PhD Studentship: Mechanics of Creases in Thin Sheets
PhD Studentship: Mechanics of Creases in Thin Sheets
About the Project The research group of Dr Michael Gomez is seeking to appoint a highly motivated PhD candidate for the project ‘Mechanics of creases in thin sheets’. Creases are … Read More Read More
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Investigating failure mechanisms in next-generation aerospace materials
Investigating failure mechanisms in next-generation aerospace materials
About the Project PhD Supervisor: Isha Gupta Project description: We invite applications for a Ph.D. position focusing on high-performance aerospace materials. As the aerospace sector targets groundbreaking advancements in sustainability … Read More Read More
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Low-loss Photonics for Quantum Networks
Low-loss Photonics for Quantum Networks
About the Project Closing Date: 30/06/2025 Supervisory Team: Dr James Gates, Dr Rex Bannerman Project Description We are looking for a PhD student to join our interdisciplinary team of students, … Read More Read More
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Predicting and monitoring the health of Lake Wairewa using spatio-temporal early warning signals
Predicting and monitoring the health of Lake Wairewa using spatio-temporal early warning signals
About the Project Do you want to do genuinely interdisciplinary research at the interface of applied mathematics, biology and freshwater ecology? Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the … Read More Read More
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Investigating abnormal calcium release as a cause of sudden cardiac death in inherited heart disease
Investigating abnormal calcium release as a cause of sudden cardiac death in inherited heart disease
About the Project Sudden cardiac death resulting from disturbances in heart rhythm is a major cause of death globally. It is known that the structure and function of heart muscle … Read More Read More
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Quantum-corrected Floquet dynamics: a new approach to quantum control
Quantum-corrected Floquet dynamics: a new approach to quantum control
About the Project Increasingly sophisticated control of quantum systems using classical fields is a crucial tool in emerging scientific and technological applications. At heart, however, control fields are quantum. In … Read More Read More
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Modelling and simulation of malformed sewn seams for 2D and 3D textile structures
Modelling and simulation of malformed sewn seams for 2D and 3D textile structures
About the Project Textile materials can be joined in many ways including ultrasonic welding, bonding and thermal taping. However, sewn seams are still the predominant mechanism for creating such joins. … Read More Read More
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Understanding high strain-rate deformation in multi-phase materials using a combined Eulerian phase-field and crystal plasticity approach
Understanding high strain-rate deformation in multi-phase materials using a combined Eulerian phase-field and crystal plasticity approach
About the Project High strain-rate events in metallic structures often lead to complex fracture, as the shock wave propagates through the microstructure, and can result in the catastrophic failure of … Read More Read More
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Computer modelling of extinction, and the impact of environmental stress
Computer modelling of extinction, and the impact of environmental stress
About the Project How do species respond to stress? What are the patterns of extinction in species, and, and at a larger scale, during mass extinctions? How do ecosystems recover … Read More Read More
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Sustainability and resilience of Socio-Technical Systems
Sustainability and resilience of Socio-Technical Systems
About the Project The increasing complexity of our engineering, social, urban, and ecological systems arises from their interconnectedness, leading to necessary adaptations between the actions of the users (humans) and … Read More Read More
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