PhD Research Studentships
SEMS/China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry in September 2021
| Apply by: | 27 January 2021 |
Description
The School of Engineering and Materials Science is pleased to announce that it has been allocated 30 China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD studentships for entry in September 2021.
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 | Research Degree Programme |
| Air disinfection and ventilation in public transport carriages | Dr Eldad Avital | PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Low cost methane catalysts for shipping | Dr Paul Balcombe | PhD FT Chemical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Towards High Energy Density and Low Loss Polymers Capacitors | Dr Emiliano Bilottie | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Reducing tyre wear debris generation | Prof James Busfield | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Droplet Breakup dynamics | Dr J Rafael Castrejon-Pita | PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Integrated Airport Airside Simulation, Control & Decision-making | Dr Jun Chen | PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| The Computer-aided Design and Manufacture of High-Strength Micronised-Materials | Dr Colin Crick | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Phosphorene nanoribbons and 2D materials for thermoelectric applications | Dr Paddy Cullen | PhD FT Chemical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Printed thermoelectric generators: Electricity from waste heat | Dr Oliver Fenwick | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Nanobioarrays for studying the role of receptor crosstalk in vascular smooth muscle | Dr Thomas Iskratsch | PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Combined Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Study of Soot Formation during Biomass Pyrolysis | Dr Xi Jiang | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Physics- and data- driven modelling across the scales | Dr Sergey Karabasov | PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Development of an arterial organ-chip to study the role of primary cilia in atherosclerosis | Prof Martin Knight | PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Development of a novel CRISPR- based high throughput platform for ECM-Cell interactions | Prof Rob Krams | PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Improved control and stability of floating offshore wind turbines | Dr Guang Li | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Molecular Separations in Organic Liquids by Membranes - The Selectivity Challenge | Prof Andrew Livingston | PhD FT Chemical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| High performance bio-based elastomer nanocomposites: towards energy efficient and sustainable materials | Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| High Entropy Thermoelectrics for Energy Harvesting from Waste Heat | Prof Mike Reece | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Novel Muscle-on-a-Chip models for the preclinical investigation of therapeutics | Prof Hazel Screen | PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| 3D Printing of 2D Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion | Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido | PhD FT Chemical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| AI Photonics: Merging Optics with Deep Learning | Dr Lei Su | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| A high throughput microfluidic system to characterise mechanical properties of deformation particles | Dr Yi Sui | PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Guidance and activation of drug delivery devices using radiowave control | Prof Gleb Sukhorukov | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Nanoclusters embedded in metal-organic frameworks for C-C coupling reactions | Dr Petra Szilágyi | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Machine learning in the design of scalable cellular composites for crash energy absorption | Dr Wei Tan | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Experimental and theoretical investigation of condensation heat transfer with non-condensable gases | Dr Huasheng Wang | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Shear stress-induced CD34+ cell differentiation in atherosclerosis | Professor Wen Wang | PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Combined Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Study of Soot Formation during Biomass Pyrolysis | Dr Xi Jiangi | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
| Lead free ferroelectrics for piezoelectric application and high power energy storage | Dr Haixue Yan | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| Sustainable manufacturing of environmental friendly high performance composites towards a circular economy | Dr Han Zhang | PhD FT Materials Science - Semester 1 start |
| AI-assisted Multi-Purpose Mobile Manipulation Robots for Hospital Ward Applications | Dr Ketao Zhang | PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start |
Application Method
If you are able to identify a project listed above that matches with your own research interests, the next step is to complete the online application process to an appropriate Engineering or Materials PhD programme, please click on the programme link included in the table above.
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 27 January 2021.
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 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in all sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking).
- Candidates are expected to start in (Semester ).
| Related website: | http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/applyresearchdegrees/ |