high performance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 455 high performance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Tailoring the Thermomechanical Properties of High Performance Aerospace & Automotive Composite Materials

University of Sheffield Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Interested in high performance, lightweight composite materials? Take advantage of the fact that companies in the aerospace and automotive sectors are currently looking for good materials scientists and engineers with a composites PhD!. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Foreman

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

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Liquid metal filtration and cleanliness for high performance superalloys

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

ARCANE is a collaborative research project across three leading UK universities and Rolls-Royce plc. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Green

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

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Development of advanced measurement methods for high performance emerging photovoltaics

University of Surrey School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Emerging photovoltaic devices (organic, perovskites) have demonstrated significant potential in recent years due to the high efficiencies achieved and their scalability potential. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Silva, Dr G Koutsourakis

1 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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High Performance Flexible Piezoelectric Transducers for Non-invasive Ultrasonic Health Monitoring

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Suan Hui Pu, Liudi Jiang, Kui Yao (A*STAR IMRE, Singapore). Project description. With the outstandingly large penetration depth, ultrasonic waves allow safe and non-invasive detection and imaging in deep tissue of human body with acoustic contrast. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S H Pu

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Vapour Deposited Perovskites for High Performance Multi-Junction Photovoltaic Devices

King’s College London Department of Physics

Metal-halide perovskite based solar cells have now achieved a light to electricity conversion efficiency of 26.1%, making them the leading emerging thin-film solar cell material. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Patel

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Accelerating molecular phylogenetic inference using high performance computing.

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Project Overview. Molecular phylogenetic inference, constructing evolutionary histories from molecular data, is an activity universal to all biological disciplines. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Meade

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

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Developing techniques to deal with large environmental data sets

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C McNeile

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

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Aerospace Flow Control Actuator Technology Performance Enhancement Using High Strain-Temperature Lead Free Piezoceramic Materials

Sheffield Hallam University Materials and Engineering Research Institute

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JP Potts, Dr JS Spendlove, Dr A Feteira

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Millimetre Wave RF Circuits and Systems

University of Sheffield Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Applications are invited for PhD candidates on the themes described below, as part of The University of Sheffield’s Communications Research Group and EPSRC National Millimetre Wave Measurement Laboratory. Read more

Supervisor: Mr E Ball

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

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Polymeric materials in extreme environments: An exploration of polymer network structure in high-performance epoxy-amine thermosets for use in marine environments (Ref:RDFC24/HLS/APP/UNTHANK)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

This fully funded PhD studentship will explore the fundamental material, molecular and network-forming properties that deliver optimal performance in epoxy-amine thermoset polymer coatings. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Unthank, Dr M Sims

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Multi-Three-Phase Drives for Electric Transport

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

The popularity of power electronic drives used to control electrical machines is increasing, pushed by both the surge of renewable energy generation and the ongoing electrification of transport. Read more

Supervisors: Mr SP Papadopoulos, Dr FVS Vedreno Santos,

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

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Optimisation of impinging jets for reduction of deposit formation

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

We are excited to offer a fully funded PhD opportunity in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield for someone with a passion for computational fluid dynamics modelling. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Yuan, Dr S Siouris

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

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Novel High-Performance Coatings- Product and Process Development

Loughborough University Department of Chemical Engineering

Coatings are used for a wide range of applications with formulations developed or adapted according to the needs specific to the surfaces they are used on- smoothness, brightness, scratch resistance are among these. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Özcan-Taşkın, Dr I Martin-Fabiani

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

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Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Enhancing Sports Coaches’ Psychological Growth and Performance

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Applications are invited for Psychology Demonstratorships in the department of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics, commencing October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Olusoga

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NPL-Imperial iCASE studentship: Characterising the performance of low loading electrodes for electrochemical hydrogen technologies

Imperial College London Department of Chemistry

Start date. September-October 2024 (flexible). Supervisors. Professor Anthony Kucernak (Imperial College London, ICL), Dr Graham Smith (NPL). Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Kucernak

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

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We have 455 high performance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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We have 455 high performance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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