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PhD opportunities: Automotive Engineering

Compare 6 doctoral research opportunities connected with Automotive Engineering, including project summaries, funding and application deadlines.

Automotive Engineering

Advanced Composites Structures FEA/CFD Modelling Design and Manufacturing

Kingston University

About the Project Introduction The most common composite material consists of carbon or glass fibres that are bonded together with a polymer matrix and are often referred to as carbon or glass fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP or GFRP). The combination of being both light weight and mechanically strong makes them very versatile materials with applications such as in plane parts, cars, boats, wind turbines, water tanks, construction materials, light bridges etc.

Location: London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automotive Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Empowered Electric Vehicle Motor Drive System

University of York

About the Project Electric vehicle development has been a hot topic around the world. This PhD programme will develop artificial intelligence based design and control methods to optimize eletromagnetic performance and sustainablity of electric vehicle motor drive system.

Location: York, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automotive Engineering

Assessment of Residual Element Tolerance in Bearing Steels Produced from Recycled Obsolete Scrap via the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Process

The University of Manchester

About the Project The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement aims to achieve net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050, with a key focus on high-impact sectors such as steel and transportation. Iron and steel accounts for approximately 8% of global CO₂. Using steel scrap instead of virgin ore can reduce emissions by up to 58% and water consumption by 40%. As shown in Fig.

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automotive Engineering

Composite Materials with integrated ‘‘massless’’ energy storage for use in civil and mobile applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and composite planes

Kingston University

About the Project Nowadays in electric cars, batteries, contribute a large part of the vehicle's weight, which means additional footprinting and load bearing function. On the other hand, an integrated structural and supercapacitor system is one that works with a double function as the power source and as part of the structure a car/drone/plane body.

Location: London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automotive Engineering

Human-Centred Stability, Control and Decision-Making for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Loughborough University

About the Project Are you passionate about intelligent systems, autonomous technologies, and the future of transportation? This PhD opportunity offers the chance to contribute to the development of next-generation control and decision-making technologies that will enhance the safety, efficiency, resilience, and performance of future transportation systems.

Location: Loughborough, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automotive Engineering

Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC) for Ultra-Fast 3D Imaging & Time-Resolved Microscopy

University of Birmingham

About the Project Capture when and where each photon lands—build the instrument that makes it possible. Project Overview This PhD project focuses on developing the Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC)—a novel instrument that can measure both the arrival time and position of photons with exceptional precision. Current solutions for 3D imaging and time resolved microscopy are either prohibitively expensive or limited in speed and accuracy.

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)