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PhD Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the Scottish thistle, the national flower of Scotland	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired high-efficient arrays of tidal energy converters	Energy Systems	Bioengineering, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired micro-decelerators	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired morphing blades for wind and tidal turbines	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Boundary integral methods for Stokes-flow parachutes	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Elucidating the molecular-level interactions between nanocarbons and biological membranes	Infrastructure and Environment Materials and Processes	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillón
Energy transfer processes at gas/wall interfaces under extreme conditions	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Brian Peterson
LED-driven photocatalytic oxidation technology for water purification	Bioengineering Infrastructure and Environment Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Materials and Processes	Environmental Engineering, Reaction Engineering and Catalysis	Dr Thalia Chatzisymeon
Offshore Renewable Energy (Industrial Doctorate Centre)	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Energy and Climate Change, Energy Policy, Economics and Innovation, Energy Storage and Carbon Capture, Naval Architecture, Offshore Renewable Energy, Power Systems	Prof David Ingram
Pushing the boundaries of fire modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Fire Safety Engineering	Dr Stephen Welch
Remanufacture of Marine Composite Components based on Improved Service Data and Field Diagnostics	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Edward McCarthy
Solar thermal energy for sorption heating and cooling	Materials and Processes	Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Giulio Santori
Transition Engineering Towards Carbon Capture In Natural Gas Combined Cycles With Exhaust Gas Recycling (TECC-GAS)	Energy Systems	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Mathieu Lucquiaud
Variable Stiffness Actuation for Bioinspired Underwater Vehicle Design	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi

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