PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the Institute for Energy Systems (IES)

PhD Title	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
A dandelion-inspired insect-scale drone	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting via Added-mass-variation Control	Electrical Power Conversion, Offshore Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering	Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi
Aerodynamics of Offshore Wind Farms	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of porous wings for unsteady load alleviation of micro aerial vehicles	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Design of smarter powertrains for offshore wind turbines	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Alasdair McDonald
Fluid Mechanics of a bio-inspired autonomous vessel	Energy and Climate Change, Naval Architecture, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Machine learning methods to manage the integration of heating systems into the wider energy system	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Daniel Friedrich

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