DTP 2020-2021 The University of Manchester
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Abstract
Organisational Structure. While the DTP will be focused mainly in the Faculty of Science & Engineering (FSE), it also links into the Faculties of Biology, Medicine & Health; and Humanities. Our approach to the DTP involves both Strategic and Delegated elements, aligned with a new structure for the Faculty. FSE now comprises two Schools (Natural Sciences and Engineering), with discipline identities retained in their component Departments (Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics in School of Natural Sciences; and Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering & Analytical Sciences; Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, and Computer Sciences in School of Engineering). All PhD activity in the Faculty is overseen by a 'Doctoral Academy' which provides a first point of contact for studentship allocation and student recruitment (http://www.se.manchester.ac.uk/our-research/funding/).
Allocation of Resources. DTP resources are top-sliced (20% of total) at the Faculty and School Level, allowing strategic support for important topics and programmes. Over the life of the next DTP, focus areas are: Mathematics, particularly mathematical modelling of materials behaviour, aligning with the completion of the Royce Hub; Industry 4.0 and related themes in AI; and Integrated Engineering, exploiting the move to the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD). CASE conversion, International Doctoral Scholarships, and President's Doctoral Scholarships are also managed strategically.
The remaining 80% of DTP funding is devolved to Departments, which have autonomy on allocating this. The primary criterion for allocation of awards in every department is the quality of the proposed research project and the academic standing and research potential of the applicant(s), although special allowance is made for Early Career Researchers, where Faculty policy is for Departments to allocate at least one DTP- or CDT-funded student to each ECR during their first three years in post.
The Student Experience. A high quality PhD requires three things: an excellent research environment, a high quality student, and a high quality project and supervisory team. We offer a world-leading equipment base, including unique industry-, institutionally- and UKRI-funded facilities such as the High Voltage Laboratory and the Henry Moseley X-Ray Imaging Facility, as well as national centres of excellence (National Graphene Institute, Henry Royce Hub). Studentships are openly advertised and allocated competitively through a transparent panel interview process. An appropriate mix of role models is visible to all during recruitment visits and interviews.
At a minimum, all students have a supervisory team consisting of a supervisor, a co-supervisor, and an advisor; many students have more than 1 co-supervisor in order to cover the full range of academic expertise required. The formal main supervisor is always an experienced academic, and early career supervisors are carefully mentored. Each individual academic group is a member of a wider research grouping, giving the students an extended network of peer and academic support and we use an online platform to monitor student and project progression.
We offer students an exceptional research training environment, managed by the Faculty Researcher Development Team. Drawing on an annual skills audit, students can select from a very wide range of opportunities (173 sessions in 2017-18) in addition to attending compulsory activities, for example health and safety training, export controls training, research integrity and GDPR training). We also offer students opportunities to gain experience in teaching (potentially leading to Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy), in public engagement (e.g. Science Spectacular) and policy (e.g. Policy @ Manchester Evidence Week), and careers support in the later stages of their programme.
Allocation of Resources. DTP resources are top-sliced (20% of total) at the Faculty and School Level, allowing strategic support for important topics and programmes. Over the life of the next DTP, focus areas are: Mathematics, particularly mathematical modelling of materials behaviour, aligning with the completion of the Royce Hub; Industry 4.0 and related themes in AI; and Integrated Engineering, exploiting the move to the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD). CASE conversion, International Doctoral Scholarships, and President's Doctoral Scholarships are also managed strategically.
The remaining 80% of DTP funding is devolved to Departments, which have autonomy on allocating this. The primary criterion for allocation of awards in every department is the quality of the proposed research project and the academic standing and research potential of the applicant(s), although special allowance is made for Early Career Researchers, where Faculty policy is for Departments to allocate at least one DTP- or CDT-funded student to each ECR during their first three years in post.
The Student Experience. A high quality PhD requires three things: an excellent research environment, a high quality student, and a high quality project and supervisory team. We offer a world-leading equipment base, including unique industry-, institutionally- and UKRI-funded facilities such as the High Voltage Laboratory and the Henry Moseley X-Ray Imaging Facility, as well as national centres of excellence (National Graphene Institute, Henry Royce Hub). Studentships are openly advertised and allocated competitively through a transparent panel interview process. An appropriate mix of role models is visible to all during recruitment visits and interviews.
At a minimum, all students have a supervisory team consisting of a supervisor, a co-supervisor, and an advisor; many students have more than 1 co-supervisor in order to cover the full range of academic expertise required. The formal main supervisor is always an experienced academic, and early career supervisors are carefully mentored. Each individual academic group is a member of a wider research grouping, giving the students an extended network of peer and academic support and we use an online platform to monitor student and project progression.
We offer students an exceptional research training environment, managed by the Faculty Researcher Development Team. Drawing on an annual skills audit, students can select from a very wide range of opportunities (173 sessions in 2017-18) in addition to attending compulsory activities, for example health and safety training, export controls training, research integrity and GDPR training). We also offer students opportunities to gain experience in teaching (potentially leading to Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy), in public engagement (e.g. Science Spectacular) and policy (e.g. Policy @ Manchester Evidence Week), and careers support in the later stages of their programme.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Scott Heath (Training Grant Holder) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2025 | |||
2297270 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2019 | 29/09/2023 | Francis Kataria |
2297302 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2019 | 30/03/2023 | Rachael Tucker |
2332392 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2020 | 31/12/2023 | Kacper Polus |
2481041 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Lois Pennington |
2481391 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Henry Broadley |
2481008 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | William Leising |
2481251 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Emma Rowlinson |
2480489 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Christopher Kinally |
2498468 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/06/2024 | Daniel Scotson |
2481424 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 23/09/2021 | Mark Mesbur |
2501530 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/06/2024 | Adnan Ditta |
2481297 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 02/10/2024 | Georgia Bradshaw |
2492452 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Anastasios Asonitis |
2481026 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 14/10/2023 | Branwen Ap Dafydd Tomos |
2479981 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 30/05/2024 | Danielle Crawshaw |
2481303 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Heather Sutcliffe |
2508638 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/04/2024 | Alyshia Keogh |
2480934 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Lyle Poley |
2495519 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Frances Hu |
2480772 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Francesco Semeraro |
2509631 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Sam Sullivan-allsop |
2503837 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 30/07/2024 | William Wren |
2501687 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 30/11/2024 | Denis Page |
2501518 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Kasey Hatch |
2481226 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 17/02/2021 | Eleanor Bowen |
2480203 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Hannah Wanstall |
2481390 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/06/2024 | Daniel Mckinnell |
2481389 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 30/05/2024 | Aidan Retallick |
2481046 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2024 | Fabio Falcioni |
2501675 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/10/2025 | Theofaneia Ntounia |
2480953 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Owen Smith |
2481011 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | William Murphy |
2481066 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | David Petrescu |
2480931 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 19/09/2023 | Liam Panchaud |
2498545 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 30/03/2024 | Kane Williams |
2480947 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Nenglong Yang |
2481427 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2024 | Nicholas Marrin |
2483911 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Bono Van Ijzendoorn |
2509619 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Niall Mahon |
2480860 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Howard Foster |
2480361 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Ashley Hogg |
2480962 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/06/2024 | Samuel Burford-Eyre |
2480944 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Matthew Brown |
2481339 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Jingjing Wang |
2480812 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 29/09/2023 | Harry Futcher |
2481030 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Laura Grose |
2480995 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2020 | 31/03/2024 | Thomas Sephton |
2509290 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2020 | 11/12/2024 | Thomas piercy |
2509230 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2020 | 29/04/2024 | Aras Ghafoor |
2509242 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2020 | 29/04/2024 | Christian Kukura |
2481340 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2020 | 31/10/2023 | Leah Stella |
2571402 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/12/2020 | 30/11/2023 | Dominic Smith |
2481418 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 29/06/2024 | James Sanders |
2864348 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 31/12/2023 | Simmone Hewitt |
2481462 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 30/08/2024 | Tomás Hajdu |
2866858 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 29/06/2024 | Henry Caldora |
2498666 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 30/07/2024 | Orla Buensoz |
2481459 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 19/05/2024 | Yusuf Sulehman |
2571455 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2021 | 31/12/2023 | Simmone Hewitt |
2519969 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 31/03/2021 | 29/09/2024 | Nikesh Patel |
2587239 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/06/2021 | 31/12/2024 | Jaspal Singh |
2856875 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/06/2021 | 31/12/2024 | Minh Vu |
2857230 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/06/2021 | 31/12/2024 | Jessica Paterson |
2623981 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/06/2025 | Elisabeth Allen |
2594344 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2025 | Francisco Selles |
2625300 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Thibbotuwawa Perera |
2594282 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2025 | Darius Deaconu |
2625578 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Rachel Cox |
2625614 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Clare Richardson |
2596805 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Scott Ellis |
2857056 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Jason Dominguez |
2625626 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Callum Jackson |
2626263 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Christopher Kitching |
2626721 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Hannah Riley |
2660641 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Joseph Copsey |
2657365 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Ryan Dempsey |
2856271 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2024 | Tom Baker |
2657931 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Iqra Zubair |
2657578 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Jieling Huang |
2658339 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Nathan Alcock |
2777240 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2025 | Alison Cottrell |
2856575 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2024 | Gabriel Strain |
2657891 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 28/02/2025 | Liam Curtis |
2625570 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Tara Mcelhinney |
2658338 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Baptiste Roure |
2596737 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | James Casey |
2777325 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Anna Stephens |
2657669 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Darioush Jalili |
2595418 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Charlotte Moss |
2657739 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Harriet Simmonds |
2625318 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Kho Quan |
2657660 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Brent De Hauwere |
2657922 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Anmol - |
2594335 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2025 | Alexandra-Daria Dumitriu-Iovanescu |
2660767 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 28/02/2026 | Hiru Senehedheera |
2657653 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 31/03/2024 | Mohammed Sardar |
2859087 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2024 | Mael Jullien |
2657994 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Jack Sawyer |
2616638 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Joseph Parkin |
2659392 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 18/04/2022 | James Mcnulty |
2625247 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 29/09/2025 | Florence Goodrich |
2787427 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/09/2021 | 30/03/2025 | Aaron Rankin |
2763632 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2021 | 29/04/2025 | Ismaeel Ali |
2902603 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2021 | 29/05/2025 | Christopher Blum |
2856902 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/11/2021 | 31/10/2024 | Maria-Irina Oancea |
2669472 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 29/06/2025 | Mohammadhossein Saberian |
2669482 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 29/06/2025 | Joseph Lynch |
2669414 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 29/06/2025 | Rory Barker |
2669143 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 29/06/2025 | Katarina Marinkovic |
2853198 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 31/12/2024 | Yahya Saboon |
2669155 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 31/03/2024 | Fiona Ford |
2864392 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 01/01/2022 | 29/06/2025 | Alexander Hamilton |
2764338 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 31/03/2022 | 29/09/2025 | Marcell Haslewood |
2686201 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 31/03/2022 | 29/09/2025 | Chuen Hang Choi |
2671814 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 31/03/2022 | 31/12/2025 | David Bonham |
2864500 | Studentship | EP/T517823/1 | 30/06/2022 | 30/07/2026 | Kameron Langley |