PhD project titles at participating universities have been announced at the Geological Society Careers Day, held at the Society’s Burlington House headquarters in London.
The project titles in the listing below have been approved for recruitment by the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)’s Project Award Committee and there are 17 full-funded PhD positions available across the academic partnership for study commencing mid-September to early October 2020. Applicants must apply separately to each university hosting project(s) that they are interested in. You can apply for as many projects across as many of the CDT academic partners as you like. Applicants are welcome to contact project supervisors directly for more information about the project.
- University of Aberdeen: Exploring the rate state frictional behaviour in United Downs Deep Geothermal System Supervisors: Dr Quan Gan, Dr Clare Bond
- University of Newcastle: Geostatistical heat flow modelling of the thermal structure of the onshore UK: Implications for deep geothermal energy Dr Mark Ireland, Dr Cees Van Der Land, Prof Jeroen Van Hunen (Durham)
- University of Strathclyde: Understanding Hydrate Formation in Porous Rock for Enhanced Geothermal Systems Applications Supervisors: Dr Andrea Hamilton, Dr Karen Johnston, Prof Jan Sefcik
