Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Cranfield University, 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 Understanding pathogen reduction mechanism(s) in vermifilter ‘Tiger’ toilets
Summary of PhD Program:
An exciting PhD studentship opportunity fully-funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). This project would suit students with a background in environmental and civil engineering, water and wastewater, molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, or other similar sciences. If you are eligible to apply for the scholarship (i.e. a student eligible to pay the UK rate of tuition fees) but do not hold a UK degree, you can check our comparison entry requirements.
Application Deadline: 22 May 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in The hybridity of polluted freshwaters
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, the PhD student will adopt a critical perspective on the cause and effect of polluted freshwaters. Using actor-network theory, you will examine the complex network of actors, networks, and actants in the pollution of freshwater and its consequences on socio-hydrological systems. Assigning anthropogenic activities as a key factor in polluted freshwater ignores pollution as a manifestation of complex socio-hydrological effect. The research will employ ethnographic, historical and hydrographic research tools to explore the co-production of pollution in the dormancy of everyday lives. It will demonstrate the ‘interconnectedness’ between freshwater, societal values, norms, political economies, cultures and discourses.
Application Deadline: 01 May 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sensing wastewater for real-time public health
Summary of PhD Program:
The exciting PhD opportunity was funded by 5-year Leverhulme Trust Leadership Award, which aims on sensing wastewater for real-time public health, particularly on the development of novel low-cost and rapid sensors for rapid and on-site wastewater surveillance. We are offering two fully funded national PhD studentship covering tuition fees, competitive stipend, research and consumables, and travel for international conference. The candidate will be working with a highly interdisciplinary and international team to develop the advanced sensors technology for wastewater surveillance (wastewater-based epidemiology) to provide new understanding for real-time public health by monitoring of chemical and biological biomarkers in wastewater and advancing sample preparation method for complex matrix.
Application Deadline: 06 Mar 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Novel Methods for the Characterisation of Helicopter Aero-acoustics
Summary of PhD Program:
Cranfield University has been at the forefront of rotorcraft research for the last 13 years, having an established track record on rotorcraft modelling, performance, aero-mechanics, and aero-acoustics. This PhD studentship is within the Propulsion Engineering Centre at Cranfield University, in the field of helicopter aerodynamic and aero-acoustic modelling. The work will develop and deliver rapid analysis capability, which can assist with the prediction of noise characteristics throughout the vehicle design and service-life. This will be accomplished through the development of a novel tool for the rapid source noise prediction of integrated helicopter-engine systems.
Application Deadline: 26 Jun 2024
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Nanobubble technology for upgrading conventional water treatment
Summary of PhD Program:
This exciting fully funded PhD is sponsored by EPSRC and Northumbrian Water, with an enhanced stipend of £21,500 per annum (with fees covered). This project will deliver strategies to strengthen and upgrade water treatment infrastructure and increase its resilience using nanobubble technology as a chemical-free approach. The successful candidate will work closely with the water industry to develop the technology, with the aim of implementing their research on the ground.
Application Deadline: 01 May 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Integrated indicators of ecological health for rivers based on riverbed biofilms
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, you will advance new indicators of river health that integrate the impacts of water quality pressures, hydromorphological alteration, and ecological degradation. In partnership with key stakeholders, you will design a field survey, collect samples of riverbed biofilms for metagenomic sequencing, and analyse the results in consideration of environmental data collected by other organizations and citizen scientists. You will have the flexibility to expand the interdisciplinary elements that interest you the most, such as the microbiology of riverbed biofilms, the sorption of contaminants to the biofilm matrix, or community perceptions of naturalness and health.
Application Deadline: 01 May 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in High Energy Propagation and Energy Transfer in poor weather
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MOD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security, and this project will be co-funded by MBDA. The project will be concerned with studying the effects of high energy propagation in poor weather and investigate methods for increasing energy transfer on an intended object. The project will allow the student to acquire expertise in electro-magnetic propagation and sensing with electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR) and radar systems.
Application Deadline: 24 Apr 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Future Aircraft Communications and Data Management for Flight Dynamics Predications
Summary of PhD Program:
A fully funded PhD studentship in the Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems at Cranfield University. This is a great opportunity to work closely with Thales UK, who are a leading aerospace organisation at the forefront of Sustainable Aviation to research. We are looking for an enthusiastic, inquisitive and motivated researcher with a strong interest in avionics system, to join a diverse and inclusive research group. The group is focusing on technologies for the system integration of data multi-link and the exploration of advanced communications technology and predications-based analysis methods.
Application Deadline: 17 Apr 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in From top-down to bottom-up – enabling a new collaborative approach to agricultural abstraction management to protect river ecosystems
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD will integrate environmental science, ecology, engineering and philosophy to explore the legal frameworks, farmer and regulator perspectives, water resource needs and evidence that would enable collaborative approaches to agricultural water management. In doing so, engagement is likely with a range of organisations, such as the Environment Agency, Natural England, National Farmers Union, Internal Drainage Boards and farmers. The PhD may involve literature review, document analysis, qualitative data collection and analysis (e.g. interviews); quantitative spatial data analysis and modelling.
Application Deadline: 01 May 2024
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Flow distortion measurements using event-based vision cameras
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a full funded* PhD in propulsion system aerodynamics in collaboration with Rolls-Royce and EPSRC. The overall aim is to exploit the capabilities of event based cameras for stereo PIV measurements and to characterise the dynamic flow distortion within confined internal domains such as convoluted intakes. This is expected to yield significant benefits in measurement data quality where there is a keen interest in obtaining measurements close to surfaces.
Application Deadline: 17 Apr 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Extreme learning to handle ‘Big Data’
Summary of PhD Program:
A funded PhD studentship is available within the Autonomous and Cyber Physical Systems Centre at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK. As aerospace platforms go through their service life, gradual performance degradations and unwarranted system failures can occur. There is certain physical information known a priori in such aerospace platform operations. The main research hypothesis to be tested in this research is that it should be possible to significantly improve the performance of extreme learning and assure safe and reliable maintenance operation by integrating this prior knowledge into the learning mechanism.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental and Numerical Study of Parameters Affecting the Wake Dynamics of a Simplified Car
Summary of PhD Program:
Air quality is a major public health issue worldwide. Two origins can be identified for pollutant particles that emanated from road transport vehicles.The dynamics of exhaust and non-exhaust pollutants released into the atmosphere in the wake of passenger cars are still poorly understood. An enhanced understanding of these physical processes involved in the dispersion of pollutants is essential. The flow topology must be accurately described and analysed while both the flow and the interaction of the flow and particles must be better understood. Our ability to find solutions to either limit the infiltration of pollutants into car cabins (and thus reduce the exposure of the occupants) or to identify areas where they can accumulate (areas to be avoided by pedestrians and cyclists) depends on these issues. This is the context of this PhD project.
Application Deadline: 24 Apr 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of Advanced Coatings for Improved Environmental Performance
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project involves researching the bridging technologies on behalf of the industrial sponsor Siemens Energy Industrial Turbomachinery Limited, which is a manufacturer of industrial gas turbines (IGT). The successful research into those bridging technologies (which will include modelling and experimental work) will reduce greenhouse emissions by enabling operation of the IGTs at higher metal temperatures and with novel fuels. The proposed research therefore aims to develop coating technologies, which will provide component materials the ability to cope with higher operating temperatures, and may be further beneficial when hydrogen fuel, or other novel green fuels, become standard, as these fuels may induce higher operating temperatures.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of a Design Synthesis Methodology Appropriate to the Conceptual Design of 6th Generation Combat Aircraft
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD topic relates tool development appropriate to the conceptual design of 6th generation combat aircraft. The research will explore relevant feature modelling and progress to explore the design space of this class of vehicle. An existing design methodology is being developed to assist the knowledgeable aircraft designer in developing conceptual designs of aircraft. To date this has primarily focussed on a wide range of civil applications, but recent research has looked to extending the approach to military aircraft. The intent of this study is to further develop the method to military applications. Fee bursary available to UK student
Application Deadline: 08 May 2024
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing Ontologies for Digital Engineering and Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
The ever-increasing use of data in real-world applications is a clear indication that we are moving into the era of Industry 5.0 where human-machine collaboration would be key to enable digital transformation. As the amount of data increases, it is necessary to store, standardise, process, and make data accessible in a way that gets beyond the quirks of different teams and technology. This requires interoperability to be in place to sustain the potential value that we can get from Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) and the ever-growing richness of information. Interoperability is a vital aspect of modern technology, driving the seamless interaction and collaboration between diverse data sources, software/hardware systems, applications, devices, and enterprises.
