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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 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
Development of 4D printed actuators with integrated temperature-controlled triggering system for defence applications	Infrastructure and Environment	Infrastructure Sensing and Systems	Dr Francisca Martinez-Hergueta
Energy transfer processes at gas/wall interfaces under extreme conditions	Multiscale Thermofluids	Multiphase flows, interfaces and phase change from nano- to macro-scales, Multiphase, interfacial and chemically reacting flows at the macro-scale	Dr Brian Peterson
Lightweight composite structures for high-performance applications	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Francisca-Martinez-Hergueta
Multiscale Modelling of Shale Gas Flows	Multiscale Thermofluids	Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes, Multiphase Flows and Transport Phenomena, Multiphase flows, interfaces and phase change from nano- to macro-scales, Multiphase, interfacial and chemically reacting flows at the macro-scale, Non-continuum and non-equilibrium fluid mechanics	Dr Matthew Karl Borg
Pushing the boundaries of fire modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Fire Safety Engineering	Dr Stephen Welch
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	Bioengineering Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Materials and Structures, Optical Systems and Materials, Sensors, Smart MEMS and Microsystems Technology, Smart Wireless Devices and Systems	Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi

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