If you’re a Masters degree holder and seeking Fully Funded PhD Programs, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom has several online applications open for PhD programs. Explore the PhD opportunities across diverse research areas and submit your application soon.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of Next Generation Megawatt Scale Wind Energy Power Converters
Summary of PhD Program:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, together with the University of Edinburgh, are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivating applicants for an exciting PhD research position that will help define the next generation of wind energy power electronic conversion systems. This work will provide the opportunity to both contribute to leading edge research and develop industry relevant skills in renewable energy, electronic design, electrical power systems and power semiconductor applications.
Application Deadline: September 18, 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Systematic Food Texture Characterisation Methodology for Advanced Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
Food texture is related to the way our senses perceive and feel the rheological and mechanical properties of edible substances. For example a potato chip is crispy; an apple is crunchy; butter is soft; bread is firm; candy is hard; yogurt is smooth; cream is thick; cake is moist, and honey is sticky. Food texture is critical for the consumer and impacts on a product’s market share. It is affected by the composition, manufacturing process, storage conditions and aging. It impacts the final quality and nutrition value of the food product. Food industry strives to improve texture while enhancing the product’s nutritional value and health benefits.
Application Deadline: January 18, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Determining the water retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobic granular soils
Summary of PhD Program:
Hydrophobic granular soils are under investigation for constructing roads on frost-susceptible soils in China and the US, in preference to cementitious stabilisation. Hydrophobic granular soils have also been proposed for replacing other geotechnical engineering elements requiring low permeability or resistance to root growth or cracking. In the UK, road building remains a key component of reducing the climate impact of transport whilst maintaining supply chains. Simultaneously, hydraulic risks to infrastructure brought about by climate change are increasing in severity; as of 2016, a 1% chance exists every year that monthly winter rainfall in the UK will be 20% to 30% higher than previously recorded.
Application Deadline: December 1, 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design of protection systems through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Summary of PhD Program:
The main aims of the project are to: investigate the use of Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) models to predict the ballistic response of multi-layered armour systems, comprising a diverse range of materials, to a range of ballistic impacts; and to understand the use of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) to supplement sparse ballistic datasets and attempt to reverse this method to predict key design parameters for armour systems. An assessment of whether a set of conditional GAN can be used to condition the current network on additional auxiliary information or design requirements that refer to a specific property relevant to the ballistic data will also be conducted.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design of microflyers for environmental monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
By contrast, some natural flyers such as the dandelion fruit, travel unpowered for days and hundreds of kilometres. Recent Edinburgh research revealed the aerodynamics underlying the extraordinary flight ability of the dandelion, including the energy scavenging mechanisms that allows it to re-gain altitude at every wind gust. The present project aims to exploit these aerodynamic findings to enable a step change in the endurance and range of flying sensors. The candidate will identify state-of-the-art microfabrication, sensing and communication technologies suitable for the design of an ultra-light (c.a. 1 mg) insect-scale bioresorbable flyer. Within the duration of the project, different prototypes will be developed and tested in bespoke wind tunnels and in the field.
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design of Superconducting Electric Machines for Zero Emission Transport
Summary of PhD Program:
Join the frontier of zero emission transport with a PhD opportunity focused on advancing the decarbonisation of large-scale transport, particularly electric aircraft. Highly efficient and power-dense electric machines are paramount in this endeavor, and superconducting electric machines stand out as a promising solution. With efficiencies exceeding 99% and power densities surpassing 20 kW/kg, superconducting electric machines hold the potential to revolutionise long-haul electric aviation.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data-Driven Computational Sensing and Imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
Today’s state-of-the-art imaging and sensing rely as much on computation as they do on sensor hardware. Furthermore, computational sensing and imaging is increasingly exploiting data-driven and machine learning solutions to enhance performance and develop novel hardware/software co-designed sensing systems. However, in defence scenarios it is vital that verifiable algorithmic solutions are used, which places restrictions on which machine learning approaches are admissible. Importantly, fully black box machine learning solutions should be avoided.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomass conversion to fine chemicals via photocatalysis processes
Summary of PhD Program:
The conversion of biomass into value-added platform chemicals can greatly alleviate the reliance on fossil feedstock. Biomass alcohol such as benzyl alcohol is one of the important biomass-derived platform compounds and a significant feedstock, which are used to produce a series of value-added derivatives, such as benzaldehyde, hydrobenzoin, benzoin, and deoxybenzoin. Among these derivatives, the C-C coupling chemicals, hydrobenzoin, benzoin, and deoxybenzoin have higher value than the rest and can be used as the versatile intermediates for the production of high value-added downstream products, such as various chemical additives, dyestuff, pharmaceuticals as well as the precursor of photo initiator.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils
Summary of PhD Program:
In 2013, for the first time, the America’s Cup was sailed with foiling boats. This led to fast growth in the use of foils on both sailing and power boats, both for racing and cruising. Foiling allows unprecedented speed and comfort, but it raises significant design challenges on control and safety. The project aims at developing an in-depth understanding of the unsteady hydrodynamics of America’s Cup hydrofoils. The project will be performed with the partnership of world-leading yacht designers and professional sailors, and will be potentially affiliated with an America Cup team.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine
Summary of PhD Program:
The Javan cucumber (Alsomitra macrocarpa) is a vine that climbs the trees of tropical forests toward the canopy and sunlight. At great heights, it grows pods that contain hundreds of winged seeds. As the wind blows against the opening of the pods, the samaras are peeled away and released. Unlike many gliding seeds that use auto-rotation, the seed of the Javan cucumber vine exhibits a stable gliding flight with its paper-thin wings. The seed’s design is efficient enough to achieve a slower rate of descent compared to that of rotating winged seeds.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails
Summary of PhD Program:
In the present project, it is proposed to test large-scale flexible sails in a wind tunnel to measure forces and the flying shape of sails, and then to build a rigid small-scale model to be tested in a water tunnel in order to perform flow measurements with LDV and PIV. Experimental measurements will be complemented with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in order to test a wide range of conditions, which are tested with difficulty experimentally. In particular, numerical experiments will be performed with LES and DNS on 2D extruded geometries in order to investigate the natural-transition mechanisms on LEV. It should be noted that DNS, LES and water tunnel experiments have never been used to investigate the fluid dynamics of sails.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Additive manufacturing of functional materials for electrical machines
Summary of PhD Program:
Additive manufacturing has impacted many industries, but it’s use in electrical machines is still limited, despite a wide scope for improvements. This PhD project will focus on exploiting the power of additive manufacturing to deliver high performing functional materials to allow increases in performance of electrical machines. Both soft magnetic materials and conductive materials are required for electrical machines, and additive manufacturing can process them both successfully and with performance benefits such as reduced eddy current losses, higher slot fill factors and complex cooling integration. However one of the issues preventing additive manufacturing being utilized more is the surface roughness of the components, which can effect resistivity and loss behaviour.
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Adaptive sensor fusion for optimised 3D sensing
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will investigate a multi-sensor approach to 3D imaging, using a SPAD ToF in combination with other types of sensors, with the aim of substantially reducing power consumption. The sensor fusion and modulation of the ToF laser source will be adapted according to the sensed environmental conditions to ensure robust, power-efficient sensing. As part of the sensor fusion, lightweight neural network models will be developed for 3D reconstruction and object detection. The project will use existing sensors (SPAD, RGB, EVS, IMU) as a starting point, and develop a system around them, with closed-loop control and data fusion being implemented on a single-board computer.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in A study of Sensing and Wireless Communications
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is to investigate novel techniques for sensing and achieving efficient wireless communication. To fulfil the needs of future communication networks, the study will explore both the optical and radio frequencies for simultaneous sensing and wireless communications. The promise of these techniques is to use a single system for transmitting data, identifying nearby objects of interest (similar to radar) and obtaining location information from sensor data, etc. One of the approaches of interest is the electromagnetically induced transparency with Rydberg atoms.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in A multi-spectral single photon sensor for enhanced 3D vision
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop a single-photon LIDAR system that operates at multiple wavelengths, as opposed to conventional single-wavelength systems, and as such provides enhanced perception and ambient light suppression. To this end, system-level integration will be undertaken of existing SPAD arrays with suitable optics and customised laser sources. A microcontroller or FPGA will be used to interface to a computer for real-time acquisition. There will also be a focus on developing neural network models for enhanced object detection, tailored to the multispectral single-photon data. In addition to LIDAR, there will be opportunities to explore life sciences applications of the resulting imaging system.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in 4D printed composite morphing structures
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop a fully instrumented 4D printed multifunctional composite actuator with improved loading capacity able to tailor its deformation autonomously. The actuator will be part of a close-loop control framework including: (i) a 3D printed embedded sensors, (ii) an electro-thermal 3D printed multifunctional composite actuator, and (iii) an integrated controller. We hypothesise that a novel hybrid actuator based on polymer/ unidirectional fibre composites layers will have superior load-carrying capacity at room temperature, while providing the necessary compliance when increasing the temperature during actuation.
Application Deadline: September 14, 2024
