process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,122 process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Improving the Stability of the Fertilizers

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

The sensitivity of some types of fertilizers to environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity are causing problems during manufacturing, storing, transportation and application. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

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

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Plasma-based gas conversion into value-added chemicals

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Plasmas are promising technology for the conversion of gases such as CO2, CH4 or N2 into more valuable ones, e.g. CO (starting material for alcohols and hydrocarbons), H2 (clean fuel applications) and NH3 (fertilisers). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Wagenaars

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

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Controlling plasma chemistry of cold atmospheric-pressure air plasmas

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Plasma technologies already form a key part of many of today’s multi-billion pound industries such as the nanoscale fabrication of microprocessors, production of solar cells and the deposition of advanced functional coatings. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Wagenaars

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

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Full-duplex underwater acoustic systems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Acoustic signal transmission is the only feasible technology for long-range (>10-100m) underwater communication, navigation and sonar systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Machine learning in underwater acoustic communication modems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Machine learning is an approach that is useful when a practical optimisation problem is difficult to describe precisely. This approach has found multiple applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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High-frequency underwater acoustic communication for image transmission.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Communication using acoustic waves is the main underwater communication technology, since electro-magnetic waves quickly attenuate underwater. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Sonars for precise underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV) navigation.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

There is a great interest in underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs) and currently many companies develop AUVs for multiple applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Implementing a (tree-based) decoding for robot generation

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Implement reinforcement learning for robots in hardware to handle the reality gap

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Implementing a new locomotion controller for robots with wheels and legs

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In most robot applications robots are entirely built with one method of locomotion either wheels or joints. However, for the most complex environments, more than one method of locomotion is required for a robot to transverse that environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Performance Assessment and Flexibility Study of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Integrated with Intensified Solvent Based Carbon Capture

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Natural gas-fired (mainly combined cycle gas turbine) power plants are becoming increasingly popular due to its cleaner nature. Solvent based carbon capture is the most matured technology for commercial deployment in natural gas-fired power plants. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Wang

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

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Hydrogen production impacts for drought resilience planning

University of Sheffield Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

A reliable water supply and a successful energy transition are two necessary conditions for a sustainable future. Yet we know little about how the switch to intermittent renewables (wind, solar) for our energy supply will affect the future operation of our water infrastructure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Rouge

15 September 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Early Intervention Inspection of Hot-Forged Components

University of Strathclyde Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management

The manufacture of Titanium Ti64 billets by gas ingot conversion induces shrinkage, liberating gas which may cause porosity, and potentially voids. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Evans

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

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PhD in Chemistry - The development of kinetic models for phosgene synthesis over heterogeneous catalysts

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Phosgene is an important intermediate used in the industrial manufacture of polyurethanes, polycarbonates, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. It is typically manufactured industrially via the gas phase reaction between carbon monoxide and chlorine over an activated carbon catalyst. Read more

Supervisor: Prof DL Lennon

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

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Building Big: Large-Scale Prototyping with Industrial Robotic Arms

University of Bath Department of Mechanical Engineering

This project embarks on a pathbreaking approach to additive manufacturing, focusing on the production of large-scale prototypes using industrial serial robotic arms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Zhang

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

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We have 1,122 process engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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