PhD Opportunities in Energy Engineering in Australia

The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is offering a funded PhD opportunity through the Queensland-Bavaria Collaborative Research Project in Digital Twins, artificial intelligence and future energy systems . The doctoral researcher will join the Artificial Intelligence Applications Laboratory and an international research and industry team spanning UniSQ, Queensland energy-sector partners, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and Chemnitz University of Technology. The project will adap...

Monash University is offering a PhD opportunity through the Monash Energy Institute and its sponsoring faculties in Information Technology, Monash Business School, and Engineering. The project is based at the Caulfield or Clayton campuses and is designed for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates whose research will advance First Nations peoples’ interests in the Australian energy transition. The advert invites proposals that engage with the energy transition in ways that are meanin...

Monash University is offering a PhD scholarship in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Clayton campus. The project is centered on designing and developing safe and sustainable electrolyte materials for next-generation rechargeable metal batteries, with a strong emphasis on post-lithium energy storage. The successful candidate will work on electrolyte research in two main directions. One stream focuses on advanced electrolytes for rechargeable ...

PhD scholarship opportunity in Materials Science and Engineering: NOₓ production by plasma bubble reactor at Monash University is an industry-focused doctoral project delivered through CSIRO’s Industry PhD (iPhD) Program. The project brings together Monash University, CSIRO, and an industry partner to co-develop a four-year research program based at CSIRO Clayton in Victoria. The research explores a plasma bubble reactor that injects tiny plasma-filled bubbles into water to produce nitrogen oxid...

University of Southern Queensland (Australia) is offering an HDR/PhD scholarship in physics-informed and explainable AI for water security . The project focuses on uncertainty-aware modelling from multisource environmental observations, combining in-situ water-quality measurements, flow data, hyperspectral reflectance, and satellite imagery (including Sentinel and Landsat) accessed through CSIRO’s EASI environment. The research uses real-world CSIRO Aqua-Watch pilots and Hunter Water Corporation...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in catalysis, batteries, recycling, and advanced materials , with research themes spanning battery materials and energy storage , catalysis and photocatalysis , polymer chemistry , sustainable materials , and chemical recycling/circular technologies . The opportunity is associated with Macquarie University, Australia and the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom . The post highlights an international PhD pathway and notes that domestic and international candidates...

La Trobe University and IIT Kanpur are offering a Joint PhD Program Scholarship for research in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart grids, electrical engineering, IoT, and data analytics . The featured project focuses on AI-based anomaly and vulnerability detection of smart grids , with a specific emphasis on defending against GAN attacks and developing robust countermeasures for cyber-physical power systems. This is a PhD opening for candidates who want to work across Australia and In...

PhD scholarship opportunity at The University of Newcastle in printed solar technology , photovoltaics , and solar energy . This iPhD project focuses on developing a technical framework for testing printed solar technologies , an emerging class of ultra-lightweight, flexible photovoltaics. The research aims to address the gap between current international standards and the unique degradation and performance characteristics of printed solar devices. The project will investigate how printed solar ...

PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Newcastle in Australia on the characterisation of water world exoplanets . Two project options are available: an observation-focused project analysing James Webb Space Telescope data for water world candidates, and a modelling-focused project developing atmospheric and climate simulations for sub-Neptunes and water worlds. The research is supervised by Dr Tom Evans-Soma and sits at the intersection of astronomy , physics , planetary atmospheres, a...