Do you have a Master’s degree and are looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Imperial College London, London, England is now accepting applications for several funded PhD programs across a range of research areas.
1. Fully Funded PhD in Design, manufacturing and characterisation of functional and green end-of-life cellulose-based materials
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship at Imperial College London under the joint supervision of Professors Koon-Yang Lee (Aeronautics) and Julian Jones (Materials) on the development of cellulose-based materials. Challenges with fossil-derived materials, especially with single-use products, have driven research toward intensive development of alternatives in many industrial sectors. The requirements are demanding as materials should be from natural and renewable resources, biodegradable, and, preferably, also recyclable. In addition to sustainability, new application solutions need to have the required functionality, mechanical properties and material efficiency. I
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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2. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: High-fidelity simulations of turbulence flows on heterogeneous computer systems
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Turbulent flows play a critical role in a wide range of natural and industrial processes, from weather systems and ocean currents to engineering applications such as aerodynamics, energy generation, and chemical processes. Understanding and accurately predicting turbulent behavior is key to optimising designs and improving efficiency. However, due to the inherently chaotic nature of turbulence and the wide range of spatial and temporal scales involved, high-fidelity simulations of turbulent flows on supercomputers remains a grand challenge, as they require immense computational power.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
3. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: High-Fidelity Simulation of Titan/Mars Entry Vehicles with PyFR
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Next-generation Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) systems for Titan and Mars must safely slow down increasingly large payloads. One particular challenge occurs during the transonic phase of descent, where the spacecraft is subject to aerodynamic instabilities that can cause uncontrolled oscillations, posing a significant risk of mission failure.
This project will further develop the GPU-accelerated computational fluid dynamics flow solver PyFR (www.pyfr.org) – implementing improved shock capturing approaches and a full 6-DOF free flight capability – and use it to study dynamic stability in the transonic phase of descent. The work will be undertaken in collaboration with Texas A&M University and NASA Ames.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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4. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: Scientific machine learning to support aviation sustainability
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Recent scientific machine-learning methods enable automated model discovery directly from data, with great potential to drive progress in fields such as aerospace engineering and atmospheric science. However, most such research in these fields remains relatively immature due to the interdisciplinary nature of the challenge. For example, efficiently leveraging satellite observations of aircraft condensation trails (contrails) using machine learning methods requires close collaboration between specialists in machine learning, atmospheric science, and aerospace engineering.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
5. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: Aerodynamic theory of ultra-efficient aircraft rotors
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The net-zero emission goals set recently for the aviation sector by the UK and EU call for radically new aerodynamic ideas which are able to transform the aviation industry. One such idea is the theoretical concept of ‘wake filling’, already proposed by Albert Betz in the mid-20th century, but which has only very recently found application in aircraft design. Wake-filling refers to the idea that when momentum sources (e.g., propellers) are positioned in close proximity to momentum sinks (e.g., fuselage, turbines) a ‘recycling of energy’ occurs which significantly enhances the system’s aerodynamic efficiency. Still, the underlying flow-physics that enable this remarkable phenomenon remain unexplored.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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6. Fully Funded PhD in Sustainable Aviation
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The Institute seeks to support a cohort of about 10 doctoral students each year on a balanced mix of projects that explore fundamental bottlenecks in the decarbonisation of aviation and/or address industrially relevant challenges. Studentships are for 3.5 years and will provide full coverage of tuition fees, a travel budget, and an annual tax-free stipend for both home and international students. The overarching theme will be system-level problems that benefit from expertise from different areas of engineering.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: Turbulence – droplet interactions for cloud microphysics
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In this project we will conduct state-of-the-art numerical simulations of water droplets that are large enough to initiate a two-way coupling between the droplets and the cloud-turbulence on some of the world’s leading supercomputers to better understand these droplet – turbulence interactions, and as a result generate a better understanding of the cloud microphysics behind the generation of rainfall. This will be in support of a NERC-funded project, including the Met Office, to try and improve the parameterisation of cloud microphysics for more accurate NWP.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD in Aeronautics: Turbulence under strain
Summary of Funded PhD Program
You will experimentally quantify the flow-physics of fundamental turbulent flows, as their mean strain is varied from high to low levels, and will document the failure of classical theories to describe intermediate strain regimes. The produced data-set will be utilized to develop a novel theoretical framework for intermediate strain turbulence, based on previous work conducted in Imperial. The project will heavily rely on laboratory experiments, conducted in the state-of-the-art wind tunnel facilities of the Aeronautics Department, and will utilize novel theoretical and machine learning tools.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD
Summary of Funded PhD Program
We are seeking an applicant for a fully-funded HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN Research Assistant position with funding to undertake PhD in the Computational Regulatory Genomics Group led by Professor Boris Lenhard. The overarching mission of our research group is to understand mechanisms that drive the expression of key regulatory genes shaping animal development and encoding a specific subset of transcription factors, cell adhesion molecules, and signalling proteins.
Application Deadline: 8 Jan 2025
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