PhD Studentship at the Swan Centre for Energy Research fo the Designing a sustainable fuel for 2030 using HPC and cloud computing facilitated numerical modelling and analysis (Newcastle University – Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research)
Applications are invited from first-class graduates for a fully-funded research studentship within the Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research at Newcastle University. The successful student will benefit from being a member of an interdisciplinary research team that includes eleven academic, research, technical and administrative staff supporting thirty-one full-time research students engaged in cutting-edge energy research. In addition, the student will also be joint-hosted by the School of Computing Science and will be expected to take part in the training activities linked to the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cloud Computing for Big Data.
Funding amount: £18,500 per year for four years (will contribute towards PhD tuition fees and living costs and cover these in full for UK/EU students)
Reference: DTA063
Start date and duration: 2016 for four year duration.
Application closing date: 22nd January 2016
Key Objectives and tasks: The overarching objective of this study is to design a low-carbon, low-emission, high energy density, liquid fuel which can be rolled out at scale to meet the 530PJ hydrocarbon energy requirement for transport applications in 2030.
This will be achieved by combining (and developing) state-of-the-art advanced numerical models and exploiting the scale of computational power offered by the e-Science Central cloud data analytics platform to study the full range of available fuels, their properties and corresponding impact on the design of power-generation devices.
A more detailed description of the studentship can be found here.
Sponsor : Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC (DTA)
Name of supervisor(s)
Dr Hugo Hiden, School of Computing Science
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants should have at least an upper second-class honours degree (ideally a first class degree), or a combination of qualifications and/or experience equivalent to that level. Ideally, students should have a first degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or in the physical sciences.
Applicants should be strong programmers, excellent communicators and have experience with modelling and simulation.
How to apply
To apply for a DTA award you will need to:
- Go to the postgraduate online application system
- ’Create a new account’ on the postgraduate online application system
- Under the ’Programme of Study’ tab enter the exact name of the academic school you are applying to in the ‘Enter subject area or key words’ field (this information is listed next to the project title that you are applying for).
- In the ’Search Type’ field select ’Match exactly’
- In the ’Programme Type’ field select ’Postgraduate Research’
- In the ’Qualification Type’ field select ’PhD – Doctor of Philosophy’
- In the ’Academic Year’ field select ’2016/17’
- In the ’Full Time Part Time’ field select ’All’
A range of PhD options for your prospective school will then be given. Please select the first option, even it does not match your exact PhD project research area.
You will then need to add the project DTA code, i.e. DTA063 in the ’Studentship/Partnership Reference’ field (this information is listed next to the project title that you are applying for). It is this code that identifies the exact project you are applying for and the relevant research area in your prospective school.
Contact
Dr Andrew Smallbone, Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research, Newcastle University Email: andrew.smallbone@ncl.ac.uk
Closing date: 22 January 2016