FSE Dean Research Studentships (x18)

Applications are invited for doctoral study in suitable areas within Health Science, Engineering, Pharmacy, Computer Science, Architecture and Built Environment and Life Science. Successful candidates will be notified following this process. Successful candidates are eligible to enrol on a PhD degree with a UK Fees for tuition waived for up to the first three years of full-time study including any write-up period fees and research support fees. For the following

The 18 FSE Dean Research Studentships project titles are as follows.

Director of Studies: Project title

Ahmed Eissa: Tailor-Made Biological Polymer Scaffolds for the Development of In Vitro 3D Tissue Models

Hafid Omar: Identifying a novel diagnostic test to predict clinical response to treatment with biological drugs in Crohn’s disease patients

Izabela Radecka: From trash to treasure – the use of waste biomass to produce biopolymers coatings for seed protection

Arafatur Rahman: Design, Development and Implementation of Vehicle Penetration Test to Safeguard Against Cybersecurity Threats in the Automotive Industry

Mohammed Patwary: Towards a Greener Future: Investigating Sustainable and Affordable Consumer Electronics for Beyond 5G and 6G Networks

Ingo Frommholz: LASER – Large Language Models for Academic SEarch and Recommendation

Arun Arjunan: 3D printing copper-diamond composite using laser-powder bed fusion for electric vehicle inverter cooling application

Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia: Green recovery and reuse of industrial metals from energy and electronics-based Systems (GREEBS)

Aman Dhir: Machine learning & modelling of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) for power generation from renewable resources

Tohid Borhani: Modification of CO2 absorption-desorption process by changing configuration of the system

Mohammad Ahmadi: Development an integrated flow-structure solver applicable to simulate very large wind turbines

Wayne Heaselgrave: Targeted delivery of antimicrobial compounds against the neglected tropical disease Leishmaniasis and the potentially blinding infection Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Weiguang Wang: Development of nano-encapsulated zinc and copper-diethyldithiocarbamate as novel immunomodulatory and cancer stem cell targeting medicine for multiple myeloma treatment

Mark Morris: Investigating the mechanisms that drive breast cancer metastasis to the brain

Angel Armesilla: Characterization of molecular and cellular mechanisms implicated in evasion of anti-VEGF therapies by human brain tumors

Ezekiel Chinyio: Advancing the applications of psychology in construction practices

Shashank Gupta: Enhancement of Building Resilience by application of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)

Emmanuel Daniel: A model for the implementation off-site construction approach on brownfield sites for sustainable housing delivery

Applications to include one identified project, cover letter, a full CV with transcripts and a letter of application outlining the motivation for applying (maximum of 2 pages).  Applicants from outside UK must provide evidence of English Language requirement: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/international/making-an-application/language-entry-requirements/

Application submission is 10:00am BST 12 June 2023 to FSEPGR@wlv.ac.uk

A shortlist of candidates will be prepared from the pool of applicants, in line with Faculty of Science and Engineering PGR studentship selection criteria, who will be invited to attend an interview with a panel of academic staff, week commencing 19June 2023. Expected start date is July 2023.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to individual director of studies mentioned above.

Applicants must hold a first class/distinction at Master and/or Bachelor level of study.

Applications to include one identified project, a full CV (including 2 referee names and contact details), transcripts and a letter of application outlining the motivation for applying (maximum of 2 pages).  Applicants from outside UK must provide evidence of English Language requirement as stated in https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/ 

Application submission deadline is 10:00am BST 19 June 2023 to FSEPGR@wlv.ac.uk 

A shortlist of candidates will be prepared from the pool of applicants, in line with Faculty of Science and Engineering Post Graduate Research (PGR) studentship selection criteria, who will be invited to attend an interview with a panel of academic staff, week commencing 26 June 2023. 

Following this process all successful candidates will be notified to enrol in July 2023 on a PhD degree programme. The studentship award will include tuition fees at home level for the first three years of full-time study including any write-up period fees and research support fees. 

For more information on the 18 FSE Dean Research Studentships, please visit the https://www.wlv.ac.uk/schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/research/phd-studentships/ 

For further information on fees https://www.wlv.ac.uk/apply/funding-costs-fees-and-support/fees-and-costs/research-fees/