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WMG and Jaguar Land Rover are seeking a top class candidate to undertake research leading to the award of an International Engineering Doctorate from the University of Warwick. As a ‘Research Entrepreneur’ on our International Doctorate programme you will have unrivalled access to some of the best teaching and industrial expertise in the...

Project Title: Up, Out or Sideways? Comparing Career Patterns of Male and Female Executives in Accounting and Finance KISS-DTC Theme:  5 - Work & Organisations (W&O) Partner Organisation: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA) King’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (KISS-DTC) is...

Start date: Summer 2013 Most pesticides in raw waters can be removed by treatment processes employed by water supply companies. However, some active ingredients are more difficult to remove. Even where significant removal is possible, very high concentrations in raw waters may occasionally present compliance challenges. There is pressure to find...

There has been much progress made towards CO2 reductions in the automotive industry through the use of technology, but one of the main sources of inefficiency remains- the driver. There are a range of possible driving styles but no consistent way to characterise these, and understand how they might evolve through a journey; for example the same driver...

Power and signal cables contribute to the mass of a vehicle consequently reducing its efficiency, particularly for the more electrified vehicles. Weight reduction strategies of e.g. vehicle body contribute to an increased efficiency of the vehicle, but to date little attention has been paid to the mass of the on board cables. There is an opportunity to...

Research Challenge This doctorate will research & deliver a new CAE technique for simulating the behaviour of large metallic body & closure panels when subjected to concentrated, quasi static loading, commonly referred to as 'dentability' &  'oil can' type failures. Business Driver This issue has been highlighted as a business...

Currently root-cause electrical and electronic faults in vehicles are difficult to detect due to the large number of interacting systems and distributed control leading to emergent behaviour. How do you improve the ability to diagnose and the confidence of diagnosis with currently available technology. What data is required to improve upon current...

The UK supports a valuable ornamental bulb sector in which the production of daffodil ( Narcissus ) bulbs and cut-flowers is a major part; over half of the output of both being exported to Europe and North America. Following the adoption of more cost-effective mechanisation, bulk-handling and a two-year growing cycle in the 1970s, production practices...

Plug-in vehicles suffer from a number of potential issues with user perception. For example an Electric Vehicle (EV) has a limited energy storage capacity leading to a much reduced range compared to a conventional vehicle. This has a negative impact on the customer through a phenomenon known as “range anxiety”. One aspect of this project may...

PhD project Title:  (Inductive) Charging The increase in the number of plug-in vehicles available to customers has led to a large number of charging posts available in town centres etc. There are a limited number of products available which offer non-contact charging of automotive battery packs. The acceptance of plug-in charging for certain...