PhD Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
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
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	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
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Desalination with low temperature heat	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Designing Multi-Energy Markets with Open-Source Energy System Models	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Andrew Lyden
Distributed and Intelligent Sensing for Ocean Research and Sustainable Ocean Enterprise	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Brian Sellar
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Sketchy Numerical Approximation of wave propagation	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides

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