CSIRO, Canberra, Australia invites online application for multiple fully funded PhD Programs in various research areas. Salary: $35,000 per annum. Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. PhD Programs in Ammonia Recovery from Wastewater
Summary of PhD Positions:
Ammonia (NH3) has recently been recognised as a suitable renewable energy carrier. Recovering NH3 from wastewater is potentially more energy efficient than producing NH3 by Haber-Bosch process. It is also more energy efficient to produce hydrogen from NH3 than by water electrolysis. Various technologies for recovering NH3 from waste streams have been reviewed with the bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BPMED) process being identified as the most promising. BPMED allows ammonium to be removed from water and to simultaneously produce concentrated dissolved NH3 (ammonium hydroxide), without using chemicals, only electricity.
Application Deadlines: 30 June 2023
2. PhD Programs in Improved Wastewater Pre-Treatment
Summary of PhD Positions:
While BPMED has been shown to be efficient to extract ammonia from synthetic waters, some level of pre-treatments is needed in order to ensure that the process is sustainable when treating wastewater. The aim of this project is to explore various pre-treatment strategies to efficiently control fouling and optimise the BPMED process efficiency in terms of ammonia recovery and energy consumption. Various pre-treatment options will be trialled including but not limited to: 1) membrane filtration, 2) chemical precipitation, 3) gas sparging or degassing, and 4) ion exchange membrane. The BPMED technology has the potential to turn a waste into a resource based on circular economy.
Application Deadlines: 30 June 2023
Follow FellowshipBard for daily updates!
3. PhD Programs in Biotechnical treatment of infiltration water
Summary of PhD Positions:
Mining activities can result in severe environmental impacts due to the generation of large volumes of mine wastes and toxic mine drainage and process effluents. Acid mine drainage can originate from ore, waste rock piles, tailings, pit walls and underground workings, as sulfidic minerals are oxidised when exposed to air and water. Biological sulfate reduction -based processes can enable the concomitant removal of sulfate, metals and acidity, and recovery of metals as metal sulfides. The use of microorganisms and organic wastes may provide sustainable approach for the treatment of infiltration waters at mine sites. The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficiency of biotechnical treatment of infiltration water from mining operations using hydrolysed organic wastes (such as biosolids) as substrate and determine the economic feasibility of the possible process flow sheet.
Application Deadlines: 31 January 2023
4. PhD Programs in AI techniques in intelligent manufacturing
Summary of PhD Positions:
The project will focus on the process of blood collection and delivery to the production plant. Despite its importance for the quality of the process outcome, this part of the production cycle does not allow for best control and monitoring as it takes place at slaughterhouses and on delivery tankers. The project will look at ways of automating the initial blood processing in the slaughterhouse in a way which prevents damage to the blood (e.g., premature coagulation, impurities, etc.). Also, the process of pumping blood to and from the transporting tanks will be a target for improvement as it has settings (e.g., pumping flowrate) which impact the quality and productivity of the Sonac processes. The outcome of this project will result in better controllability over the pre-plant processing.
Application Deadlines: 10 February 2023
10 Best Platforms To Create And Sell Online Courses In 2022
5. SIRO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Scholarships
Summary of PhD Positions:
CSIRO is seeking applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate STEM students to join Australia’s leading Science organisation. CSIRO’s Postgraduate Studentship programs assists with the development of future researchers of the innovation system and we provide a supportive environment where our people can flourish and thrive. There are Studentships for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master students to undertake research in fields of interest to CSIRO. The student’s research is co-supervised by CSIRO and a university supervisor. Industry PhD students also have an industry supervisor.
Application Deadlines: Open until filled
6. PhD Programs in Environmental risk factors for antimicrobial resistance
Summary of PhD Positions:
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat. The least-well understood component of the one-health perspective to AMR is the role that the environmental component plays in eventual clinical presentations of AMR. This project proposes a statistical approach that will be applied to a specific freshwater case, but in a way that can be readily generalised to other marine or freshwater applications or case studies. In particular, the project will identify generalisable (surrogate) AMR markers and use them as response variable(s) in a spatio-temporal model that can identify the effect of environmental covariates using observations with point (such as water quality) or areal (such as land use) characteristics.
Application Deadlines: 31 March 2023
Looking For More Funded PhD Programs? Click Here
7. PhD Programs in Elimination of flavours in precision fermentation
Summary of PhD Positions:
Precision fermentation technology is delivering new ways to produce food and food ingredients uncoupled from traditional agricultural inputs (soil, rain, sunlight) and offers the promise of food production with reduced environmental impact, including the production of animal-free milk, cream, and cheese. However, humans have evolved an exceptional capacity to identify flavours and use that information to make decisions about consumption. Existing and emerging substrates for precision fermentation contain compounds with the potential to impact the organoleptic properties of animal-free dairy products, as do specialised metabolites produced by bacteria, yeast, and fungi during fermentation.
