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Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Deadline: 26th January 2025
North East, All England
Start Date 15th September 2025
Award Duration 4 years
Sponsor EPSRC
Supervisors Dr Richard Law Dr Jonathan McDonough Dr Ryan McGlen (Industrial Supervisor)
This PhD project will develop next generation 3D Heat Pipes, to maximise thermal transport efficiency within advanced electronics for space and terrestrial applications.
Vapour chambers and loop heat pipes are proposed for development into a 3D format. Vapour chambers are ultra-thin heat pipes used to rapidly spread heat in the x-y plane. They have various applications in electronics cooling/heat spreading. 3D vapour chambers are a recent advancement combining a state-of-art 2D vapour chamber with a traditional heat pipe structure to allow heat spreading and dissipation across all 3 dimensions. Loop heat pipes incorporate a complex evaporator with flexible transport lines, that require development for utilisation in a 3D environment. This project will focus on the advancement of vapour chambers and loop heat pipes into 3 dimensional environments.
Potential applications include in-orbit satellite applications, where maximising thermal performance of waste heat transport from discrete, high heat flux heat sources is paramount, and aerospace applications where the geometry between the heat dissipating source and the heat sink may be tortuous. Other applications include battery pack cooling, cooling of PEM fuel cells and various other key enabling technologies in the drive to net zero.
This PhD project within the PINZ CDT will work closely with Boyd Ashington Ltd to develop the next generation of 3D cooling technologies.
You must have, or expect to gain, a minimum 2:1 Honours degree or international equivalent in a subject relevant to the proposed PhD project (usually chemical or mechanical engineering, or a related area). Enthusiasm for research, the ability to think and work independently, excellent analytical skills and strong verbal and written communication skills are also essential requirements.
This studentship is available for home students only.
The studentship provides 100% fees (Home), a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate), and a research training support grant of £20,000.
You must apply through the University’s Apply to Newcastle Portal. Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’.
Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study:
You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section:
You must submit one application per studentship, you cannot apply for multiple studentships on one application.
General enquiries: Richard.law2@ncl.ac.uk or pinz.cdt@ncl.ac.uk
This studentship is available for home students only.
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