Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Warwick, England invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Verification and Validation of Safe Generative AI in Automative
Summary of PhD Program:
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) transition from laboratories/test-tracks to public roads, ensuring their safety is paramount, as exemplified by the Cruise AV incident in October 2023. Utilising synthetic data to enable the training and virtual testing has been increasingly recognised as an effective practice for assuring AV safety. In addition to traditional simulators, Generative AI (GAI) is becoming a new way to generate synthetic data in the AV domain. However, how to ensure the responsible use of GAI for such safety-critical systems remains a key barrier, which is the question motivates this project.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Transitional DeCarbonisation Scenario Modelling for Value Chain Emissions Mitigation (TransCarb)
Summary of PhD Program:
Industrial manufacturing activities generate roughly two-thirds of global CO2 emissions, with over 90% of these emissions generated in the value chain, which encompasses all the individual steps taken to manufacture a product, driving climate change, and climate action. Legal requirements and obligations (e.g., the UK Carbon Budget: Net Zero by 2050 legislation), the need to demonstrate proactivity on climate change action, satisfy stakeholder/customer expectations, and boost performance ranking in sustainability indices, constitute drivers encouraging companies to reduce emissions. Companies are therefore taking steps to decarbonise emissions under their operational control and direct ownership (Scope 1 and 2).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable Rubber Chemistry and Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
Rubbers are ubiquitous materials in modern society and have played important roles across industries. As the key component to connecting the vehicle to the road, the performance of the tyre directly determines the fuel efficiency, wear emission, and safety. The development of sustainable and high-performance elastomers is a key step towards net-zero future. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly-motivated polymer researcher to investigate novel dynamic rubber technology and advanced rheology characterisation and develop an in-depth understanding of rubber circularity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Fundamental understanding on biomass application in net-zero EAF steelmaking
Summary of PhD Program:
An enthusiastic individual is being invited to join a team of researchers to work on the EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council) Industrial Case funded project with industrial partner Tata Steel UK. The aim of this project is to create fundamental knowledge of biomass application in EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) steelmaking, supporting the transition to net-zero steel manufacturing.
Steel is an irreplaceable material in our modern life, while steel industry accounts for 7% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. A variety of low emission steel manufacturing processes, including the proven EAF route, are being developed to convert the currently dominating Blast Furnace – Basic Oxygen Furnace (BF-BOF) steelmaking route to low CO2 or CO2 free steelmaking route. In conventional EAF steelmaking, significant amount of fossil fuel such as anthracite is charged or injected into the bath to provide chemical energy and create slag foaming, which will not be possible in future scrap-based net-zero EAF steelmaking.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Behaviours of Nitrogen in the Future Green Steelmaking Routes
Summary of PhD Program:
An enthusiastic individual is being invited to join a team of researchers to work on the Warwick Industrial Fellowship funded project sponsored by Tata Steel in the Netherlands. By adopting hydrogen and renewable electricity based green steelmaking, Tata Steel in the Netherlands has committed to reducing its CO2 emissions with 35 – 40% by 2030 and being CO2-neutral by 2045. The aim of this project is to create fundamental knowledge of nitrogen behaviour under future green steelmaking scenarios to support steel industry decarbonisation.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Characterisation of Large Format Lithium-Ion Battery Failures
Summary of PhD Program:
WMG and Jaguar Land Rover have been researching battery safety for over 10 years. This includes the creation of novel and repeatable methods of battery failure initialisation using laser technology and the integration of sensors within lithium-ion batteries to measure internal battery states such as core temperature, gas pressure and gas composition. Much of this research is often discussed using generic terms such as “battery thermal runaway” or “battery abuse testing”.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Battery Design for Future Electric Vehicles
Summary of PhD Program:
Significant advances have been made understanding the performance of lithium-ion batteries. However, less consideration has been given to the wider, multidisciplinary engineering challenges associated with battery design and manufacturability that will underpin the successful design of new battery systems for future electric vehicles (EVs) and aircraft. Meeting future EV requirements mandates a fundamental revaluation of how batteries are designed. WMG and Jaguar Land Rover have identified that significant innovation opportunities exist around new battery concepts that improve performance and sustainability.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Manufacturing Routes for Highly Controlled Structured Metamaterial Nanoparticles
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a challenging and unique PhD opportunity for a student with a good materials, physics and/or engineering background, interested in applying their knowledge to the rapidly growing and multidisciplinary field of metamaterials. The structured nature of metamaterials enables their physical properties to go beyond what their non-structured material equivalents can offer and they are sought after for a wide range of technologies, from microwave electromagnetic devices, such as those required for future 6G communications systems, solid-state battery components, photovoltaic systems, sensors, catalysts, and energy harvesting technologies.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Beam-Steering Programmable Metasurfaces for Microwave Devices
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking exceptional candidates with a passion for interdisciplinary research in the fields of Physics, Engineering, and Materia Science for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD research project. This exciting research project aims to develop beam-steering programmable metasurfaces capable of controlling electromagnetic waves in the microwave frequency range. The project focuses on the spatial control of the refractive index using external stimuli, such as temperature, to achieve precise beam-steering capabilities. The metasurfaces will be designed and fabricated using advanced materials, including relaxor ferroelectrics with unique properties suitable for this application.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mono-Material Barrier Films for Sustainable and Circular Plastic Packaging Applications (MonoFilm)
Summary of PhD Program:
Plastic packaging materials play a crucial role in today’s society, offering advantages such as versatility, hygiene, safety, lightweight properties, and, notably, a low carbon footprint when compared to alternative materials. Despite the apparent simplicity of plastic bags or wrappers for everyday items like crisps, cheese, or ham, they often consist of multiple layers of different plastic types. While these layers effectively preserve food freshness and minimize waste, they pose significant challenges in terms of recyclability.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of a New Multi-Modal Capability for Investigating the Performance-Controlling Interfaces and Microstructures that Underpin Operation of Battery Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
In order to address these issues WMG is in the process of procuring a specially configured characterisation tool for characterasing these critical interfaces in battery materials that consists of a Plasma Focussed Ion Beam (PFIB) microscope equipped with airless transfer and cryo capability. In this project extensive use will be made of this new system to develop strategies for studying the degradation of buried interfaces and structure dynamics in state-of-the-art high Ni NMC cathodes as a function of cycle ageing i.e. the evolution of the CEI. The system provides some unique opportunities for developing powerful new ways to characterise these controlling interfaces and this will form the basis of this project. T
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of Sustainable and Smart Battery Cells
Summary of PhD Program:
Electrifying the transportation sector is imperative to achieving net zero targets. Developing next-generation batteries will underpin this transition, particularly for heavier duty transportation, such as larger industrial vehicles, and the marine and aerospace sectors. The global demand for lithium-ion batteries is set to reach ~4.7 TWh by 2030 (currently ~ 700 GWh).
There is a need to construct a robust battery circular economy to sustain this growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market. Currently, the process of triaging a battery pack at end of first-life is expensive, hazardous and time consuming, with limited prior knowledge of the life of the batteries. Smart cells (cells with embedded sensors, e.g., temperature/pressure) placed within a battery pack, can be used to better track state of health (SoH) during the first-life of the pack.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D-printed proprioceptive materials with integrated active feedback systems for real-time shape optimisation
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research proposal aims to design, fabricate, and characterise proprioceptive materials integrated with active feedback systems for real-time shape optimisation in defence applications. Using 3D printing technologies, the project focuses on the development of a specific device featuring shape memory alloys and electroactive polymers as proprioceptive materials. These materials will be printed with integrated sensors to form a cohesive, structurally robust system.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Thermal route optimization of predictive controls to improve BEV efficiency using AI & ML
Summary of PhD Program:
Route information has significantly improved the optimization of hybrid vehicle propulsion by determining the most efficient power source for different parts of a journey. It’s commonly used for eco-coaching by influencing driving behaviour for better fuel efficiency. However, the potential for leveraging route data to optimize energy consumption in Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) has been less explored. This project introduces an innovative approach to enhance BEV Thermal Management using route-specific data, incorporating factors like vehicle speed, V2X, traffic, and weather details.
