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PhD Opportunities in Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
Better discrete-element simulations through detailed finite-element contact modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Aldo Papanicolopulos
Efficient discrete-element modelling of flexible elongated particles	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Fuel structure effects on wildfire hazard assessments	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Rory Hadden
Multiscale characterisation of the hydromechanical behaviour of hydrophobic sandy soils	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher Beckett
Novel nanostructured materials for distinguishing molecules and ions with small size difference	Materials and Processes	Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Harvey Huang
Predicting fracture risk in metastatic bone disease: A combined finite element modelling and machine learning approach	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Professor Pankaj Pankaj
Real-time simulation in structural design	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Nicholas Polydorides
Tracking granular flows using instrumented grains	Infrastructure and Environment	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos

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