PhD Studentship in Embodying Intelligence in Robotic Materials University of Birmingham in United Kingdom

Engineering Doctorate (EngD) opportunity at the University of Strathclyde in partnership with BAE Systems. This project is titled In-Process Weld Inspection during Submarine Build and sits within the STAND-UP Doctoral Focal Award, a national UK programme focused on the nuclear defence enterprise. The research will investigate automated in-process ultrasonic inspection for submarine manufacture, with emphasis on advanced phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) applied during welding. The aim is to...

PhD Studentship in Reconfigurable Meta-structures at Imperial College London , Department of Mechanical Engineering. This funded PhD project focuses on mechanical engineering , solid mechanics , structural mechanics , polymers , and robotics , with an emphasis on reconfigurable meta-structures and adaptive, electronics-free functionality switching. The research explores how geometry, materials, and nonlinear mechanical response can be used to create architected structures with multiple functiona...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol in bio-inspired robotic systems for investigating biological signalling and adaptive behaviour . This project develops bioinspired soft robotic systems as embodied platforms for studying how living systems coordinate responses through physical interaction, sensing, control, and information transfer. The research sits at the intersection of robotics , mechanical engineering , biophysics , cybernetics , materials science , and computational modelling . ...

RoPhi Lab is inviting applicants to join its research environment in Robotics & Embodied AI . The post focuses on general robot intelligence built through learning, physics, geometry, and control, with an emphasis on real-world systems that perceive, plan, act, and adapt. Research directions mentioned include perception , planning , control , learning for robotics , generative modeling , reinforcement learning , physics-informed learning , and geometric algorithms . The target publication venues...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in AI for Structural Engineering , supervised by Professor David Connolly in the School of Civil Engineering . This project sits at the intersection of civil engineering , computer science , machine learning , computer vision , digital twins , physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) , and materials science . Research themes include generative design, structural optimization, predictive health monitoring, automated defect detection, real-time sensor int...