Key Information
Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) iCASE and Tata Steel Building Systems
Subject areas: Engineering, materials science, chemistry
Project start date:
- 1 July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June)
- 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)
Project supervisors:
- Swansea University- Professor Peter Holliman ([email protected])
- Tata Steel- Kevin Tinkham (Tata R&D) and Julia Lloyd (Tata Steel Building Systems)
Aligned programme of study: PhD in Materials Engineering
Mode of study: Full-time
Project description:
Insulation in buildings is essential for combating climate change and achieving decarbonization. The first, as we need to keep heat inside buildings in colder climates to save energy, and the second, as we need to keep heat outside in warmer climates to use less air conditioning. Additionally, tragedies involving fires emphasize the significance of using fire-resistant cladding materials.
This iCASE PhD is working with Tata Steel Building Systems UK to create lightweight, highly insulating, and low-combustible materials for sandwich panels used in building façade systems in the construction industry. The objective is to create insulating panels with low combustibility that have the potential to sway the market away from conventional insulation types. In addition, at the end of the panel’s life, products that are completely recyclable will be delivered by utilizing waste industrial by-products as raw materials. As a result, the new insulation materials will have less embedded carbon than organic insulation materials derived from fossil fuels, increase the sustainability of steel panel systems, and ensure that panel waste will not be dumped after a building is deconstructed.
The new insulation material is anticipated to be primarily composed of inorganic industrial waste by-products, with each particle held together by an organic network that also bonds reversibly to the panel’s metal skin. High level imaging and examination offices, creating substance, primary, warm and fire execution data, will be used to help the turn of events. As a result, this exciting project will use novel chemistry to make a new insulation material that will make high-performance steel sandwich panel products more sustainable in the long run.
Eligibility:
In most cases, applicants must have a 2.1-level undergraduate degree in engineering or a related science field from a recognized non-UK university. See “country-specific information for European and international applicants (located at the bottom of the page)” for more information.
English Language prerequisites: If relevant – IELTS 6.5 generally speaking (with somewhere around 5.5 in every individual part) or Swansea perceived same. Subtleties on the Swansea College English Language passage strategy can be seen as here.
This grant is available to competitors of any ethnicity.
UKRI iCASE studentships are accessible to home and global understudies. Up to 30% of our companion can include global understudies, when the cutoff has been reached, we can’t make offers to worldwide understudies.
We are as yet tolerating applications from global candidates.
Global understudies won’t be charged the expense distinction between the UK and worldwide rate. Candidates ought to fulfill the UKRI qualification necessities.
ATAS
Please be aware that some applicants must have ATAS clearance to participate in the program. The UK Government’s website provides additional information on ATAS scheme eligibility.
The scholarship application process does not require ATAS clearance; however, successful award recipients (where appropriate) are given instructions on how to apply for ATAS clearance in conjunction with the scholarship course offer.
NB: Please check the Swansea University degree comparisons to see if you are eligible if you hold a non-UK degree.
Please send an email to [email protected] with the website link to the scholarship or scholarships you are interested in if you have any questions about your academic or fee eligibility based on the preceding.
Funding:
- The four-year stipend of £20,000 and the full cost of tuition are covered by this scholarship.
- Extra exploration costs will likewise be accessible.
Instructions to Apply
Please complete your online application with the following information to apply:
- Choose a course: Materials Engineering, PhD, Full-Time, Three-Year, July.
Please send an email to [email protected], where staff will be happy to assist you in submitting your application, if you have previously applied for the aforementioned program. In this case, the application system may issue a warning notice and prevent your application.
- Please select 2024 for the start year.
- Finance (page 8) –
“Are you self-funding your studies?” – Kindly select “No.”
Please enter “RS312 – PhD iCASE” in the “Name of Individual or Organization Providing Funds for Study” field.
Please note that applications received without the aforementioned information will not be considered for the scholarship award. It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide accurate information when applying.
Each individual Swansea University-led research scholarship award requires a separate application; Multiple Swansea University-led research scholarship applications will not be considered.
To show your support for Swansea University’s commitment to eliminating discrimination and promoting diversity, please complete the following:
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Monitoring Form (online form) You must upload the following documents as part of your online application; please do not send them via email:
- Certificates and transcripts for degrees (screenshots of your grades up to this point are sufficient if you are currently pursuing a degree).
- An introductory letter including a ‘Beneficial Individual Assertion’ to make sense of why the position especially matches your abilities and experience and how you decide to foster the venture.
- Two academic or previous employer references should be typed on headed paper or completed using the Swansea University reference form.
- Please be aware that references citing private email accounts, such as Hotmail, will not be accepted. For reference verification, referees should cite their employment email address.
- Documentation demonstrating proficiency in English (if applicable).
- A copy of your UK resident visa (if one is needed).
Please contact Professor Peter Holliman at [email protected] for informal inquiries.
Please be aware that when joint or co-funding of a scholarship project is applicable, application data may be shared with external partners outside of the university as part of the scholarship application selection process.