PhD Opportunities in Sustainable Materials

POLY4EV is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network coordinated through the University of Padova and involving a wide European consortium of universities, research institutes, and industrial partners. The network offers 15 PhD projects focused on designing innovative polymer materials that can improve the efficiency and sustainability of electric vehicles. The research spans several connected themes: polymeric additives for EV lubricants, advanced thermal management materials, and polymeric bin...

NTNU is offering a PhD Candidate position in Sustainable and Cement-Free Marine Materials at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering in Gjøvik. The project is positioned within an international and interdisciplinary research environment focused on sustainable blue economy innovation and low-carbon material solutions for marine applications. The PhD project, HAPMarine , addresses the need for alternatives to carbon-intensive, concrete-based marine infrastructure. The research aims t...

The Kuenneth Research Group at the University of Bayreuth is seeking a curious and motivated PhD candidate in computational materials science. The doctoral researcher will join an EU Horizon Europe project focused on using artificial intelligence to design sustainable polymeric materials for electronics and packaging. The work combines data curation, machine learning, large language models, and autonomous AI agents for polymer research, with direct links to experimental workflows. The position i...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is offering a three-year PhD Candidate position in sustainable and cement-free marine materials at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering in Gjøvik, Norway. The successful candidate will join the HAPMarine project, an interdisciplinary initiative developing low-carbon, bioreceptive, and high-strength materials for marine infrastructure and cold-water coral reef restoration. The research will upcycle calcium-rich waste strea...

Funded PhD opportunity at Durham University, Engineering Department This post advertises a PhD position within the EPSRC ReNU+ Centre for Doctoral Training at Durham University , UK. The project is titled Life-Cycle Driven Design of Sustainable Electric Machines and focuses on the design of electric machines for the net-zero transition. The research aims to improve efficiency and performance while making machines more sustainable across their full life cycle, with attention to reducing dependenc...

[Full award: course fees covered for Home and overseas students plus a tax-free stipend of c. £21,805 per annum for the first year and at least this amount for a further two and a half years.] Research Studentship on Sustainable and Circular AI Systems at the University of Oxford is a 3.5-year DPhil studentship in the Department of Engineering Science. The project explores how the rapid growth of artificial intelligence can be supported by more sustainable and circular hardware and infrastructur...

University of Southampton is advertising a PhD project on ammonia-fuelled internal combustion engines , with a specific focus on how ammonia affects wear and friction in tribological contacts. This project sits at the intersection of mechanical engineering , materials science , chemical engineering , and physics . The research will examine ammonia–lubricant–surface interactions under realistic engine conditions, including the effects of lubricant formulations, engineering materials, coatings, an...

Technical University of Munich (TUM) is advertising a PhD position in Materials Science / Polymer Physics within the Professorship for Particle and Fiber Technology. The project, LaserCell , is funded by an ERC Starting Grant and focuses on the processing of bio-based polymers such as cellulose and proteins from renewable feedstocks and waste streams. The research aims to develop sustainable processes that convert these materials into high-performance fibers and functional materials. A central s...

Three fully funded PhD positions are available at Cyprus University of Technology within CPEC – Circular Power Electronics Converters Design , a Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network (Project No. 101312322). The positions are based in Limassol, Cyprus , in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering, and are part of a European consortium training 15 doctoral candidates across academia and industry. Successful candidates will join an international research environ...