process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Sustainable seaweed based gels for audio speaker technologies

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In speaker technologies silicone rubber products are used to dampen vibration and direct audio signals to the listener. Silicone is not biodegradable and breaks down slower than plastics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Dorris

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

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Novel Machine Learning for Forecasting PV output

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The rapid proliferation of wind and solar installations, coupled with the growing impact of climate change on the volatile UK weather, creates formidable operable challenges for the UK electricity Grid. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Cai

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

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Modelling of microbial induced hydrogen loss for underground hydrogen storage

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Hydrogen is identified to play a key role in the UK’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. To meet this target, the UK needs hydrogen storage capacity of at least 15 TWh (~ 450k tonnes) meet short-term and seasonal supply and demand variability. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Cai

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

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Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The emerging role of biomolecular condensates formed through a liquid-liquid phase separation process inside biological cells is driving a paradigm change in our understanding of cellular organisation. Read more

Supervisors: Prof HK Kusumaatmaja, Dr R Ledesma Aguilar

16 January 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Transforming waste marble dust into sustainable nanoparticle reinforced aluminum-marble composite

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

The composites industry is facing significant environmental challenges due to waste management and resource efficiency issues. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Cooke

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

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Intelligent Techniques for Reliability Prediction and Improvement of Free-Space Optics-based Future Satellite Communication Systems

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI

Satellite communications play a pivotal role in our modern world, driving global efforts towards the development of next-generation satellite communication systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Mai, Dr CD Dao

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

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Development of enhanced Nanostructure High-Velocity Oxy-Fuel (HVOF) Coatings for ultra-low wear applications

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

High-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) is a well-established thermal spraying technique for applying wear and corrosion-resistant coatings onto metallic substrates. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Cooke

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

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Analysing a Sustainable Business Model for a Circular Economy Environment applying the System Dynamics Modelling Technique

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

This project involves developing a methodology for analysing and modelling more sustainable business models for organisations (offering both products and services) and which are seeking to take advantage of a dynamic circular economy environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JE Munive Hernandez

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

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Agent-based cyber-physical production systems for Industry 4.0

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Applied Computing

This project aims to develop novel methods and software tools for the implementation of highly adaptive multi-agent systems for manufacturing control, applying plug-and-produce technology to cyber-physical systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Scrimieri, Prof S Konur, Dr S Kabir

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

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Flexible Electrochemical Multi sensors For online Water Quality Monitoring

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Solid-state electrochemical sensor technologies with IoT systems have significant importance in many fields such as medical, biological, agricultural, and environmental pollution monitoring systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Manjakkal

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

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zk-Cloud Forensics: Privacy-Aware and Tamper-proof Cloud Forensics using a Public Key Trust Infrastructure

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In order to detect contraband content within a cloud-based system, it is possible to sample fragments of data [1] and match them against hashed values. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr J Ahmad

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

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Query Performance Prediction for Neural Information Retrieval: Application to Conversational Search

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In information retrieval (IR), query performance prediction (QPP) aims to predict the search effectiveness for a given query without resorting to relevance judgments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MU Ullah

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

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The role of smart phone data and travel information to improve travel planning and sustainability

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Mobile phones have had an intense impact on travel behaviour and the way people make travel decisions. They have become a critical tool for travelers’ decisions on how to plan and carry out their travel activities. Read more

Supervisors: Prof WS Saleh, Prof A Al-Dubai

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

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Empowering Sustainable Districts: A Blueprint for Low-Carbon Energy Excellence

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

In light of the European Union's stringent energy policies, there is a growing need to not only enhance energy efficiency and ramp up renewable energy usage but also substantially reduce global energy demands for long-term sustainability. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BV Vand

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

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Novel stochastic control method for a class of complex networks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Complex systems, which contain large ensembles of elements interacting with each other and are affected by noises and uncertainties, have become one of the major research fields due to their presence in the real life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr YZ Zhou, Dr K Goh

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

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We have 1,114 process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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