Cranfield University: Funded Research opportunities

Cranfield University’s School of Applied Science has funding available to support research students.

The school is recognised globally for its multi-disciplinary approach to teaching and research in the four key areas of manufacturing, materials, natural resources and sustainable systems. Our focus is on fundamental research and its application to meet the needs of industry and society. Many of our industrial partners are global organisations able to offer international career opportunities for Cranfield graduates.

Current opportunities available to suitably qualified UK and EU students include:

Cost and Decision Engineering

PhD studentship - Whole Life Cost Modelling for Product-Service Systems (PSS-Cost)
PhD studentship - Whole-life cycle fuzzy risk assessment for food products Energy and Environment
PhD studentships - Grassland soils research (4 positions available)
PhD studentship - Fireside corrosion of heat exchangers in advanced solid fuel fired power plants
PhD studentship - Sources and fate of nitrogen species in biomass combustion and gasification
PhD studentship - Fuel related engineering issues in biomass/waste combustion
PhD studentship - Fuel related engineering issues in biomass gasification Manufacturing

MSc by Research - Addressing CFD error and uncertainty for front-end analyses in product design Materials (including Composites)

PhD Studentship - Microinjection moulding of microfluidic biomedical devices

Marine and Offshore

PhD Studentship – Durability of marine paints for offshore oil tankers

Microsystems and Nanotechnology

PhD studentship - Batch Fabrication of MEMS Sensors and Actuators
PhD studentship - Nanostructural Materials for Energy Storage Applications
PhD studentship - Nanotechnology Centre
PhD studentship - Novel device designs for MicroElectroMechanical (MEMS) sensing and actuating systems
PhD studentships - People-centred, smart, health-monitoring microsystems

Precision Engineering

PhD studentship - Advanced plasma surface engineering

Sports Surface Technology

PhD studentship - Engineering sports surfaces - player surface interactions

Vehicle Dynamics

Engineering Doctorate (EngD) - Torque and contact patch pressure control strategies for increased off-road vehicle performance

Water

MSc by Research -(Re)presenting the problem of sustaining water use from the Akotiri aquifer in Cyprus
MSc by Research Studentship - Advanced water treatment using activated carbon
MSc by Research Studentship - Novel coagulant for enhanced removal of disinfection by-product
MTech Water Processes - Advanced Professional Masters

Welding

PhD studentship - High power laser welding

Please see www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/postgraduatestudy/researchopportunities for more details, and for an application form please contact SAS Enquiries on 01234 754086 or at sas.enquiries@cranfield.ac.uk .