EPSRC

[Fully funded PhD studentship; stipend/funding amount £21,805 per year.] This fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Sussex focuses on microstructure and defect control in recycled aluminium alloys , a topic at the intersection of sustainable manufacturing, casting science, and advanced materials engineering. The project addresses a major challenge for the circular economy: how to increase the use of recycled aluminium without sacrificing processability or performance. In particular, ...

[For UK and EU candidates, funding may be available through a college or EPSRC scholarship; the scholarship covers tuition fees, training support, and a stipend at standard rates for 3 to 3.5 years. For non-UK/non-EU candidates, strong self-funded applicants may be considered and exceptionally strong candidates may receive a tuition fee waiver for up to 3 years. Chinese applicants may be eligible for China Scholarship Council funding options.] PhD Studentship: Analysis of Partial Differential Eq...

PhD studentship at the University of Exeter in the area of materials science , chemical engineering , and environmental science , with applications to built environments and porous construction materials. The project, titled Materials-reinforced multifunctional coatings for built environments , focuses on developing PFAS-free multifunctional coatings for materials such as concrete, brick, and wood. The research aims to improve hydrophobicity , breathability , and anti-mould performance while sup...

PhD Scholarship Project: Lignin valorisation for the circular economy at Imperial College London , Department of Chemical Engineering. This PhD project focuses on the valorisation of lignin, the most abundant renewable source of aromatic carbon on Earth. The research will convert lignin into well-defined aromatic and aliphatic building blocks using reductive catalytic fractionation, mechanocatalysis, and related depolymerisation strategies applied directly to lignocellulosic biomass. You will wo...

PhD studentship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge , hosted in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and supervised by Professor Erwin Reisner . The project is part of the Reisner Laboratory and focuses on solar energy conversion , photoreforming , plastic waste upcycling , sustainable fuels , and organic platform chemicals . The successful PhD student will work on developing a scalable process for photoreforming technology, design continuous-flow solar reactors , and demo...