Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Strathclyde, 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 Artificial Intelligence algorithms
Summary of PhD Program:
We are recruiting for a four-year PhD project on “Artificial Intelligence algorithms to predict aggregation and gel phenomena in peptide synthesis and isolation”. The position is funded by the UKRI iCASE scheme and a major international pharmaceutical company. You will benefit from the excellent training and research opportunities at the University of Strathclyde, while having the chance to network and learn about pharmaceutical development by working in close collaboration with the industrial partner. This will include visiting the collaborators laboratories in the USA for short periods.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2023
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomedical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will gain access to the Centre for Extreme Performance Optical Coatings (EPOC) situated within the newly established National Manufacturing Institute for Scotland (NMIS), and will engage with the local and national photonics industry to help support the development of next-generation optical coating technology, and explore routes to generate intellectual property and societal benefit. This project will involve collaborative visits to Caltech, and will also collaborate closely with other members within the LSC, particularly the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Stanford University, and the University of Montreal Polytechnique.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in characterization of Bentonite
Summary of PhD Program:
This 4-year PhD project is funded by UK Research Waste Management Research Support Office (RWM RSO) and aims to provide an experimental characterization on the hydromechanical behaviour of compacted bentonite when wetted with high salinity water. The PhD candidate will explore, at the micro and meso scales, the impact of salinity on key physical properties of bentonite (e.g. swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity) and the fundamental mechanisms underlying these processes.
Application Deadline: 2 October 2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Intelligent Smart Grid Control
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Strathclyde’s Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is offering a three-year fully funded PhD in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Smart Grids. This is based within the Intelligent Systems Team and will investigate distributed intelligence and the application of state-of-the-art Multi Agent System and related AI techniques to the control of distributed energy systems and smart grids.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Distributed Energy Resources
Summary of PhD Program:
We are pleased to offer a 3.5 year fully funded PhD with a multinational Fortune 500 company on the development and experimental evaluation of coordinated controls that contribute to robust and resilient operation of converter dominated power systems. This work will be conducted within the internationally recognised DPSL microgrid at the Technology and Innovation Centre, as part of the Institute for Energy and Environment (InstEE), and involve active industry engagement.
Application Deadline: 25 August 2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data-driven decision-support
Summary of PhD Program:
The proposed research in this PhD project builds on an existing collaboration with the National Grid ESO’s Electricity National Control Centre (ENCC) where a decision-support tool is collaboratively developed to enable ENCC to use a very large number of units to balance electricity demand and generation in real-time operation of the system. The decision-support tool is based on a mathematical programming model where various constraints of dispatch electricity generators to meet demand are expressed mathematically. While the tool provides theoretical guarantees of converging to an optimal solution, the computational times to reach a solution may be very large.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions
Summary of PhD Program:
Rapid developments in high power laser technology have enabled new regimes in laser intensity to be reached, which has opened up new frontiers in science via the production of extreme pressures, temperatures and intense electric and magnetic fields. With the advent of multi-petawatt-class lasers on the horizon, e.g. via the European extreme light infrastructure (ELI) project, unprecedented intensities will soon be achievable, giving rise to a new high-field physics phenomena in which large fractions of the laser energy is absorbed into gamma-rays and subsequently electron-positron pair creation. The gamma-rays are produced by synchrotron-like radiation of electrons accelerated by the laser and the resulting radiation force can dominate the motion at ultra-high intensities, making this potentially the most intense gamma-ray source in the laboratory.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sideband Suppression on High Power Microwave Antenna
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research project will involve the student in undertaking numerical simulations and benchmarking these against experimental measurements either in industry facilities or at the University to investigate novel schemes to suppress undesired sidebands in the output of slot mode antenna. The student will also explore alternative antenna designs to realise the same benefits. These antenna can be used in beaming microwave energy for application in energy transfer.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Robotic Automated Inspection
Summary of PhD Program:
Quality assurance during manufacture, combined with asset monitoring through service life, can together help to extract maximum useful life (whilst maintaining safety margins) from major engineering components used for example, in aircraft, sea-going vessels and renewable energy structures. The role of NDT (non-destructive testing) is central to such quality assurance, with NDT now being routinely built into the digital-twin approaches to lifecycle engineering employed in industry 4.0 manufacturing using advanced robotics.
Application Deadline: 1 November 2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantum devices based on silicon carbide transistors
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will investigate quantum effects in silicon carbide (SiC), a wide-bandgap compound semiconductor made of silicon and carbon. The aim of the studentship will be the development of device and testing technologies to electrically probe quantum defects in the semiconductor crystal [4-5]. A central aspect will be the prototyping of novel single-charge and single-spin electronics useful for quantum computing and quantum sensing. This project also aims at enabling large integration and scalability of SiC quantum devices, unlocking their commercial viability.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Suction Caisson Behaviour under Pressure Cycling
Summary of PhD Program:
Suction caissons are a type of foundation commonly used to support offshore wind turbines in deep waters. They are installed by pumping water out of the caisson to create a ‘suction pressure’ (i.e. negative pressure relative to the ambient pressure) inside. Pressure cycling, which involves the cycling of the suction pressure, is often used to continue caisson penetration into the seabed when constant suction pressure is not effective. However, there is currently no method for predicting caisson penetration under pressure cycling, which can lead to significant uncertainty. There is also a critical lack of understanding of the potential effects of pressure cycling on the subsequent in-service performance of the caisson.
Application Deadline: 30 October 2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cognitive Jamming Waveform Optimisation with Application of AI
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project aims to investigate adaptive jamming waveform designs optimised to mitigate the sensing capabilities of radar systems. Novel algorithms and signal processing schemes will be developed to offer jamming solutions in different channel and target scenarios including systems utilising counter-counter measure techniques. Artificial Intelligence (AI) architectures will be of main focus to enable high adaptability.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Propagation of RF/microwave signals in plasma
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research project will involve the student in undertaking numerical simulations and experimental investigations into RF and microwave propagation in plasma. Plasma as a non-linear and dispersive media can have a dramatic impact on the propagation of EM signals. Such effects are well known in laser-plasma interactions, in the injection of powerful microwave heating and current drive microwave signals in magnetically confined fusion plasma and in RF waves interacting in the ionosphere.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2023
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in In-Process Inspection of Nuclear Components
Summary of PhD Program:
Traditionally, welding and inspection of high-integrity joints are separate, sequential, often manual processes in manufacturing and repair. Ultimately, these limitations reduce productivity, throughput, schedule certainty and increase rework if defects are detected at weld completion. As welding is a dynamic volumetric process, fusing joints of depth and width, this project seeks to exploit the volumetric imaging capability of ultrasonics, and introduce this inspection modality directly into the welding process control loop. By investigating robotic in-process ultrasonic inspection and control, this project aims to deliver high-integrity welds right, first time, every time and overcome current technical and process limitations.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D Printing
Summary of PhD Program:
This project seeks to exploit the volumetric imaging capability of ultrasonics, and introduce this inspection modality directly into the AM process control loop. By investigating robotic in-process ultrasonic inspection and control, this project aims to deliver high-integrity components right, first time, every time and overcome current technical and process limitations.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Plasma photonics at ultra-high intensities
Summary of PhD Program:
Plasma photonic structures provide new media for manipulating ultra-high intensity lasers. The PhD project will investigate these plasma structures experimentally and using numerical modelling methods. This challenging project will apply terawatt to petawatt laser beams at the University of Strathclyde and other national and international facilities to create time dependent structures and apply them as optical components and metamaterials for the next generation of exawatt to zettawatt lasers.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Dry Carbon
Summary of PhD Program:
The world’s largest industrial countries’ climate change commitments have given rise to a new urge for a green industrial revolution where lighter engineering structures such as composites are needed to reduce Co2 emissions and carbon footprint. Finding tremendous application cases in the fast-growing industrial sectors such as aerospace, automotive, and construction, has created a remarkable growth rate prediction for the composite market size, which is expected to reach 144.5 billion USD by 2028. The market is expected to expand at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.6% from 2021 to 2028. A large part of the market (about 70%), particularly for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites, is predominantly driven by the aerospace sector led by Boeing, Airbus, and defense.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2023
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration
Summary of PhD Program:
Our approach is to combine the best of beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) as well as laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) to generate the highest quality electron bunches ever produced. These will then be essential ingredients for highest performance future light sources such as FELs. International flagship experiments (at conventional accelerators such as E-210 “Trojan Horse” at FACET/SLAC, at FLASHForward, and at CLARA/Daresbury) will be complemented by hybrid LWFA experiments at laser-plasma-accelerators worldwide. In addition, first-class high performance computers and state-of-the-art simulation codes (particle-in-cell etc.) will be used to model the interaction, and to help understand it theoretically. The electron beam driver will set up the plasma wave, and a low energy laser pulse will ionize an additional plasma component locally within this plasma wave. This leads to ultracold bunches, which are a prerequisite for the ultrahigh bunch quality.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Robotics for Future Reconfigurable Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
You will have an interest in robot navigation/positioning and control, sensor systems and applied measurement systems. The studentship gives you access to a wide range of training and networking opportunities in Robotics and manufacturing. The training covers both technical and transferable skills. The networking includes an annual student conference and technology transfer workshops with the industry. Working with our global aerospace partner (Spirit AeroSystems) and NMIS – you will have the opportunity to integrate and network globally to conduct high-quality novel research linked closely to industry applications and impact. Typical application areas are in the Future Reconfigurable Manufacturing and Aerospace Manufacturing.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in interaction of intense laser pulses with plasma
Summary of PhD Program:
The group has made pioneering advances in laser-plasma wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) and radiation sources based on them. A diverse range of topics is available for study: laser-driven accelerators and radiation sources [1-4,8-10,13,17], high field physics and radiation reaction [6,7,12], coherence development, parametric processes [5], amplification in plasma [5,14-16], attosecond science, imaging, radiobiology using particles and radiation [11], free-electron lasers (FELs) based on plasma channels, etc. [4]
Application Deadline: Open until filled
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in dielectrophoretic point-of-care devices
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop next generation POC devices incorporating a reagent free sample concentrator and a sensing element. We have recently developed a dielectrophoretic (DEP) device to concentrate analyte molecules from very dilute solutions to a region of interest. This makes it viable to detect ultra-diluted (pM-fM) analytes without the need of any sample pre-concentration or amplification. Additionally, DEP has been widely demonstrated to permit the selective concentration of analytes of interest by tuning the parameters and device architecture. We aim to integrate this technology to the POC devices to effectively enable reagent-free analyte concentration for simplified high-throughput analysis.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Super-resolution imaging of biological organisms
Summary of PhD Program:
A key aspect of the group’s research involves imaging small particles of diamond known as nanodiamond (ND). This material offers many advantages as a fluorescent label for biological applications. Its biocompatibility, potential sensitivity to electric and magnetic fields, lack of photobleaching and the possibility of targetting specific neural structures are all of particular interest to researchers in neurophysiology. By utilising Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy, in conjunction with adaptive optics, it will be possible to image ND tens of microns into tissue with a resolution of 50nm. Achieving this resolution will allow imaging of synaptic sites, the anatomical features where signals are passed from one neuron to another, thereby allowing a better understanding of the propagation of information through the brain.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in 5G-based Passive Sensing
Summary of PhD Program:
With the rise of “smart” devices and Internet of Things (IoT), modern and future wireless communication technologies, such as 5G, are moving to higher bands in the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, previously reserved for sensing applications. Due to the similarities in terms of bandwidth, operating frequency and hardware between the communication and radar systems, passive radars exploiting communication illuminators have been proposed in recent years. The main principle is that instead of using a dedicated transmitter, a passive radar receiver could use communication transmissions as illuminators of opportunity to perform remote sensing.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Highly sensitive biosensors for biomarker detection
Summary of PhD Program:
The student will be based in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at University of Strathclyde. A well-balanced supervisory team is in place to support the successful candidate in developing all the skills necessary to tackle the innovative research question. The student will obtain in-depth theoretical knowledge and particle skills in electrochemistry, and technology in biosensor development and analytical chemistry, cell culture skills and the understanding of device physics.
Application Deadline: 1 December 2023
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in Artificial Chemical Intelligence
Summary of PhD Program:
We are recruiting for a three-year PhD project on “Artificial Chemical Intelligence for Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development”. The position is funded by the University of Strathclyde but is closely aligned to the EPSRC Prosperity Partnership “Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines” between GSK and the Universities of Strathclyde and Nottingham. Working with experimental and computational data from both pharmaceutical companies and academic collaborators, you will develop new workflows to accelerate the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals. The PhD will provide training in artificial intelligence, computational chemistry, and biomolecular simulation.
