PhD Jobs

The Department is pleased to announce up to three new PhD studentships for 2013 , under the university’s DCDS (Doctoral Career Development Scholarship) scheme. The awards offer a package of research, training and career development for full-time PhD students, tailored to enable students to enhance their research, teaching and transferable...

Limit of tenure: 3.5 Years. A fully-funded 3.5 year PhD studentship is available in the Computational Modelling Group, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Prof. Markus Kraft. The studentship starts in October 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter and, due to funding...

The School of Engineering and Digital Arts conducts high-quality research that has had significant national and international impact with the spread of our expertise allowing us to respond rapidly to new developments. There is a flourishing student population studying for postgraduate research degrees in a supportive teaching and research environment. We...

Applications are being sought for a prestigious (1+3 or +3) full time PhD Studentship, to be based in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, to begin in October 2013. Project Title : The reflexive imperative and the third age In recent years, theoretical and empirical research has led to claims that contemporary conditions...

Project title: diagnostics for lithium batteries Supervisor: Dr Rohit Bhagat (WMG) and Chris Lyness (JLR) Project Overview: Lithium batteries change and degrade during operation leading to reduced performance. This becomes increasingly important when considering the electric vehicle application where many batteries are connected to form battery...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Peter Hall   Application Deadline: 02 June 2013 Funding Availability: Due to funding restrictions, we invite applications from EU and UK applicants only. We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position, starting on 30th September 2013, in Computer Science at the University of Bath, as part of the OAK (Outdoor...

The Department of Geography has secured a PhD studentship in the area of flood risk management, aligned with Loughborough University’s strategic research investment in ‘Water Resources’. Applications are now invited from well qualified students who wish to embark on a full-time research degree programme commencing in Autumn Term 2013....

Supervisor: The project will be co-supervised by Prof Seetharaman, Royal Academy of Engineering / Tata Steel Research Chair in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, and an Industrial Scientist from TATA R&D. Project: This project intends to study the effects of drop-formation and evaluate the extent of refining that is carried out from metal...

Li-ion batteries currently form a crucial part of the electrified power-train. Li-ion batteries have a number of ageing mechanisms, these manifest themselves as a slow loss in the amount of energy the battery can store and reduction in the amount of power the battery can produce over vehicle life. It is crucial to understand how the battery behaviour...

The project will be carried out in collaboration with TATA Steel Europe and be co-supervised between Professor Seetharaman, Royal Academy of Engineering / Tata Steel Research Chair in Low Carbon Materials Technologies and personnel from TATA Steel Europe R&D. Project: Sustainable iron manufacturing requires flexibility with regards to raw...