PhD Jobs

There is limited knowledge of how vehicles are actually used in the field, for nominal and extremes of usage. The designs of vehicles are based on certain assumptions that have never been verified across a whole vehicle population; consequently vehicles are potentially non-optimally engineered. This becomes critical for electric vehicles where the effect...

Hybrid vehicles currently contain multiple individual cooling circuits for the different components, leading to extra weight, complexity and consequent efficiency losses on the vehicle. These components currently operate at different temperatures. There is little information about how the efficiencies of these components are affected by changes in...

PhD The dominant cost of electric and plug-in electric vehicles is the high voltage battery. Currently manufacturers are required to warrant this battery for a specified number of years, and at end of battery life this battery must be disposed of by the manufacturer. Opportunities exist to investigate the market for second-life (and subsequent) usage...

Applications are invited for one PhD Studentship, to undertake research in the area of Nanomicrowave — Microwave Nanotechnology for Semiconductor and Life Sciences under European Union FP7 Marie Curie Actions — Initial Training Networks (ITN) from September 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter. The studentship is based at the School of...

Health Economics Unit Due to funding restrictions stipend and fees for this studentship are available for UK/EU nationals only. The Health Economics Unit has strong programmes of applied and methodological research.  The Unit has been awarded a 4 year PhD studentship for a student to take a one year MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy and...

Supervisor: Dr Joe Pitt-Francis Start Date: October 2013 This studentship is for home/EU applicants only. International students are not eligible to apply. EU applicants must have lived or studied in the UK for the previous three years to be eligible for full funding The Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has agreed...

Institute of Medical & Social Care Research Centre Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation Applications are invited for a full-time PhD studentship, funded by Tenovus – a leading UK Cancer Charity. The studentship is based at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation at Bangor University under the supervision of Rhiannon...

Introduction: Swansea University, in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) , is offering a fully-funded PhD studentship in Social Care/Social Policy: Mapping the Care & Repair Agency Case Worker Role – Social Care and Policy Impact at the Community Level....

Applications are invited for a Ph.D. studentship to begin in October 2013. The studentship will cover tuition fees for UK/EU applicants and provide a maintenance grant at a rate comparable with other UK Research Council studentships. International Students from outside the EU may also apply, but will be liable for the difference between UK/EU and...

Ref SEDPHD36 School of engineering and design The Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains is funded by RCUK (Research Councils UK), with particular contribution from the Manufacturing the Future Programme, to address End Use Energy Demand Reduction (EUED) in the UK....