PhD Opportunities in Renewable Energy Systems in Ireland

These two PhD positions are part of the Dutch CO2URAGE project, which explores CO2 utilisation via reactive adsorption on intermittent green electricity . The project aims to enable competitive, defossilized chemical processes built around flexible CO2 capture and conversion systems, combining process intensification, electrification, and dynamic operation. The research is hosted at Utrecht University , within the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development and the Energy & Resources group ....

Texas A&M University is recruiting for a funded PhD project in computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods, solver development and physics-based artificial intelligence . The thesis will focus on developing and applying computational methods for environmental and energy systems. The research is based in the MSCE Lab within the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The project offers opportunities to combine CFD and numerical solver development with physics-based AI, suppo...

ETH Zurich’s Laboratory for High Power Electronic Systems (HPE) is seeking a doctoral candidate for research on advanced magnetic concepts for future high-power grid interfaces. The project addresses the magnetic devices—such as inductors, transformers and filters—that are essential for filtering and protection in high-power electrical systems and that strongly influence power density and efficiency. The research will focus on bidirectional grid interfaces and active rectifiers connecting the AC...

[3.5-year PhD studentship with a tax-free annual stipend at the UKRI rate of £21,805 for 2026/27 (subject to annual uplift) and tuition fees fully covered.] This PhD studentship at The University of Manchester explores advanced modelling and simulation for particle-based long-duration energy storage systems. The project combines computational fluid dynamics , high-fidelity multi-physics modelling, and physics-informed artificial intelligence to understand how high-temperature particle thermal st...

This PhD opportunity is based at the Department of Technology Systems at the University of Oslo and is part of a collaborative project on energy transitions under changing climate conditions. The project brings together the UiO Energy-Climate and Energy Systems Modeling groups with the Climate Physics Group at ETH Zurich , creating a research setting that combines energy-system analysis with climate science. The two available PhD projects focus on complementary questions: one addresses iterative...

AEGIS MSCA Doctoral Network is recruiting doctoral researchers for a set of PhD projects on sustainable computing and energy systems across universities and companies in Europe. The network focuses on Adaptive Grid-Interactive Edge Datacenter Fleets , exploring how edge datacenters can provide computing services while also responding flexibly to electricity-grid needs. The projects bring together research on the computing and energy sides of the problem. Doctoral researchers may work on power el...

This PhD position is based at RWTH Aachen University within the Chair of Thermodynamics of Mobile Energy Conversion Systems (TME) and the Institute of Thermodynamics , in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The research environment is embedded in the chair’s broader work at the Center for Mobile Propulsion (CMP) , where the focus lies on mobile propulsion systems, including internal combustion engines with synthetic fuels, fuel cells, and battery-electric drives. The advertised project is cen...

The Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics (ie³) at TU Dortmund University invites applications for three PhD scholarships within the European MSCA Doctoral Network TRAIN-FAST . The project focuses on the power system integration of ultra-fast charging (UFC) systems for electric vehicles . The doctoral research is organized around three linked topics: provision of grid ancillary services by UFC systems, bi-directional UFC capability for supporting grid island operati...

This PhD project is part of the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between the Universidad de Sevilla and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre . The doctoral candidate will work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, simulation, sustainable transport, energy systems and policy support for decarbonisation. At the Universidad de Sevilla, the student will join the Robotics and Computer Technology Laboratory (RTC) within the Architecture and Computer Technology (ATC) Department ....