PhD in Nuclear/Chemical/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

A funded 4-year UK EngD studentship at UoB with a tax-free stipend./nThe project is collaborated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, with industrial partnership with US’s Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)./nThe study focuses on developing an engineering understanding of the effect of fusion-relevant plasma exposure and extreme heat loads on mapping plasma-facing component (PFC) failure modes and generating a PFC structural integrity database plus a model to aid divertor designs./nWork includes exposing candidate PFCs with different wall materials to deuterium and mixed plasma scenarios at PSI-2 over a wide temperature range, post exposure examination (PEE) of uncooled or actively cooled PFC components, and use of AI/ML techniques. Collaborative opportunities with US and French tokamak facilities such as D-IIID and WEST @ CEA-Saclay are mentioned.