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PhD Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting via Added-mass-variation Control	Energy Systems Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Offshore Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering	Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi
Aerodynamics of Offshore Wind Farms	Energy Systems	Wind Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the Atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Micromechanics of deformation and damage in composite materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Amer Syed
Micromechanics of deformation and damage in composite materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Amer Syed
Modelling of phase change in dense particle assemblies	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Sina Haeri
Optimising salt morphology and maximising oral perception of salt through DEM and DEM-CFD techniques	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Sina Haeri
Ship hull hydrodynamics	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes, Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Simulation and modelling of hydrogen turbulent flames with High Performance Computing and Machine Learning	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Antonio Attili

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