Digital Exploration of Novel Polymeric Materials for Structural Composites University of Liverpool in United Kingdom

North Carolina State University is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity in advanced materials and manufacturing for harsh environment applications . The thesis will investigate materials and processing technologies designed for demanding operating conditions. The research spans high-temperature ceramics , metal additive manufacturing , and AI-enabled processing . The project combines materials science and manufacturing engineering with computationally assisted process development, offering an...

PhD opportunity at Loughborough University in additive manufacturing of titanium alloys , hosted at AMPLab@Loughborough and supervised by Professor Moataz Attallah . The project is delivered in collaboration with a major aerospace manufacturer and sits at the interface of academic research and industry. The research will focus on improving the performance of additively manufactured titanium alloys, with emphasis on microstructure control , mechanical performance , and process optimisation . This...

The University of Cambridge is offering a fully funded PhD studentship in alloy development for hydrogen-fuelled aircraft propulsion , based in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy within the Structural Materials Group. Hydrogen-powered gas turbines could enable cleaner civil aviation, but hydrogen embrittlement threatens key alloys used in fuel and combustion systems. This project will investigate the micromechanical mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement in nickel-based superalloys...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in Novel Through-Thickness Reinforced Composites for Net Zero . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is based at the Advanced Composites Manufacturing Group of iDRaM , with access to world-class facilities in the School of Mechanical Engineering and the Bragg Centre for Materials Research . The research will develop the next generation of through-thickness reinforced composites , potentially combining materials manuf...

PhD project at the University of Southampton on leading edge protection of turbine blades by design . This postgraduate research project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and focuses on the physics of rain droplet erosion and impact damage in leading edges of aero engine fan blades , helicopter blades , and wind turbine blades . The research will use high-speed video , digital image correlation (DIC) , water jet impingement , and microCT to study stress waves, damage evolu...