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PhD Opportunities in Chemical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Chemical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
A Digital Twin for technoeconomic modelling and optimisation of VOC abatement in the pharma industry	Materials and Processes	Environmental Engineering	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
A new metering and data fusion method for wet gas flow	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Jiabin Jia
Advanced multiscale modelling and simulations of nucleate boiling on special surfaces – EMBOSS project	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Prashant Valluri
Big Data analytics for plantwide fault detection and process intensification in the pharma industry	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
Biogas upgrading to biomethane by pressure swing adsorption	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Biopharmaceutical process modelling and optimisation for advanced manufacturing of critical biotherapeutics	Bioengineering	Environmental Engineering	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
Forces and flow in dense suspensions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher John Ness
Generation of electricity from humidity swings	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Nature-Inspired Low Friction Lubricated Surfaces	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Professor Glen McHale
Process Modelling and Optimisation of Biomolecular Separations for Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing	Materials and Processes	Environmental Engineering	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
The Eric Birse Trust: Chemical Engineering PhD Studentship	Bioengineering Energy Systems Infrastructure and Environment Materials and Processes Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Institute for Energy Systems Themes, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Carbon Capture and Separation Processes, Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes, Multiphase Flows and Transport Phenomena, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation, Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	School Contact, see details below
The physics of flowing suspensions with viscoelastic continua	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher Ness
Why don’t all clouds give rain – Understanding physics of vapour clouds through advanced simulations and data-driven engineering	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	David Scott (EPCC, 25%) and Mark Sawyer (EPCC, 25%)

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