PhD Studentship: Funded Vice Chancellors Scholarship in Inclusive Engineering; Belonging Built-In Engineering

Tackling engineering skills shortages is the most important business imperative work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for the future of engineering identified by the Royal Academy of Engineering. With the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professional Engineering Institutions, Charities and Global Engineering Companies recognising these issues, many...

This collaborative PhD opportunity is supported by the 3Pillars Project which is a not-for-profit Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). 3Pillars Project launched a new 5-year strategy to grow and share their work in summer 2024. In addition, they were granted £300,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver their GAMEPLAN intervention over...

Metasurfaces can be used to control the reflection or transmission of electromagnetic waves. Therefore, they can be used for wireless communication and wireless sensing. For example, they are widely proposed to be used to augment the signal strength in deadzones for future 5G wireless communications. This 3-year PhD will design metasurfaces that can reflect...

Engineered timber products have greatly increased the scope of structural projects that can be realised in timber; however, revised building regulations post-Grenfell, based on perceived risks surrounding fire safety, further restricted the allowable scale of timber buildings, thus impeding efforts to decarbonise construction.This project addresses knowledge...

Metasurfaces can be used to control the reflection or transmission of electromagnetic waves. Therefore, they can be used for wireless communication and wireless sensing. For example, they are widely proposed to be used to augment the signal strength in deadzones for future 5G wireless communications. This 3-year PhD will design metasurfaces that can reflect...

Start date: January 2025 Project details We are excited to offer a fully funded PhD position at the intersection of machine learning and transportation. The transport sector, both in the UK and globally, faces critical challenges, including severe congestion—which costs London alone £5 billion in lost productivity annually and accounts for 5% of the...

MBSE offers a framework for considering all aspects of a requirement, and its solution, in a logically integrated way that can persist and evolve through the whole lifecycle of a solution or product. As such, there is huge potential for effectively and efficiently tackling the real-life complexities of problems. However, this potential is most often not...

MBSE offers a framework for considering all aspects of a requirement, and its solution, in a logically integrated way that can persist and evolve through the whole lifecycle of a solution or product. As such, there is huge potential for effectively and efficiently tackling the real-life complexities of problems. However, this potential is most often not...

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is an essential capability for development of modern systems and its use is being mandated on some major projects of national significance. Furthermore, large complex projects require coherence across the supply chain in both technical and business processes; the MBSE approach has at its heart a model that is regarded...

Warmer temperatures, extreme droughts, and more intensive convective storms are accelerating deterioration of earthworks, degrading resilience. Climate change is a major national security risk. UK critical infrastructure faces a climate adaptation deficit that will cost up to £1 billion/year by 2050. There is an urgent need to understand why, and anticipate...

Warmer temperatures, extreme droughts, and more intensive convective storms are accelerating deterioration of earthworks, degrading resilience. Climate change is a major national security risk. UK critical infrastructure faces a climate adaptation deficit that will cost up to £1 billion/year by 2050. There is an urgent need to understand why, and anticipate...

Engineered timber products have greatly increased the scope of structural projects that can be realised in timber; however, revised building regulations post-Grenfell, based on perceived risks surrounding fire safety, further restricted the allowable scale of timber buildings, thus impeding efforts to decarbonise construction. This project addresses...

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship to investigate the influence of fabric design on the aerodynamic drag of elite cyclists. The project will be jointly funded by Loughborough University and Tudor Pro Cycling Team. Whilst most of the research will be conducted at the University a portion of the work will also be conducted in close...

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship to investigate the influence of fabric design on the aerodynamic drag of elite cyclists. The project will be jointly funded by Loughborough University and Tudor Pro Cycling Team. Whilst most of the research will be conducted at the University a portion of the work will also be conducted in close...

Number of Opportunities Available: 12 – 15 opportunitiesReaching global net-zero emissions targets, to tackle climate change and pollution, needs rapid growth in sustainable hydrogen technologies. This rapid growth needs many existing challenges, including production cost, supply chain development and social requirements to be addressed.Our fully funded...

Number of Opportunities Available: 10 opportunities Reaching global net-zero emissions targets, to tackle climate change and pollution, needs rapid growth in sustainable hydrogen technologies. This rapid growth needs many existing challenges, including production cost, supply chain development and social requirements to be addressed. Our fully...

This collaborative PhD opportunity is supported by the 3Pillars Project which is a not-for-profit Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). 3Pillars Project launched a new 5-year strategy to grow and share their work in summer 2024. In addition, they were granted £300,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver their GAMEPLAN intervention over...

Approximately 30% of people are living with obesity, which is a risk factor for many health conditions that require secondary care and costs the NHS £6.1 billion/year. Making Every Contact Count is an NHS flagship programme that aims to use the millions of interactions health care professionals have with patients to promote behaviour change. Implementing...

An exciting PhD opportunity jointly funded by the UK Research and Innovation Council and Sellafield Ltd is available in the Advanced Materials Modelling Group at Loughborough University. This will involve modelling of special nuclear materials to understand better the role of gases during storage. Safe and secure long-term storage of nuclear waste is...

The UK's built environment is responsible for around 25% of the UK's greenhouse emissions. Still, as a sector, it offers credible opportunities to mitigate the impact of climate change by applying net zero strategies, circular economy principles and other measures. However, the term net zero is very broad in its scope implying the integration of a wide range...