Civil Engineering
University of Leeds
About the Project One full/ partial scholarship is available in the School of Civil Engineering in 2026/27. This scholarship is open to international applicants and covers Home (UK) fees plus maintenance at the UKRI rate of £21,805 for 3.5 years. This fully funded PhD place provides an exciting opportunity to pursue postgraduate research in a range of fields relating to materials science and engineering.
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Leeds
About the Project One full scholarship is available in the School of Civil Engineering in 2026/27. This scholarship is open to UK applicants and covers fees plus and maintenance. This fully funded PhD place provides an exciting opportunity to pursue postgraduate research in energy micropiles, a sustainable solution to provide thermal energy to buildings as well as structural support.
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Leeds
About the Project Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing UK infrastructure. Bridges keep people, goods and services moving every day: they support commuting, emergency access, freight, public transport and local economies. However, many bridges were designed for environmental conditions that are now changing.
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
Imperial College London
About the Project Solid waste management remains a major sustainability challenge globally, and especially in the Global South, where substantial quantities of (uncollected) waste are often set in fire as a means of disposal or resource recovery. Open burning is responsible for the emission of major greenhouse gas pollutants, including black carbon, contributing to climate change.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
Imperial College London
About the Project Supervisory team: Dr Tiago Gaspar, Prof. Jamie Standing, Prof. Lidija Zdravković (Imperial College London) Project description: With increasingly evident impacts of climate change, there is a growing focus on safeguarding the resilience of geo-infrastructure under extreme weather conditions.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 18 December 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project The UK construction sector faces mounting pressure to decarbonise, improve resource efficiency, and meet net-zero targets by 2050. Buildings account for approximately 25% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, with embodied carbon from materials and operational energy use being key contributors (UKGBC, 2023).
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Composite materials (cement-based or polymer-based) have been extensively used for decades in the construction, repair, and strengthening of infrastructure and the built environment. Despite their widespread application, the design of these materials has largely relied on trial-and-error approaches, which are time-consuming, susceptible to human error, and difficult to generalize to emerging composite systems with tailored functionalities.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Muhammad Ali , Prof. Tamsin Bradley , Prof. Hom Dhakal .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project This project will focus on the utilisation of industrial solid wastes in concrete formulations by implementing advanced carbonation techniques and further developing methods to enhance reaction mechanisms. The primary goal is to stimulate the reactivity of industrial waste materials, increasing their contribution to strength development.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Fine-grained soils pose significant challenges to the construction industry in the UK and globally. These soils are known for their problematic characteristics such as shrink-swell and compressibility behaviours, which can cause subsidence and excessive settlement to buildings’ foundations. Conventional ground improvement remediation methods are disruptive, costly, and temporary.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project We aim to revolutionize the safety assessment of deteriorated and aged existing masonry structures. The current procedure for this is based on visual inspection, limited localized non-destructive or semi-destructive testing techniques, and numerical simulations.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project In the last 2 decades fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have become a suitable material for strengthening of existing Civil Engineering structures for their resistance to corrosion and high strength among other excellent material properties. FRP internal reinforcement is also becoming the subject of research in reinforced concrete elements as its shows promising results under static and cyclic loading.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project Thin infill plate shear walls are getting more popular especially for high rise buildings. Their low weight and high ultimate capacity are extremely beneficial for many modern buildings. Existing research in this area is focusing mainly on systems with steel infill plates or hybrid ones, consisting with thin steel plate laminated with FRP layers.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project Sustainable water resources planning, and management policies need to consider the impact of future changes due to factors like geomorphologic processes, aging infrastructure, demand shifts or variability of water supplies. However, whilst change over time is certain, the extent to which it will affect the physical and social dimensions of the water resource systems is uncertain.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Sheffield
About the Project The future of offshore wind energy lies in floating turbines, enabling the capture of wind power in deep waters where conventional foundations (like monopiles and jackets) are not economically viable. Pioneering projects, such as by Hywind (in Scottish and Danish waters) and Ørsted (in Scottish and German waters), have successfully demonstrated that these floating units can be securely anchored using suction caissons (or “buckets”) embedded in the seabed.
- Location
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
Durham University
About the Project This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The successful applicant will undertake six-month of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at Durham University.
- Location
- Durham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Mehdi Rouholamin , Dr Nikos Nanos and Dr David Begg . Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD project investigating the dynamic soil–structure interaction of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project The PhD topic will focus on the use bio-inspired remediation techniques that are being used to remove contaminants, such as heavy metals from the soil in conjunction with their potential effect upon the engineering properties of the soil, such as increase of soil strength and further prevention of erosion.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project Installing bored piles in collapsible soils or just drilling a deep hole requires the use of temporary casings or support fluids such as bentonite or polymers to stabilise the shaft.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project In supporting the UK Government to fulfil its targets on carbon emissions and environmental protection, there is an increasingly strong emphasis on recycling and reuse of construction waste in civil engineering. In this study, a sustainable capillary barrier cover system incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) is proposed to be developed.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Salford
About the Project Enhancement of concrete and mortar mixes using graphene nanomaterials. Building on established research and data undertaken at the University, there is a breadth of research opportunities available in this field.This includes adapting mix designs, assessing mechanical properties and assessing durability properties. Supervisor profiles: I have a passion for civil and structural engineering research and have had so for over 15 years.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. Wind turbines are exposed to frequent structural damage increasing the cost of wind energy generation.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project Shear wave propagation and associated velocity Vs, are fundamental in characterising the small-strain response of soils. In addition, the shear wave velocity is essential input information in the characterisation of soils under static and dynamic conditions and eventually, in the design of geotechnical structures.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. Recent research indicates that microplastics are now ubiquitous in the environment: they have been found in lakes, rivers, and even groundwater.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Bradford
About the Project The concept of using FRP composites for structurally integrated stay-in-place (SIP) formwork for structural concrete elements maximizes the advantages of both FRP and concrete; not only can the high strength of FRP be utilized effectively, but also FRP profiles can serve as permanent formwork.
- Location
- Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Salford
About the Project Microplastics are an emerging global pollutant that persist in the environment and contribute to long-term ecological damage. This project aims to transform this waste material into a sustainable construction resource by investigating the effects of incorporating microplastics into cement mortar used in masonry.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project The construction industry accounts for 8–10% of global anthropogenic CO₂ emissions and faces significant challenges in achieving NetZero targets by 2050. This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of next-generation construction materials that are both low-carbon and climate-resilient.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Bradford
About the Project Geopolymers are an alkali-activated amorphous aluminosilicious cementitious material. Common aluminosilicate material used for producing geopolymers is fly ash and slag, both industrial by products. While a good progress has been achieved in developing geopolymer concrete focused on micro-scale level, relatively limited research has been conducted at load-bearing members such as reinforced concrete beams, columns, slabs and others.
- Location
- Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project The key idea is that Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm), derived from car tyres, can be used to modify the foundation and protect civil structures against the action of earthquakes at beneficial economic and environmental costs. Thus, the seismic protection can be engineered in locations where earthquakes are most common, and consequences are least affordable. This is a distinctive Civil Engineering project in that is has direct consequences on human suffering.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Salford
About the Project Nano- and microplastics are increasingly recognised as emerging contaminants within terrestrial environments. They originate from various sources such as road runoff, agricultural activities, and landfill liners, gradually accumulating in the upper soil layers. In permeable sandy soils, these plastic particles can migrate downward through infiltration processes, threatening groundwater quality and altering the physical behaviour of the soil matrix.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project The application of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) for the repair and strengthening of deteriorated existing structures, as well as for the development of new structural components, has recently attracted significant and growing attention. TRCs consist of continuous textile fabrics embedded within a fine-grained cement-based matrix and offer a unique combination of excellent mechanical performance, high durability, low weight, and corrosion-free behaviour.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Achieving decarbonisation targets in the construction sector requires the development of innovative, resource-efficient, and low-carbon construction materials. This project addresses this urgent challenge by exploring next-generation materials and technologies that significantly reduce the environmental footprint of the built environment while maintaining or enhancing performance.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project The construction industry’s transition to net zero demands new materials that reduce both waste and CO₂ emissions. Conventional Portland cement production accounts for around 7% of global CO₂ output, while millions of tonnes of alkaline industrial wastes, including steel slags, incinerator bottom ash (IBA), and construction and demolition waste (CDW), remain underutilised or landfilled.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Queensland
About the Project Rail studs and squats are increasingly important forms of rail damage affecting railway networks in Australia and internationally. Their prevalence has become a growing concern as modern railways adopt higher traction capabilities and more intensive operating conditions, generating increasingly demanding wheel–rail contact conditions.
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Durham University
About the Project This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The successful applicant will undertake six-month of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at Durham University. The deployment of offshore wind energy requires operations that interact with the seabed.
- Location
- Durham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project The cement and concrete industry accounts for approximately 7% of global CO₂ emissions, driven by limestone calcination and energy-intensive clinker production. At the same time, millions of tonnes of alkaline industrial wastes, including steel slags, incinerator bottom ash (IBA), and construction and demolition waste (CDW) fines, are landfilled or underutilised each year.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Offshore wind energy is one of the most efficient and rapidly expanding sources of renewable energy, and it is increasingly recognised as a key solution for meeting the UK’s short- and long-term energy demands.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project Pipelines, traditionally constructed from steel, form the backbone of the oil and gas industry, facilitating crucial transportation in both onshore and offshore operations. Recent advancements in manufacturability and the distinctive properties of composites, notably carbon fibre composites, have propelled them into the spotlight as a compelling alternative.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project Incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) generates approximately 3 million tonnes of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) each year in the UK. Around 80 wt.% of the residue is IBA, with coarse fractions (> 4 mm) reused in road and concrete applications, while finer fractions (< 4 mm) are largely landfilled due to contamination and low pozzolanic reactivity.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Roads and railways are the most important types of infrastructure in any country. The construction of roads and railways involve cutting and filling of slopes, hence reshaping of the natural ground. This alters hydrological systems and the stress regimes within slopes which in combination with exposure to climate change scenarios lead to changes in failure mechanisms of the cuts and fills (embankments).
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Kingston University
About the Project Climate change predictions for the British Isles generally indicate that there will be higher winter rainfall in future, but with more frequent high intensity rainfall events at any time of year. Seasonally higher rainfall might be expected to elevate water tables sufficiently to trigger – or reactivate – deep-seated landslides, and high intensity rainfall events have triggered numerous shallow landslides, some with highly damaging impacts, in recent years.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project Pipelines, traditionally constructed from steel, form the backbone of the oil and gas industry, facilitating crucial transportation in both onshore and offshore operations. Recent advancements in manufacturability and the distinctive properties of composites, notably carbon fibre composites, have propelled them into the spotlight as a compelling alternative. Offshore pipes are primarily classified into two types; risers and generic tubulars.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Durham University
About the Project This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The successful applicant will undertake six-month of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at Durham University.
- Location
- Durham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Civil Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project Coastal erosion is one of the key impacts of changing sea-levels as a result of climate change and presents a significant threat to large populations around the world. Erosion is also a key factor to understand river dynamics, landscape change, etc. Within civil/structural engineering, soil erosion plays a significant role in the stability of large dams and embankments (e.g.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project The emergence of 3D concrete printing (3DCP) is reshaping the future of construction, offering unprecedented design freedom, material efficiency, and automation. Unlike conventional concrete casting—where material is poured in bulk—3DCP constructs elements layer by layer via extrusion, introducing unique challenges related to interfacial bonding and structural performance.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project The global infrastructure landscape is dominated by ageing assets, many of which were not designed with today’s loading and environmental challenges in mind. Extending the service life of existing structures has become a vital strategy for minimising the environmental and economic costs associated with demolition and new construction.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. Over 44,000 km of subsea pipelines have been installed in the North Sea to support oil and gas extraction, many of whichoccur within important commercial fishing grounds.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Sheffield
About the Project This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. The successful applicant will undertake six months of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at the University of Sheffield.
- Location
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Bradford
About the Project Self-sensing concrete has recently attracted major research attention and significant commercial interests, aiming to produce smart infrastructures with elegantly integrated health monitoring abilities. The self-sensing concrete is achieved through the addition of fillers (e.g.
- Location
- Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Imperial College London
About the Project Structural energy storage is an emerging field with the potential to transform sustainable infrastructure in which materials are designed to simultaneously perform mechanical and energy storage functions. While early research has focused on composites and cementitious systems, this PhD project will investigate a largely unexplored alternative: natural clay soils enhanced with conductive and electrochemically active phases.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Shrink-swell (expansive) soils are probably the most challenging soils globally. They pose several challenges to the infrastructure and built environment in general. Millions of kilometres of pipelines for transport of water, gas, electricity, and oil are buried in these soils. This means that these pipes are subjected to seasonal instability associated with seasonal behaviour of expansive soils, which change volume with changes in moisture content.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Shrink-swell (expansive) soils are probably the most challenging soils globally. They pose several challenges to the infrastructure and built environment in general. Millions of kilometres of pipelines for transport of water, gas, electricity, and oil are buried in these soils. This means that these pipes are subjected to seasonal instability associated with seasonal behaviour of expansive soils, which change volume with changes in moisture content.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
Imperial College London
About the Project Why? Concrete, an artificial rock, is the most abundant material humankind has ever created. With approximately 30 billion metric tonnes used each year, it plays a critical role in our infrastructure. Despite concrete’s numerous advantages for various purposes, there are issues related to its use, particularly the massive carbon footprint caused by cement production and difficulty guaranteeing the long-term durability of concrete structures.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
About the Project Rural unpaved roads serve millions of communities around the world. These roads are estimated to represent more than 70% of the global road network and more than 90% in some regions and countries. They are undoubtedly the backbone of social and economic development in LICs, with difficulties to access education, health and economic services where these roads are unavailable or in poor conditions.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the Project This project will involve the development of a novel approach that combines waste utilization and carbon capture technologies to address pressing environmental concerns and promote sustainable resource management. By examining various waste streams from different sources, the potential for extracting valuable cementitious materials from waste sources will be identified.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only