10 PhD Positions in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science in UK | University of Bristol

Imagine shape-changing aircraft, cars or wind-turbines which have thermal management, sensing, actuating and self-repair functionality embedded within their materials and structures. In ten years’ time, this could be possible through the application of high performance advanced composites. This is the future, do you want to be part of it?

You will participate in a four-year, fully-funded programme. The rewarding first year includes a stimulating series of seminars and lectures, a unique hands-on Group Project to design, build and test a composite structure and an individual six-month research project. This experience will enable you to broaden and deepen your core engineering skills and explore those research areas that interest you most. Towards the end of your first year you will choose your PhD project.

The Centre covers a wide range of composites research and technical challenges you might explore include:

• developing novel solutions to enhance composite performance
• increasing composite functionality; and
• developing the design methodology and innovative application of ‘next generation composite materials’

Application Deadline: March 28, 2014.