PhD Research Studentships

SEMS/China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry in September 2018

Apply by:

31 January 2018

Description

The School of Engineering and Materials Science is pleased to announce that it has been allocated China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry in September 2018.

Under the scheme, Queen Mary will provide scholarships to cover all tuition fees, whilst the CSC will provide living expenses and one return flight ticket to successful applicants.

The School is seeking China Scholarship Council (CSC) Applicants for the following Projects/Supervisors:

Project Title	Primary Supervisor
Investigation of new electroactive materials for solar redox flow batteries	Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido
Novel additive manufacturing of metallic components with optimised shell structures	Dr Andy Bushby
Pore-scale flow studies of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery using micro-CT imaging and Lattice-Boltzmann simulations.	Dr Edo Boek
The art of croissant-making to efficiently disperse nanoparticles in functional nanocomposites.	Dr Emiliano Bilotti
Optimal control and design of sustainable energy systems	Dr Guang Li
Multiferroic materials with strong electric-magnetic coupling	Dr Haixue Yan
Smart homes: Energy demand response management using ICT and Artificial Intelligence	Dr Hasan Shaheed
A new paradigm for skin ageing combining high-throughput proteomics with nanoscale mechanics	Dr Himadri Gupta
Investigation of condensation and flow boiling of mixtures in microchannels	Dr Huasheng Wang
Novel flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters (nanogenerators) for wearable applications	Dr Joe Briscoe
Design of a RNA-Delivery Hydrogels Regulating Stem Cell Phenotype	Dr Julien Gautrot
Active Control and Guidance Systems for Airport Surface Movements	Dr Jun Chen
Microstructural regulation of mechanotransduction in bone graft substitutes mechanically loaded in vitro.	Dr Karin Hing
Single optical fibre imaging	Dr Lei Su
Exfoliation of 2D nanomaterials in liquids: flow physics from molecular to continuum	Dr Lorenzo Botto
Biophysical biomarkers to characterize cancer-associated fibroblasts in drug screening strategies	Dr Núria Gavara
High mobility organic semiconductors with polar side-chains	Dr Oliver Fenwick
Distortion Analysis of Large Components in Aircraft in Machining from Billet	Dr Pihua Wen
Liquid Droplet Chemistry and Dynamics	Dr Rafael Castrejón-Pita
Autonomous and Biomimetic Flight Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles	Dr Ranjan Vepa
Synthesis of sequence-controlled glycopolymers for lectin binding	Dr Remzi Becer
Thermochemical conversion of solid biofuels to energy and renewable carbon materials.	Dr Roberto Volpe
High-order low-dispersion and low-dissipation computational schemes for flow and noise modelling from subsonic to hypersonic speeds	Dr Sergey Karabasov
Live cell imaging with light-addressable potentiometric sensors based on 1D semiconductor materials	Dr Steffi Krause
Interpenetrated architectures for battery and supercapacitor energy storage	Dr Stoyan Smoukov
Investigating vascular smooth muscle cell mechanosensing using 3D degradable matrices	Dr Thomas Iskratsch
Computational modelling of multiphase and particulate flows	Dr Yi Sui
Hierarchical self-assembly of collagen-mimetic biomaterials for regenerative medicine	Prof Alvaro Mata
Mechano-regulation of nuclear organisation and genome function to direct stem cell fate	Prof David Lee
Composite polymer/ceramic microcapsules for improved drug delivery and external triggering	Prof Gleb Sukhorukov
Changes to the filler network structure in an elastomer composite under strain.	Prof James Busfield
Exploring Carbon-Ionic Liquids Interfaces for Metal-free Electrocatalysis	Prof Magdalena Titirici
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology in Cancer	Prof Martin Knight
Ultra-high temperature ceramics and composites prepared by field assisted sintering	Prof Mike Reece
Modelling of Pseudo-ductile behaviour of hybrid composites with graded fibre properties	Prof Nicola Pugno
Pseudo-ductile hybrid composites with graded fibre properties	Prof Ton Peijs
Physicochemical Modelling of Multi-Component Liquid Biofuel Combustion	Prof Xi Jiang
Using synthetic biology methodology to better interfere in mechanotransduction	Professor Rob Krams
Metal-organic frameworks for energy conversion and storage	Dr Petra Szilagyi

Application Method:

Before applying you need to ensure that the School has the expertise within the specific area to supervise your research. To do this you should visit the School research web pages and review individual staff’s research interests.
If you are able to identify a match with your own research interests, the next step is to complete the online application process to an appropriate Engineering or Materials PhD programme:

Please remember to include a reference to the "China Scholarship Council" and also the name of the Project/Supervisor to associate your application with that studentship opportunity.

Candidates will need to demonstrate their proficiency in English equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5 (with a minimum score of 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in each of the other test components).

Candidates will need to submit a formal online application to the university by 31 January 2018.

If successful in securing an offer from QMUL, candidates will then need to apply to the CSC for approval and to confirm funding.

Further Guidance on how to apply for a PhD in general is available via:

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/applyresearchdegrees/

Eligibility

The minimum requirement for this studentship opportunity is a good honours degree (minimum 2(i) honours or equivalent) or MSc/MRes in a relevant discipline.
If English is not your first language, you will require a valid English certificate equivalent to IELTS 6.5+ overall with a minimum score of minimum score of 6.0 in each of Writing, Listening, Reading and Speaking).
Candidates are expected to start in (Semester ).