PhD in Solid Mechanics

Supervisors: Dr Jun Jiang (Reader), Mechanical Engineering Department/nApplications are invited for a PhD research studentship starting in July 2026 in London/nFully funded by EPSRC-IDLA with Tata Steel UK or Constellium UK, covering tuition fees at home student level (£5,006 per year), a generous stipend £25,000 per year, and additional travel and consumables support./nSuccessful applicants will investigate the relationships between processing, microstructure, and properties of metals through combined macro- and micro-mechanical experimentation and finite-element modelling./nResearch themes include: green steel formability under the EPSRC ADAP‑EAF programme for automotive and packaging applications; micromechanical studies of aluminium precipitate evolution during forming; development of solid‑state joining techniques for dissimilar lightweight metals.