University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Full-time or Part-time Study
30-48 months Full-time, 60-96 months Part-time.
Why
Surrey?
With the oldest continuing Chemical Engineering programme in England, we are a
highly respected and award-winning Department with a wealth of experience and
expertise in the subject. If you join us, you will have opportunity to
investigate topics ranging from fuel cell systems, biorefining and reverse
osmosis to positron emission particle tracking.
Research in the Department is highly multi-disciplinary and we enjoy excellent collaborations with Materials, Chemistry and the Ion Beam Centre, as well as access to their facilities. Much of our research is computationally based and we have the latest software and hardware. Our modern laboratories include high headroom areas for pilot plant, and specialist laboratories exist for microbial systems, water and particle technology.
Students benefit from the comprehensive training and transferable skills offered through the Faculty Graduate School, which serves to create a friendly social environment for the Faculty’s large cohort of postgraduate research students.
Programme
overview
Research degrees in the Department normally comprise three years’ research and
the initial registration is subject to a confirmation process after one year.
All PhD students work on individual projects within one of our research centres. During your time with us you will undertake a critical review of your chosen field of study to bring you to the cutting edge of science, propose a novel solution to your chosen problem, whether theoretical or experimental, and evaluate it.
Research
themes
Research in the Department is centred around five interconnected themes:
- Adsorption, electrolytics and reaction engineering
- Biochemical and biomedical engineering
- Particulate and fluid systems
- Process systems engineering
- Water processing technology
Research areas
- Synthesis of novel adsorbents eg, MOFs
- Adsorption for environmental protection and refrigeration.
- Modelling battery and fuel cell systems
- Turbulent plumes and cool flame systems
- Industrial symbiosis, optimisation and decision making
- Supply chain management
- Biorefining
- Design and optimisation of the bioenergy supply chain
- Industrial uses of microalgae
- Process chemometrics, state estimation and control
- Manipulated reverse osmosis
- Computation oncology and modelling radiotherapy
- Positron emission particle tracking and fundamentals of particle technology
- Use of ultrasonics to promote chemical and physical processing
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How To Apply
For more information on the course and how to apply please visit the programme website.
General
enquiries:
+44 (0)1483 681 681