Location: Imperial College London Applications accepted all year round Contact: Dr Luc Vandeperre About the Project Hypersonic flight (>Mach 4) requires materials that can withstand high temperatures (>2000 °C) in harsh, oxidative, environments for a range of components. The list of materials that can withstand such temperatures is extremely short and therefore there has been intensive […]
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Published: February 2nd, 2022
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Location: University of Canterbury Applications accepted all year round Contact: Assoc Prof Catherine Bishop About the Project Overview The aging and fatigue (degradation) of oxide ferroelectric materials in service is not understood at a fundamental defect level. In these materials, the thermodynamic state of interfaces such as grain boundaries has not been explored to the […]
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Published: February 2nd, 2022
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Learning from historical cement sample stores Location: University of Sheffield Contact: Prof J Provis About the Project The Cements@Sheffield group in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Sheffield, is recruiting a PhD student to join us for a project funded by the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. We are one of the world’s […]
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Published: February 2nd, 2022
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Location: University of Sheffield Applications accepted all year round The cement and steel sectors are foundational to the UK and are essential to construct our infrastructure. Cement is the most manufactured commodity worldwide and due to the large demand and urbanisation, the industry is extremely resource and carbon intensive. The cement industry’s burden on planetary […]
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Published: November 30th, 2021
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Location: University of Sheffield Applications accepted all year round To increase resource use efficiency in the UK cement industry, the formulation of Portland cement clinker will need to include a higher amount of ferrite minerals, but the fundamental understanding of hydration (reaction with water) of those minerals are still lacking. Every year, the UK cement […]
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Published: November 30th, 2021
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Applications accepted all year around Location: University of Nottingham Supervisory Team: Prof Ruth Goodridge, Prof Ian Ashcroft and Dr Yinfeng He This 3 year PhD studentship is based at the Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM) at The University of Nottingham. For further information about CfAM, please visit https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cfam/ . Additive manufacturing (AM; 3D-Printing) provides a […]
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Published: November 18th, 2021
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Applications accepted all year round Location: University of Sheffield Dr D Smyl The resistance or conductance of moisture and ions in cement-based materials largely governs the durability of cement-based materials. Unfortunately, the methods currently available for quantifying these physical phenomena in specimens of meaningful size are rather rudimentary and generally offer insufficient information for characterising […]
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Published: August 12th, 2021
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Applications accepted all year round Location: Sheffield Hallam University Prof Paul Bingham PhD candidates with a passion for materials science, engineering, physics and/or chemistry, applied to the fields of energy and the environment, should apply. The project includes development of advanced glass and glass-ceramic materials; advanced spectroscopy of these new materials using multiple techniques; and […]
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Published: August 12th, 2021
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Applications accepted all year round Location: University of Manchester Dr D Hall, Dr B Mingo Applications welcome from candidates to work with our interdisciplinary and collaborative team on a project associated with the development of high-performance ceramic coatings for corrosion protection of light alloys. The project will be based at Manchester in the Coatings & […]
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Published: August 12th, 2021
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Applications accepted all year round Location: Sheffield Hallam University Professor Paul Bingham PhD candidates with a passion for materials science, engineering, physics and/or chemistry, applied to the fields of energy and the environment, should apply. The project includes development of advanced glass and glass-ceramic materials; advanced spectroscopy of these new materials using multiple techniques; and […]
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Published: August 12th, 2021
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