University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Studentship: Unravelling the link between soil type and the occurrence of plague
Our understanding of plague, past and present, will contribute directly to our ongoing struggle with epidemic diseases, present and future. Previous research that has focused on questions such as why/how did plague reemerge in 14th century Asia and how/why did it disappear from Europe in the 18th century suggests a role for specific environmental conditions, including soil. However, the specific soil properties and conditions that may or may not foster the residence of plague in soil are largely unknown, though our recent work suggests soil pH and mineralogy could play a key role. This soil forensics focused project is part of a much larger ERC funded project involving epidemiologists, historians and environmental scientists all seeking to understand the factors that have led to previous spreads of plague and the implications for the present and future. The project will seek to address key questions including: How might the type of soil influence the reemergence of plague? What are the crucial soil properties linked to plague residence? What are the current conditions in soils where plague currently resides (such as in China) that support plague residence and how do they differ to European soils? How might the microscopic soil structure, developed by fleas carrying plague, contribute to plague residence?
Deadline : Friday 07 March 2025
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship: Fundamental studies into single atom catalysts
We are recruiting applicants for a fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham to work under the supervision of Dr David Duncan. The project will be strongly based at Diamond Light Source (Oxfordshire), the UK’s national synchrotron facility, where the student will be based for at least the first two years of the project. At Diamond, the student will be able to utilise cutting edge equipment to study single atom catalysts anchored on defective graphene substrates. Catalysis is a key industrial process that underpins not only the supply of consumer goods, but is also the scale of food production required to feed the billions of people on this planet. However, catalysis is challenging to study on atomic scale, requiring the development and study of ever more realistic model systems. Single atom catalysts, where the catalytic site contains only a single metal atom supported on a heterogenous substrate, offers a tantalising prospect as a model system: it is an inherently defective system (like almost all real catalysts) that can be anchored to supports amenable to fundamental atomistic studies. This research will build upon an ongoing collaboration between the Universities of Warwick, Nottingham and QMUL and Diamond Light Source, to develop model defective graphene supports, onto which single metal atoms can be anchored.
Deadline : Thursday 01 May 2025
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Fully funded PhD studentship: Ultrafast dynamics of dissociative ionisation
We are recruiting applicants for a fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham to work under the supervision of Dr Patrick Robertson. The project will develop new instrumentation to study the molecular response to ionisation. Ionisation is a fundamental aspect of the chemistry of many environments, and a molecules initial response(s) to its new electronic configuration will ultimately dictates its chemistry. This research will build upon our prior experience(s) in electron-molecule collision dynamics, photo-ionisation and the chemistry of molecules in strong electric fields (www.nurd.org.uk/publications).
The successful candidate will develop a Cold Target Recoil Ion Momentum Spectrometer (COLTRIMS) and use this new instrument to study the spectroscopy of molecules of atmospheric and astrochemical significance and the unimolecular chemistry of their molecular cation. They will also be periodically involved in collaborative research at international research facilities, such as x-ray free electron lasers, synchrotrons and the Central Laser Facility.
Deadline : Thursday 27 March 2025
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Metal Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Functional and Multi-Material Structures
The Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM) Research Group within the Faculty of Engineering and the University of Nottingham, acknowledged as one of the world’s leading centres for Additive Manufacturing research, development, and dissemination, invites applications for a 3-year PhD programme.
A cutting-edge bespoke Drop-on-demand Metal Jetting platform, recently developed at CfAM, allows the printing of components from various metals in a single piece. This involves coordinating the jetting of dissimilar materials on a base substrate, enabling the direct creation of components with spatially varied compositions. Distinguishing itself on the global stage, this multi-material printing system stands as the first of its kind, boasting the capacity to print dual materials in a voxel-by-voxel fashion at a resolution of less than 50 µm. This intricate capability opens avenues for manufacturing complex designs, setting a new standard in the realm of 3D printing.
We seek a student who could lead the maturation of this multi-metal MetalJet technique, which offers substantial prospects in the direct manufacturing of multi-functional metallic structures. The successful candidate will develop a comprehensive understanding of the Drop-on-demand Metal Jetting process and the compatibility of dissimilar materials within the printed structure. There is a particular interest in exploring novel designs and manufacturing techniques for cartridges used in producing molten droplets. An ideal candidate should have experience or a strong interest in additive manufacturing, materials science, and computational mechanics but also be adaptable to learning and exploring new disciplines as the project evolves.
Deadline : Wednesday 30 April 2025
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: UK Atomic Energy Authority and University of Nottingham sponsored PhD scholarship – Extra-long compliant snake robot capable of self-localization for inspection in fusion power plants
Applicants are invited to undertake a 3-year PhD program in partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to address key challenges in robotic deployment systems enabling repair automation. The successful candidate will be primarily based at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology, (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/utc), Department of Mechanical, Material and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. The department has an excellent international reputation for high-quality theoretical and experimental research funded by EPSRC, IUK, EU and the manufacturing industry. There is an opportunity to being hosted by UKAEA’s Culham Campus for part of the project.
Deadline : Wednesday 30 April 2025
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Rolls Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Micromechanics and in-depth materials analysis of advanced aerospace materials upon the manufacturing process
Applications are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing Technology and On-Wing Technology (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/utc/index.aspx ) at the University of Nottingham. Having state-of-the-art purpose built facilities, the UTC offers a world-class environment for the realisation of high impact research projects.
The Rolls-Royce funded Studentship is the result of the expanding manufacturing activities sponsored at the Rolls-Royce UTC dealing with in-depth investigations of the response of advanced aerospace materials to various manufacturing operations in the scope of robust manufacture of safety critical aero-engine components.
The project will deal with the micromechanics and in-depth materials analysis of advanced aerospace materials upon manufacturing operations to understand the materials response to manufacturing process to efficiently support the manufacture of aerospace components. This will involve using a wide range of sophisticated testing and analysis techniques including not only the study of conventional manufacturing process of advanced aerospace materials but also the state-of-the-art materials investigation such as Scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and in-situ micromechanics.
Deadline : Tuesday 22 April 2025
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Computer vision and robot control for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines
Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at University of Nottingham.
This project is in relation to the technical needs of Rolls-Royce to develop smart and robotic solutions to enable in-situ/on-wing repair and maintenance of gas turbine engines.
At the Rolls-Royce UTC at University of Nottingham we have developed robotic systems capable to navigate into crammed/hazardous environments and perform inspection and active operations such as machining. This is driven by the need to complete repair tasks without disassembly of industrial installations. We developed a series of continuum robots in both short and long versions.
At the Rolls-Royce UTC we are developing the next generation of continuum robots and other robotic solutions to perform tasks within restrictive environments.
Deadline : Tuesday 22 April 2025
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Design and simulation of stiffness-adjustable robotic systems for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines
Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at University of Nottingham.
This project is in relation to the technical needs of Rolls-Royce to develop automatic and hybrid tooling solutions to enable in-situ/on-wing repair and maintenance of gas turbine engines.
At the Rolls-Royce UTC at University of Nottingham we have developed robotic systems capable to navigate into crammed/hazardous environments, and perform inspection and active operations such as machining. This is driven by the need to complete repair tasks without disassembly of industrial installations.
Deadline : Tuesday 22 April 2025
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Laser Beam Processing of Aerospace Materials
Applications are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at The University of Nottingham.
We are seeking applicants for an anticipated October 2025 start, or earlier (depending on the candidate availability, on a project with Rolls-Royce plc. The Rolls-Royce funded Studentship is the result of the expanding its on-platform repair activities sponsored at the Rolls-Royce UTC dealing with investigations on development of the bespoke high-tech laser beam processing methods for surface treatment and repair of aeroengine components.
The project will deal with study of a new laser processing method to enable in-situ surface treatment and repair of safety critical rotating parts and further understand the correlation between surface quality, metallurgical characteristics and functional performance of the components and the key process parameters. The project will deal with design of special process setups, testing its working principles and performances followed by assessment of the part quality; this will involve development of laser beam processing on specific aerospace materials, and model to understand the fundamental mechanisms of the process to identify optimal operating conditions and followed by surface analysis techniques (e.g. Scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction for residual stress measurements, Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction and Transmission Electron Microscopy).
Deadline : Tuesday 22 April 2025
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD scholarship – Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing
Applicants are invited to undertake a 3 year PhD program in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at University of Nottingham.
At the Rolls-Royce UTC, we are developing the next generation of robots and its sensing solutions to perform tasks in challenging working environments.
This project is related to the development of smart mechanisms and sensing to support the aforementioned tasks with the following actions:
•Develop the principles and theories for governing the scalability principles for building foldable and reconfigurable end-effectors that are able to access geometrically complex workspaces under positional restrictions.
•Develop smart control algorithms that will allow the end-effectors to communicate with the central control system and coordinate tasks with other end-effectors and host robots.
•Smart sensing systems to support automated manufacturing and maintenance, repair & overhaul. We refer here not only to conventional sensing, e.g. vision, orientation, that are commonly integrated on the end-effectors, but on advanced (e.g. tactile, sound-based, shape) solutions that enhance the perception of the end-effectors so that versatile tasks can be performed.
Deadline : Tuesday 22 April 2025
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship in the History of Architectural Representations
This call is for a PhD student that is interested in exploring the history of architectural representations. Topics of any time period and any subject will be considered. Those that engage with the historical, social, and intellectual circumstances that gave rise to different forms of knowledge in and about architecture will be given precedence. We also encourage applications from those interested in working on non-Western topics.
This exciting opportunity is based within the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics Research Group, in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, which conducts cutting edge research into architectural history, theory, and criticism, where you will work with leading scholar and architectural historian Jordan Kauffman, PhD.
Deadline : Tuesday 01 April 2025
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 3-year PhD studentship: Scaling-Up Functional 3D Printing of Devices and Structures
Inkjet printing allows multiple materials to be 3D-printed simultaneously, useful for printing functional devices. Discovering the interactions of these materials and how to leverage this advanced manufacturing process will open new opportunities: devices with variable mechanical and chemical properties; fully 3D-printed electronics; and devices with mechanical or electrical responses encoded into their structure. However, we don’t yet know how to design these complex printed parts and we are still developing new leading-edge materials to grant them new capabilities.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project: 3D-Printed Drug Delivery “Microbots” for Personalised Healthcare
Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM) at the University of Nottingham. The student will work in world-class laboratory facilities in the CfAM engaging with interdisciplinary team with expertise in 3D printing, bio-printing for medical applications, micro-robotics, and materials science.
The field of medical therapeutics has valuable applications for mobile devices for efficient drug delivery, called micro-robots. Recently, 3D printing has been used to manufacture such devices with functional features that enabled them to respond to environmental cues, including temperature, pH, light, magnetic fields, and ultrasound. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of medical micro-robots targeting drug delivery, exploiting combinations of functions to achieve complex and customisable micro-robots to provide personalised healthcare solutions.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD project: 3D-Printing Devices with Responsive Structural Colour
Applications are invited for a PhD project within the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM). The student will work in world-class laboratory facilities in the CfAM engaging with interdisciplinary team with expertise in 3D printing, biotechnology, physics, and materials science.
Small and repetitive structures with spacings on the nanometre scale can refract and reflect light to create vibrant “structural” colours, which are being explored to produce anti-counterfeit markings, dye-free colour images, humidity and chemical sensors, anti-glare coatings and optical filters. This project will develop additive manufacturing of devices with actively-controlled structural colours that respond to stimuli. You will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of structural colour devices, integrating optically- and electronically-active materials, including 0D and 2D nanomaterials.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship – New approaches for studying the structure of high-temperature molten materials
Understanding the structure and properties of high-temperature molten materials is of key importance in a diverse range of applications including optical glass manufacture, nuclear waste storage, green platforms for growth of functional materials, fuel cell hermetic seals, electrolytes, carbon capture solvents and thermal energy storage media. It is also vital for understanding natural magmatic processes on earth & other planetary bodies.
Neutron diffraction is a powerful technique for studying the atomic scale structure of these materials, but the current technology to allow measurements to be made on liquids at the high temperatures (500 oC < T < 1200 oC) required is inadequate. Current experimental setups are limited to lower temperatures and to containers that present significant problems for data reduction and analysis. This PhD project, in close collaboration with researchers at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and University of Nottingham, will address this by designing and developing experimental equipment suitable for containing the liquids at the temperatures needed, as well as optimizing the quality of the data obtained, both through experiment design and developing the analysis techniques needed to interpret the data.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Adaptive Mesh Refinement for More Efficient Predictions of Wall Boiling Bubble Dynamics
The aim of this PhD is to robustly validate and demonstrate the utility of an adaptive mesh refinement approach in interface resolving Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of flow boiling at conditions relevant to nuclear thermal hydraulics. Boiling is a technology central to both fusion and fission nuclear reactors, also including thermal management of several reactor components. The aim of these simulations is to generate data that can be leveraged to account for the detailed characteristics of a heat transfer surface on bubble dynamics during flow boiling, to provide an approach for generating more representative inputs for the wall boiling models used in component scale CFD assessments. In particular, this concerns quantifying the effects of the heat transfer surface’s detailed topography, porosity and wettability on near-wall bubble dynamics that govern flow boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux. The work ultimately contributes towards the development of improved methods for predicting critical heat flux in nuclear reactors, which can ultimately limit their justifiable performance, also advancing the design of both fusion and fission reactor components, and thereby contributing to increase their power density and decrease plant size.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: 3D-printing next-generation electro-actuators for soft robots and devices
Applications are invited for a PhD project within the Faculty of Engineering, in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing research group (CfAM) at the University of Nottingham. The student will work in world-class laboratory facilities in the CfAM engaging with interdisciplinary team with expertise in 3D printing, soft robotics, and materials science.
3D-printing of soft robotics is a growing field, with many applications in biomedical devices, electronics, and autonomous machines. Actuators to drive these robots utilise electronic, chemical, pressure, magnetic, or thermal mechanisms, with the current generation having significant drawbacks, including low energy efficiency, high operating voltage or temperature. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of electro-responsive soft-actuators. The overall aim is to develop and exploit new designs or new materials to attain large, fast, high-efficiency actuation responses comparable to living muscles.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Advanced 3D/4D-Printing of Responsive Biomaterial Devices
Responsive 3D-printed functional devices interact with their environment, responding to stimuli (temperature, light, etc.), and “4D-printed” devices respond over time (e.g. changing shape), controlled by the arrangement of differential materials within them. The goal of this project will be to develop responsive 4D-printed biomaterial devices for drug delivery or regenerative medicine. The student will formulate new 3D-printable materials and develop new design methods, for functional 4D-printed devices with either fast self-resetting responses or complex multi-scale shape changes, applicable to biomedical, micromechanical, or optoelectronic applications.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Digital-Twinning of Electric Propulsion Systems
Applications are invited for the above multiple research studentships to join the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Research Group at the University of Nottingham. The PEMC group has undergone a significant period of growth and now has over 150 members, with 18 academics (including 7 full professors) and approximately 120 PhD students and post-doctoral research fellows. The group has excellent facilities for experimental work including approximately 2500m2 of research space and a construction and testing capability up to 5MW.
The successful candidate will conduct research within a team focusing on innovative electric propulsion systems for future de-carbonised, green aircraft and will support delivery of one of our new flagship EU-funded €40M NEWBORN – “NExt generation high poWer fuel cells for airBORNe applications” project (https://newborn-project.eu/).
We are inviting talented students to join the team to develop a real-time digital twin of the fuel-cell electric propulsion system. The tasks of this PhD include
- Real-time digital twin technology review to understand this technology and its recent development for electrical engineering application.
- Real-time simulation platform skills development including Typhoon and SpeedGoat.
- Development of real-time digital twin (physical or Artificial Intelligent based) of electric propulsion system including propulsion motors, power converters, fuel cell and batteries etc within the real-time simulation platform.
- Training the development digital-twin using real-time data from hardware available
- Electrical power level studies with developed digital twin to identify visible solutions for distribution electric propulsion.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Enhancing Maintenance Strategies Through Reliability-Centred Condition Monitoring
This research, inspired by the philosophy of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), aims to design innovative frameworks for condition monitoring that optimise data sampling and facilitate the digitalisation of current and future systems. Rooted in the principles of reliability and efficiency, the project will prioritise the criticality of components and their probability of failure to establish appropriate condition monitoring strategies and adaptive sampling techniques that achieve a harmonious balance between efficiency and reliability.
The research seeks to redefine how condition-monitoring systems operate. The proposed approach will reduce unnecessary data collection and help decision-makers and system designers identify the most effective condition-monitoring strategies, enabling industries to adopt maintenance strategies that are both resource-efficient and sustainable. These advancements will contribute to improved operational performance and long-term sustainability in diverse industrial contexts, with applications spanning sectors such as wind turbines and rail tracks.
Deadline : Friday 28 March 2025
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Deep Learning and Innovative Optical Microscopy to Uncover Cancer Electrostatics
The fight against life-threatening diseases such as cancer demands cutting-edge technology to allow a deep understanding of how living systems function at the molecular and cellular levels. One crucial—but often overlooked—aspect is electrostatic charge, which influences how cells divide, migrate, and interact with their surroundings. Current tools for measuring these properties have significant limitations, especially with delicate 3D biological samples.
This PhD project will revolutionise cancer research by creating a transformative imaging tool to map electrostatic charge in 3D living environments. Optical trapping (a laser-based technique for manipulating microscopic particles) will enable the delicate mapping of electrostatic forces and electric fields in living cells. Combined with AI-driven analysis, deep learning will enhance the sensitivity and speed of measurements as well as expose hidden patterns of cancer electrostatics. This approach promises to uncover how changes in electrostatics influence cancer progression, providing a detailed contrast between cancerous and normal cells at the cellular and subcellular levels. The outcomes of this research will not only advance our understanding of cancer’s electrostatics but also facilitate the development and testing of new treatments aimed at manipulating cancer electrostatic properties.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: A continual learning approach for the development of robust robotic control systems
This project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). It is based within the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Group (AMTG) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, which amongst its wide research portfolio, conducts cutting edge research into the development of future Intelligent Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.
This is 3-year fully funded studentship and is only open to UK home students. The successful applicant will receive a generous tax-free annual stipend of £25,000 plus payment of their full-time home tuition fees. Additionally, £2,000 per annum is provided for consumables, travel, etc. Due to funding restrictions this PhD position is only available to UK nationals. As this position is sponsored by the MTC, any successful candidate would need to pass the sponsors own security checks prior to the commencement of the PhD.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Advanced Litz Wire Modelling and Manufacturing for Ultra-High Speed Propulsion Motors
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to conduct cutting-edge research with support from state-of-the-art electric motor manufacturing platforms both at the MTC and at the PEMC Institute, University of Nottingham. Based on the emerging Litz wire winding technology, this PhD project will focus on multi-physics modelling and characterisation of “programmable” Litz wires. By leveraging the MTC’s exclusive high-spec braiding machine, this research has the vision of significantly enhancing the design and manufacturing process of Litz wire winding for next-generation high-spec electric propulsion systems.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Winding Development for Electric Motors Enabling Net Zero
We are seeking for a highly motivated PhD student to conduct cutting edge research with support from state-of-the-art electric motor manufacturing platforms both at the MTC and at PEMC Institute, University of Nottingham. Based on rapidly advancing Carbon Nanotube (CNT) material technology, the PhD project will be focused on development of next generation electric motors with CNT windings for electric vehicle traction and aerospace propulsion, featuring opportunity for significant improvements on performance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Developing Next-Generation Laser Technologies for Advanced Materials
This PhD project focuses on developing an innovative co-axial water-mist-assisted high-power laser processing system that could revolutionise the field. The research will involve design, simulation, prototyping, and experimentation utilising a newly developed nozzle assembly, to drive the advancement of next-generation laser processing technology.
This PhD project aims to advance the next generation of laser technologies by building on current knowledge and expertise. The research will focus on the design, simulation, and development of a novel co-axial water-mist nozzle for high-power laser applications. The nozzle will be integrated into an experimental test rig to evaluate and demonstrate its performance on a variety of advanced and challenging materials. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques will be employed to analyse experimental data, enabling deeper insights and faster optimisation of the nozzle design/performance. Successful implementation of this solution is expected to significantly impact the future of high-power laser material processing for advanced materials.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship: Investigating building physics for the Design of Resilient, Healthy and Energy-Efficient homes
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship (3 years) within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, subject to funding approval.
Driven by the need to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by 2050 and rising energy costs, the UK building sector faces increasing pressure to achieve the carbon-neutral target in the coming decades. Numerous studies in the UK have explored methods to reduce carbon emissions in new and existing buildings. Significant progress has been made with stricter regulations and higher design standards. However, achieving carbon reduction in buildings by 2050 faces technical, regulatory, time, and financial constraints.
We aim to minimise building energy consumption for heating and ventilation by refining operations, providing heating and ventilation only when and where required. Achieving this requires an in-depth understanding of building physics under various operational conditions. It is crucial to understand how building physics affects heat and air transfer between indoor and outdoor environments and between zones within the building. Examining inter-zonal thermodynamics and fluid dynamics is essential to develop energy and ventilation strategies that significantly reduce energy demand.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Studentship: AI-Driven infrastructure inspection: continual improvement through reinforcement learning
This PhD aims to develop novel algorithms for Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven continual learning via reinforcement learning (RL), incorporating mechanistic knowledge through causal inference constraints. These algorithms will enable adaptive digital systems for assisted and automated annotation software, as well as diagnostics software, particularly in the contexts of manufacturing and precision imaging. By leveraging causal insights, the project will enhance the systems’ ability to learn dynamically from sensor feedback while maintaining consistency and reliability. In the later stages, the research will apply these advancements to a case study on adaptive disassembly lines, demonstrating how continual learning can drive more efficient and sustainable solutions in complex, evolving environments.
Deadline : Friday 28 February 2025
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: Systems biology to define role of noncoding snoRNAs in cardiovascular health and disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common condition that can cause heart failure or death, as has occurred in football players mid-match. New drugs are being developed for patients but there is no cure, partly because of the complexity of the disorder, with clinical outcomes ranging from negligible to fatal. This project will create new understanding of HCM to improve diagnosis, monitoring, drug development and patient management.
Our work using isogenic, genetically engineered cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC-CMs) used functional analysis, transcriptomics and mass spectrometry proteomics to implicate snoRNAs as disease modifiers in HCM. This led to a successful award of £1m from the British Heart Foundation. Excitingly, we are finding that snoRNA overexpression in hiPSC-CMs alters protein pathways for adhesion and signalling, whilst gene knockout affects cardiovascular cell proliferation and expression of contractile proteins. The emphasis of our current work uses cutting edge technologies global transcriptomics and proteomics of the cells and their extracellular vesicles (EVs).
Deadline : Wednesday 19 February 2025
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The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs to the research intensive Russell Group association.
Nottingham’s main campus (University Park) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital (Queen’s Medical Centre) are located within the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia, and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has more than 46,000 students and 7,000 staff across the UK, China and Malaysia and had an income of £792.2 million in 2021–22, of which £131.4 million was from research grants and contracts. The institution’s alumni have been awarded one Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal, and a Gabor Medal and Prize. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the Russell Group, Universitas 21, Universities UK, the Virgo Consortium, and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme as a member of the Sutton 30.
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