PhD Opportunities in Fluid Mechanics

PhD opportunity in Semiconductor Quantum Computing at QuTech, TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) , Netherlands. The Veldhorst group is recruiting a second PhD researcher to work on semiconductor quantum technology, with a focus on quantum control in semiconductor qubits. The research environment is embedded in QuTech, where the team develops scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and a quantum internet. Research themes include: novel semiconductor qubits with improved performance, scal...

PhD opportunity at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Cognitive Robotics Department and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , working within the EU-funded OPERA consortium and the Reliable Robot Control Lab . The project focuses on safe planning and decision-making under uncertainty for long-horizon robot autonomy , with an emphasis on methods that let robots operate safely and reliably over long time horizons in human-centered environments. The research sits at the intersection ...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at University College London (UCL) in Biochemical Engineering, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, on Beyond Newtonian: Digital Twins and Scaling Rules for Next-Generation Biologics Manufacturing . The project focuses on concentrated protein drugs that can behave like shear-thinning fluids rather than Newtonian liquids. The successful PhD researcher will develop rheological models for these biologics, integrate them into CFD-based process models , validate the models ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in robotics , mechatronics , computer vision , and environmental engineering . The project, titled Pervasive Robotic Control of the Invasive Alien Species Floating Pennywort (Hydrocotyle Ranunculoides) , focuses on developing autonomous aquatic robots to detect, collect, and manage floating pennywort in real river and canal environments. The research sits at the intersection of robotics , ecology , and environmental resilience . Possible research direct...

Doctoral Researcher (PhD) opportunity in protein synthesis at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The project sits at the intersection of cellular biology, chemical biology, cell-free protein synthesis, cryoEM, gene editing, and orthogonal high-throughput screening. The goal is to discover breakthrough protein synthesis inhibitors and repurpose existing compounds, expanding the chemical and biological space of translation and its inhibition. This is a research-intensive doctoral position for a ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Greenwich in wear prediction in bulk solids handling . The project, titled “A Novel DEM-Based Framework for Quantitative Prediction of Wear in Bulk Solids Handling Equipment” , is based at The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology . The research combines experimental wear testing with Discrete Element Method (DEM) modelling to better understand and predict wear in industrial equipment such as chutes and pneumatic conveyors . Suitable applicants s...

PhD opportunity in the Life Science and Process Systems Engineering Lab at Imperial College London , led by Maria Papathanasiou . The project focuses on machine learning-enhanced process design and control for biomanufacturing . The successful PhD student will work at the intersection of Chemical Engineering , Process Systems Engineering , and Computer Science , combining machine learning with mechanistic models , optimisation , and control to design and operate complex processes more efficientl...

PhD opportunity at EPFL in aerodynamic design of small-scale turbomachinery This is a full-time PhD position at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, within the TurboImpact project funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network . The project brings together 14 doctoral candidates working on complementary topics in small-scale turbomachinery for applications such as heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, and gas turbines. The selected doctora...

EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a PhD position in Aerodynamic Design of Small-Scale Turbomachinery within the TurboImpact project, funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network . The position is based at EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland , and focuses on advanced research in turbomachinery aerodynamics , fluid dynamics , computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , finite element analysis (FEA) , and materials/manufacturing-aware design . The doctoral research will investiga...