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PhD Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
MPhil Opportunity - Transforming Waste Fibres into Sustainable Engineered Composite Materials through Upcycling	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Wini Obande
Distributed and Intelligent Sensing for Ocean Research and Sustainable Ocean Enterprise	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Brian Sellar
Developing low-cost and sustainable multifunctional polymer composites for energy applications (MPhil)	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Wini Obande
Desalination with low temperature heat	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Advanced laser diagnostics investigating the fluid mechanics of primary breakup	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Brian Peterson
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

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