Non-Funded Studentships

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Global Education

Non-funded

Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment

The online PhD in Global Education is designed to develop you into an educational researcher with a global outlook, utilising research for changing yourself and changing society.

Evaluation of effectiveness and service life of galvanic anodes for repair systems and cathodic protection in reinforced concrete structures

Non-funded

Centre for the Built and Natural Environment

The proposed research motives can result in development of a range of physical and electrochemical test method(s) to be used in evaluation of performance and service life of galvanic anode systems.

Investigation into Selective Catalyst Reduction spray formulation and use of various liquid reductants

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities | Engineering, Environment and Computing

Studies assume that all the reductant is evaporated at the entry of the SCR domain because of the long mixing length, but this may not be the case in the close-coupled system with a much shorter mixing length. Although the droplet deposition problem could be avoided by other means, such as calibration, this may not work at extreme operating conditions, e.g. low mass flow rate and low temperature. Since the active SCR system will be the major emissions control device in the next generation diesel engines, it is important to have a thorough understanding of such failure modes and find ways to minimize its impact on product development and warranty. This study will be focused on injection of different reductants’ droplets of various fractions into SCR to investigate their impact on system efficiency.

Development and optimisation of novel pultruded Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) cellular–concrete hybrid beam

Non-funded

Centre for the Built and Natural Environment

This project aims to investigate the structural performance/behaviour of new pultruded FRP cellular ‘PolyCell’ – concrete hybrid beams. The study will focus on developing a shear connection using pultruded FRP cellular beam profiles with lightweight concrete.

Machine learning in statistical physics

Non-funded

Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems | Engineering, Environment and Computing

The student will use deep neural networks to quantitatively describe phase transitions in pure and disordered spin systems. Advanced techniques such as GANs will be employed to directly sample configurations of such systems. As a result, the student will be able to map out the utility of such methods for research in statistical physics and potentially open up exciting new avenues resulting from combining approaches from different disciplines.

A new approach to modelling oil spill in the fluvial to marine transition zones

Non-funded

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

This project will need a {hD candidate willing to work with a multidisciplinary team of experts from academia and industry in finding innovative approach for cost-effective operational response to oil spill incidents in FMTZs that can be applied around the world.

Application of the structural equation modelling approach to ascertain the true costs of EIA and the determinants of impact prediction quality

Non-funded

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

This project requires a PhD candidate who is willing to investigate this problem in an innovative and rigorous manner. We expect that Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) method will be applied in this study to analyse time and financial costs as measured variables against some selected latent constructs which will evolve from extant literature. 

Exploring the impact of industry 4.0 on the use of lasers in battery manufacture

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities | Engineering, Environment and Computing

This research project will investigate how the application of industry 4.0 and laser material processing can be readily applied to the battery manufacturing industry in order to bring about the efficiencies needed. As a result, the project will make inroads into the best course of action for applying laser technology into industry 4.0 so that a road map can be ascertained as to the best course of action to bring about a paradigm shift in the battery manufacturing industry.

Development of a novel approach for assessing crash safety of lightweight vehicles

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities | Engineering, Environment and Computing

Coventry University has been voted ‘Modern University of the Year’ three times running by The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide. Ranked in the UK’s top 15 (Guardian University Guide), we have a global reputation for high quality teaching and research with impact. Almost two-thirds (61%) of our research was judged ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

Exploring Mixed-State Wetting of Laser Surface Engineered Polymeric Materials

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities | Engineering, Environment and Computing

This project will make inroads to achieve a better understanding of the wetting nature of laser surface engineered materials exhibiting a mixed-state wetting regime and will add to the current work being conducted in the field of wetting regimes and wetting transitions.

Novel Hybrid Wind and Wave Energy System and Its Structural Dynamic Responses Subjected to Combined Wind and Wave Loads

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities

This project aims to combine the benefits of both offshore wind and wave technologies and propose solutions for their further development through developing a novel multifunctional platform.

Evaluating the effectiveness of rangeland resting initiatives in communal grazing systems in South Africa

Non-funded

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

The overall aim of the project is to evaluate rangeland resting initiatives currently being trialled in communal grazing systems in the Matatiele area of Eastern Cape Province.

Microplastics in Drinking Water: Tap vs Bottled Water

Non-funded

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

The main goal of the project is to investigate submicron- and microplastics in tap and bottled drinking water and their impact on human health.

Various treatments of Crumb Tyre rubber to improve concrete properties

Non-funded

Centre for the Built and Natural Environment

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a self-funded PhD studentship

Intelligent Solar Controller

Non-funded

Institute for Future Transport & Cities | Engineering, Environment and Computing

The main focus of this PhD work will be to propose novel techniques for maximum power point tracking in harsh conditions that are theoretically elegant while at the same time practically useful.

Electrical interactions between Cathodic Protection systems and surface- bonded CFRP composites in RC structures

Non-funded

Centre for the Built and Natural Environment

Corrosion of concrete, Cathodic Protection, Corrosion protection, Carbon fibre, fibre composite materials, BNE, built and natural environment,

Masters by Research Studentship Opportunities in the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences (CSELS) in collaboration with the School of Life Sciences

Non-funded

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates to a broad range of both funded and unfunded MRes studentship opportunities.