Application Deadline
30.09.26
Research Theme
Applied Mathematics, Thermal-Fluid-Dynamics, Multi-Physics
Project Overview
This 4 year PhD project is fully funded and home students. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. Only UK Nationals with a British passport can apply. The project is sponsored by MBDA and requires security clearance for the candidate. The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security, and this project will be co-funded by MBDA.
Responsibilities
- Build upon novel mathematical frameworks developed at Manchester to describe complex laser-substrate interactions
- Understand how laser beams propagate through, and are absorbed by, metallic vapour plumes and describe this mathematically/numerically
- Implement the mathematical descriptions into finite-volume numerical implementations for the general predictions of laser interactions with substrate materials
The PhD student will be based at the University of Manchester but will be part of a cohort of approximately 12 PhD students per year across a number of UK institutions. The Skills and Training Hub will run online and face-to-face activities to facilitate cohort building and group learning exercises throughout the PhD programme.
Qualifications
Applicants should have, or expect to achieve, at least a 2.1 honours degree or a master’s (or international equivalent) in a relevant science or engineering related discipline. Candidates must be UK Nationals and be willing to apply for and able to obtain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance.
Benefits
£20,780 annual tax‑free stipend and tuition fees will be paid.
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