Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Edinburgh, Scotland 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 Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation
Summary of PhD Program:
A wide spectrum of target thermoplastic materials can be manufactured by tailoring polymer blends to achieve particular combinations of end-user performance (e.g. mechanical, electrical, structural support) properties, important in various industrial sectors, especially in extreme-condition environments. These polymeric material classes include the widely used polyolefins (PE, PP), but also others derived from higher-MW monomers (PS, PVC, PVP, PC, PTFE, etc. ).
Application Deadline: January 16, 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Large-Scale Digital AI systems for Large Language Models (LLMs)
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims at building large-scale AI accelerators for Large Language Models (LLMs), with a specific focus on Transformers. Diverse hardware optimization techniques can be used, targeting a scalable tile-based Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) engine with massive on-chip global buffers for data-stationary. Systolic Array (SA) architectures with novel spatial dataflows will be utilized, at a large scale, for energy-efficient LLM training and inference. The project targets building full system prototypes in advanced CMOS/FinFET technology nodes (28nm, 16nm). These digital exact computing systems are planned to host/collaborate with unconventional AI architectures with emerging technologies later.
Application Deadline: May 20, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall aim of this PhD project is to identify and develop governing principles of wetting and interfacial forces of biomolecular condensates in biological cells, which we broadly term as intracellular capillarity. Key questions to be addressed in the project can include: 1) how can we infer material properties of biomolecular condensates, such as surface tension, viscosity, and elasticity, inside the cells? 2) what are the roles of confinement and substrate deformation in the formation and growth of biomolecular condensates? 3) what biological functions are played by capillary forces in cellular organisation and how can we engineer them?
Application Deadline: January 16, 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Integrated fabrication and sensing for soft robotics
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project aims to address this challenge by developing integrated fabrication techniques that embed sensing technologies directly into soft robotic structures. By combining expertise in flexible electronics, advanced materials, and 3D-printing-based fabrication methods, this project will enable the creation of multifunctional soft robotic systems with enhanced sensing capabilities. These systems will be capable of detecting touch, pressure, deformation and other physical parameters crucial for dynamic interaction with their environments.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Image Reconstruction using FPGA-based Generative AI
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims at building accelerators based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and suitable to deliver computer vision tasks through Generative AI. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are promising candidates in this direction: they exploit adversarial learning and feature extraction to execute a multitude of applications, including image dataset generation, image-to-image translation, face frontalisation. Specifically, the project targets deploying applications like this on FPGA-based Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) to be showcased in real-time systems, with an in-depth investigation on optimisation techniques to reach high throughput and low energy footprint (e.g., data quantisation and pruning).
Application Deadline: May 20, 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in High-fidelity laser tomography of flow fields via data assimilation
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will develop data assimilation for high-fidelity flow-field reconstruction using LAT. Data assimilation (DA) algorithms seek to solve the equations governing fluid motion subject to databased constraints. Instead of training an end-to-end neural network using simulated data, DA algorithms integrate ground-true physics, into the network, so call physics-informed neural network. Therefore, high-fidelity flow-field images are expected to be reconstructed by DA-assisted LAT. The student who joins our group will learn the fundamentals of laser absorption tomography, computational and data-driven solutions for inverse problems. The student will have a high chance of working with renowned international researchers and industrial collaborators.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hardware-accelerated flow-field measurement using laser absorption spectroscopy
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will develop hardware-accelerated laser absorption spectroscopy technology and apply it to industrial gas measurement. The student who joins our group will learn the fundamentals of laser spectroscopic sensing and hardware acceleration techniques, and will be trained for carrying out experiments in both labs and real industrial conditions. The student will have a high chance of working with renowned international researchers and industrial collaborators.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project will formulate tailored CiP strategies for membranes in Scottish Water (SW) treatment plants. The overarching goal is twofold: i) to identify the CiP temperature resulting in optimal membrane performance; ii) to identify CiP formulations (or mixtures thereof) suitable for application at ambient feed water temperatures (i.e., in cold water). Considering that CiP at SW membrane plants is often carried out at ambient water temperature (Tamb = 10 °C or lower), we anticipate significant improvements in cleaning efficiency if CiP were carried out at slightly higher temperatures. The cost of CiP operations at above-ambient temperatures will be weighed against the improvement in process performance (stemming from mitigated fouling) by a technoeconomic analysis.
Application Deadline: June 22, 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Evaluating the sustainability of polymer membrane fabrication and applications
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for postgraduate research leading to a PhD degree in Engineering within the subject area of Chemical Engineering. The products of chemical engineering are ubiquitous in our daily lives, from water to clean air to energy to food. Well-established processes are already in place to deliver these essentials in an efficient and effective manner. As we progress further into the 21st century, we need to consider if these processes are sustainable. As such researchers have developed alternative processes to deliver these essentials differently. Unfortunately, these alternative processes are not entirely sustainable.
Application Deadline: February 20, 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations
Summary of PhD Program:
Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and free energy calculations, this project aims to computationally design highly selective RO membranes by elucidating the mechanisms governing SNC sorption and transport. The project will focus on SNCs that are insufficiently rejected by state-of-the art RO membranes, e.g., boric acid, a toxic constituent of seawater, and N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a carcinogenic disinfection by-product whose insufficient removal during RO-based wastewater reuse (rejection ~ 60%) demands additional, and costly, advanced oxidation processes (e.g., high-energy UV).
Application Deadline: June 22, 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Systematic Food Texture Characterisation Methodology for Advanced Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop and combine mechanical and rheological testing methodologies that will characterize texture rapidly and reliably, in real time, during the manufacturing and storage period. The experimental program will be complemented by state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methodologies in order to correlate improved texture with optimized manufacturing and storage processes.
Application Deadline: January 18, 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Determining the water retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobic granular soils
Summary of PhD Program:
Hydrophobic granular soils are under investigation for constructing roads on frost-susceptible soils in China and the US, in preference to cementitious stabilisation. Hydrophobic granular soils have also been proposed for replacing other geotechnical engineering elements requiring low permeability or resistance to root growth or cracking. In the UK, road building remains a key component of reducing the climate impact of transport whilst maintaining supply chains.
Application Deadline: December 1, 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties
Summary of PhD Program:
The underlying theme of this PhD project is to study the rich interplay between fluid flow dynamics, surface chemistry, geometry, roughness, and solid elasticity in the context of wetting phenomena. Depending on the interests of the student, they can focus on modelling or combine modelling and experiments to develop engineering design principles for structured surfaces with superwettability properties. We will consider both model surfaces with regular patterns (e.g., posts, holes) and non-ideal, industrially relevant substrates (e.g., complex fibres, meshes).
Application Deadline: January 16, 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design and testing of microflyers for environmental monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
By contrast, some natural flyers, such as the dandelion fruit, travel unpowered for days and hundreds of kilometres. Recent Edinburgh research revealed the aerodynamics underlying the extraordinary flight ability of the dandelion, including the energy scavenging mechanisms that allow it to regain altitude at every wind gust. The present project aims to exploit these aerodynamic findings to enable a step change in the endurance and range of flying sensors. The candidate will design and test an ultra-light (c.a. 1 mg) insect-scale bioresorbable flyer with sensing and communication capabilities in a bespoke wind tunnel.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data-Driven Computational Sensing and Imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will consider a range of algorithmic and machine learning technologies including: low rank models and/or auto-encoder type architectures to identify low dimensional data representations; physics-informed and physics aware neural networks that ensure the machine learning solutions adhere to necessary physics within the sensing problem; machine learning solutions targeted reducing computation or processing time; robustness to noise, outliers and adversarial attacks; and Bayesian and variational architectures that can provide uncertainty quantification.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomass conversion to fine chemicals via photocatalysis processes
Summary of PhD Program:
Photocatalysis has recently emerged as a promising way for benzyl alcohol conversion because of the low energy consumption, mild reaction conditions and high selectivity. However, the reaction mainly promoted by UV light, which is a very small portion of sunlight resource. This project will develop visible-light driven photocatalysts with suitable band levels to facilitate sunlight absorbtion and create separated electrons and holes for redox reactions, particularly the photocatalytic coupling of benzyl alcohol to C-C coupling compounds with non-toxic and high selectivity catalytic process.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to develop an in-depth understanding of the unsteady hydrodynamics of America’s Cup hydrofoils, including issues related to cavitation and ventilation. It will be performed in partnership with world-leading yacht designers and professional sailors and potentially affiliated with an America Cup team.
