Physical Sciences

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...

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....

£25,500 up to £35,040 per annum for exceptional candidates + benefits Based in Exeter We’re a unique, high profile organisation with an excellent reputation, home to world-class science and cutting-edge technology. Every day, we challenge the ordinary because we believe in the best. The best for our customers and the best for...

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...

Supervisor: Dr Chaoying Wan Renewable carbon-based fuels are produced from biomass. An alternative way is chemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), which is being produced by industry in an increasing rate and is causing global warming problems. This project aims to develop functional nanomaterials that can capture atmospheric CO 2 and convert...

Supervisor: Dr Rohit Bhagat Project Overview: Lithium batteries consist of various valuable compounds embedded in different layers with structural materials surrounding them. Lithium is a strategic material and will become increasingly important as electrification of vehicles continues. Currently only a small percentage of these batteries are...

Project Title: Safety Within Lithium Batteries Supervisor:  Dr Rohit Bhagat (WMG) and Chris Lyness (JLR) Project Overview: Manufacturers recommend that their lithium batteries be operated in a restricted operational range i.e. state of charge (e.g. 30-75%), temperature (e.g. 10-50°C), pressure, compression etc. When taken past these...

Faculty of Natural Sciences Salary range: £32,100 - £40,720 per annum A Research Associate position is available to work with Dr Travis Bayer at the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation at Imperial College London, to carry out a programme of research developing chemical biology tools to study bioleaching of metals from ores....

Supervisor: Dr Rohit Bhagat (WMG) and Chris Lyness (JLR) Project Overview: Accelerated testing is a process of testing a product by subjecting it to conditions (stress, strain, temperature, cycle rate, pressure etc.) in excess of its normal service parameters in an effort to uncover faults and potential modes of failure in a short time. For...

Sustainability PhD Project “Enabling the Recovery of Metals from Pollutants” Supervisor : Dr Rohit Bhagat Project Overview: It is currently possible to use plants to accumulate and concentrate metals from soil. However a method to extract metals from these plants is as yet unrealised. If a method were to be identified...