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Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Nanoporous materials such as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are having their applications in mechanical energy absorption. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Sun

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

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Chemistry of near zero or negative emissions concrete produced from waste CO2, end-of-life concrete, and electricity

Imperial College London Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship funded by the European Research Council Starting Grant project titled “Decarbonising cementitious materials through carbon capture and utilisation (CO24Cem)”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Myers

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

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Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The wetting behaviours of liquids on solid surfaces play an important role for a wide range of engineering applications, including coatings, electronics, oil recovery, microfluidics, and inkjet printing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof HK Kusumaatmaja, Prof G McHale

16 January 2025 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Disruptive manufacturing approach to enable safe and high energy batteries

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Chris Holmes, Pier Sazio, Nuria Garcia, Andrew Hector. Project description. Ensuring the safety of lithium batteries is a top priority in battery development. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Holmes

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

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Table-top cryogenic Lasers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Jacob Mackenzie, Andy Clarkson. Project description. Cryogenically cooled lasers have proven themselves a platform-architecture for future high-energy and high-average power systems in large-scale-facilities institutes across the world. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J I MacKenzie

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

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Human Induced Vibration in Floors – an Investigation to assess influence of construction parameters on vibrational performance of residential timber floors

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

Traditional timber floor systems are usually composed of a series of parallel timber joists (eg. solid and engineered I-joist or laminated veneer lumber) which support wood-based sheathing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Khokhar

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

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PhD Studentship in the atomistic dynamics of mechanochemical reactivity

University of Birmingham School of Chemistry

Applications are sought for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD position in the group of Dr Adam Michalchuk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham to start Oct. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Michalchuk

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

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Droplet Impacts with Functional Surfaces

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P D Hicks

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

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Inverse simulation: going from camera observations of a deformation to material properties using a new theoretical approach

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Benjamin Cameron. Project description. This PhD is focussed on a new theoretical/computational method to measure material properties in places where they are really difficult to measure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Cameron

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Simulation and optimization of the anaerobic digestion process for the production of renewable energy and valuable compounds from biodegradable wastes

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Majumder, Dr D Dionisi

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

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Green methods to revalorise wastes: transformation into sustainable materials and chemicals

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Fernandez-Martin, Dr A McCue

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

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Electrochemo-mechanics modeling and characterization

University of Delaware Department of Mechanical Engineering

We are actively recruiting FULLY-FUNDED 2-3 Ph.D. students for electrochemo-mechanics modeling of lithium-ion batteries. The length scale spans from atomic, molecular, and continuum levels (covering energy materials, electrode, cell, module, pack and electric vehicles). Read more

Supervisor: Dr JX Xu

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

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Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation (XenoSim)

University College Dublin School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Overview. We are at the dawn of a new medical age, marked by the first pig-to-human heart transplant in January 2022, and the second operation in September 2023. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof PC Cardiff

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

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PhD Position in Machine Learning and Computer Vision

University of Bern Institute of Computer Science

Position. We have an opening for 1 PhD position in the areas of machine learning and computer vision. The position is on motion estimation (such as optical flow and structure from motion) via deep learning. Read more

Supervisor: Prof PF Favaro

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

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Electrolyte design and engineering for next-generation batteries

University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering

Project. Advances in the rechargeable batteries for storage of electrical energy have always been the driving force for the improvement of our society, from communications to transportation and electricity delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JM Mao, Prof ZG Guo

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

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We have 302 solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 302 solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

Chemistry of near zero or negative emissions concrete produced from waste CO2, end-of-life concrete, and electricity

Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties

Disruptive manufacturing approach to enable safe and high energy batteries

Table-top cryogenic Lasers

Human Induced Vibration in Floors – an Investigation to assess influence of construction parameters on vibrational performance of residential timber floors

PhD Studentship in the atomistic dynamics of mechanochemical reactivity

Droplet Impacts with Functional Surfaces

Inverse simulation: going from camera observations of a deformation to material properties using a new theoretical approach

Simulation and optimization of the anaerobic digestion process for the production of renewable energy and valuable compounds from biodegradable wastes

Green methods to revalorise wastes: transformation into sustainable materials and chemicals

Electrochemo-mechanics modeling and characterization

Providing Computational Insights into Cardiac Xenotransplantation (XenoSim)

PhD Position in Machine Learning and Computer Vision

Electrolyte design and engineering for next-generation batteries

We have 302 solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 302 solid PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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