Nuclear Energy Futures CDT Research Projects
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/nuclear-cdt/programme/nuclear-energy-futures-cdt-research-projects/
Projects available for October 2025
Applications are invited for the below projects.
Please ensure you have read our updated programme description before applying for projects.
Please check back for new projects. If you have contacted Dr Jonathan Tate about being added to our mailing list, you will be notified via email when new positions become available. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please contact Jonathan at j.tate@imperial.ac.uk
Due to the sensitive nature of the research being carried out, some projects may require you to be a UK national.
Short project description: The components in fusion tokamaks will be designed to function for decades whilst being exposed to high temperatures, stresses, neutron irradiation and corrosive environments. This project considers creep degradation in austenitic, ferritic and martensitic steel components and seeks to underpin and validate advanced, multiscale engineering models. The primary outputs of these models will be deformation and damage predictions at full component length scales which may be used to guide assessment code development in the fusion arena. The project will utilise a real component as an exemplar case and underpin all the predictions with suitable experimental validation.
Supervisor: Prof Chris Truman (UoB)
Institution: University of Bristol
Further information: Funded by EdF Energy
Part-time: Not suitable for part-time study.
How to apply: E-mail your CV to Dr Jon Tate j.tate@imperial.ac.uk
Deadline: Ongoing until position is filled.
