe and sustainable plant operations. Structural materials in the breeder blanket and tritium extraction systems will be exposed to tritium and lithium. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Edmondson

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

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PhD position in Time-bin ion-photon entanglement for scalable quantum computing

University of Sussex School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

A fully funded, 3.5-year PhD position is available in the Ion Trap Cavity-QED and Molecular Physics (ITCM) Group in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Keller

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Ion irradiation of advanced nuclear fuels

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

Nuclear fission power currently accounts for 20% of UK energy production, making it a key low-carbon energy source for reducing greenhouse gases and meeting the governments New-Zero target by 2050. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Abram, Dr JB Buckley, Dr R Harrison

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

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Nanoscale chemical characterisation of high strength Al-6XXX produced with recycled aluminium

Brunel University London Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST)

Applications are invited for one full-time EPSRC Industrial CASE (ICASE) PhD studentship for the project “Nanoscale chemical characterisation of high strength Al-6XXX produced with recycled aluminium”, at Brunel University London, starting from 1st October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Famelton

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

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Finer scale residual stress evaluation of irradiated joints of nuclear fusion alloys

University of Surrey School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences

The UK has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and recognises the significant potential of nuclear fusion as a sustainable and clean source of energy to support this ambitious goal. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Sui, Dr M Whiting, Dr N Peng, Dr S Waters, Dr YW Wang

22 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Understanding strain localisation around hydrides in irradiated zirconium alloys

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Are you someone with a passion to continue learning? Do you believe a career is about putting something back into the world? Does having access to some of the UK’s newest and best research facilities make you feel like a kid in a toy shop? Consider becoming a part of our team!. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MM Maric, Dr P Frankel

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

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Understanding the role of alloying additions in the development of high-performance strain-induced precipitation hardenable AA6xxx series aluminium alloys

Brunel University London Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST)

Applications are invited for one full-time EPSRC Industrial CASE (ICASE) PhD studentship for the project “Understanding the role of alloying additions in the development of high-performance strain-induced precipitation hardenable AA6xxx series aluminium alloys”, at Brunel University London, starting from 1st October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Negrea

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

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Separation and characterisation of wear flakes generated in rail-wheel interactions.

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

This project provides a new research activity within rail research at The University of Sheffield, and the resulting techniques will provide a method which can be utilised to drive forward other projects within the group, relating to wear mechanisms and material development. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Tomlinson

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Defining the state-of-the-art in X-ray and electron spectroscopies for discerning the characteristic electronic structure of actinide materials

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

An EPSRC centre for doctorial training sponsored PhD studentship is available to undertake research in the field of actinide X-ray and electron spectroscopy in a collaborative project between AWE and two research groups at the University of Manchester. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Baker, Dr R Harrison

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

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Understanding the influence of vanadium on the behaviour of Zr alloys during irradiation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The Zr group is a large welcoming team of researchers that focus on tackling industrially significant issues with regards to nuclear power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Harrison, Dr P Frankel, Dr MM Maric, Dr Z Shah

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

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Understanding the influence of final annealing on the behaviour of Zr-Nb-Sn-Fe alloys during irradiation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The Zr group is a large welcoming team of researchers that focus on tackling industrially significant issues with regards to nuclear power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Frankel, Dr MM Maric, Dr R Harrison, Dr Z Shah

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

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Understanding the influence of the composition and microstructure of Cr based PVD coatings on the performance of coated claddings

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The Zr group is a large welcoming team of researchers that focus on tackling industrially significant issues with regards to nuclear power. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Frankel, Dr R Harrison, Dr MM Maric, Dr Z Shah

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

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Fully Funded 4-Year Cheney Scholarship PhD Programme in In Situ Structural Biology

University of Leeds

Exciting new developments in imaging and structural methods, known as “in situ structural biology”, can reveal the structure and behaviour of biological macromolecules inside healthy and diseased cells and tissues. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) 4 Year PhD Programme

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Advanced characterisation of stress corrosion cracking in long-term aqueous storage of 20-25Nb AGR cladding

University of Bristol School of Physics

Supervisors. Dr Tomas Martin, Dr Mariia Zimina (University of Bristol), Dr Rob Burrows (NNL). Read more

Supervisor: Dr TM Martin

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

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Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machining

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

We are looking for a PhD student to join our interdisciplinary team of students, postdocs, and senior researchers developing systems for quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gates

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

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We have 18 ion beam PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

ion beam PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 ion beam PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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