PhD in 3D Temperature Field Reconstruction for Wire-Arc Directed Energy Deposition Cranfield University in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at Cranfield University in the Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre (WAMC) on CFD-informed finite element analysis for thermal control in wire-arc directed energy deposition . This project sits at the intersection of computational fluid dynamics , finite element analysis , additive manufacturing , heat transfer , arc physics , and materials engineering . The research aims to improve modelling of the temperature field in wire-arc directed energy deposition (WA-DED) , a large-...

PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. This funded project is titled Hybrid Co-Packaging of a PIC with Miniature Free-Space Optical Elements and focuses on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) , free-space optical elements , optoelectronic module integration, precision alignment, and robust bonding of miniature components such as fast axis collimators (FACs) and fibre array units (FAUs). The project is highly multid...

PhD Studentship: Development of a Digital Twin for Smart Sustainable Steel Section Production This PhD studentship is based at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom , within the Advanced Steel Research Centre at WMG . The project sits with the Digital Twins team and focuses on building a digital twin for steel section production , combining empirical modelling, finite element analysis, and machine learning to predict microstructural evolution and mechanical properties across the steelm...

Funded PhD opportunity at Cranfield University in collaboration with UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and supported by EPSRC . The project is titled Robotic Additive Manufacturing for Remote In-situ Repair of Vertical Tungsten Plasma-facing Tiles in Tokamaks and sits at the intersection of robotics , mechanical engineering , materials science , manufacturing engineering , and fusion energy . The research will investigate wire-based directed energy deposition, including arc, laser, and hybrid a...

KU Leuven is advertising a fully funded PhD position in the Additive Manufacturing team of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Leuven, Belgium. The project is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks initiative TURBO-IMPACT and focuses on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of novel high temperature-resistant multi-metal combinations for small-scale turbomachinery . The research topic is highly relevant to mechanical engineering , materials science , additive manufacturing , and c...