PhD Studentship: Processing of Ceramic Matrix Composites via Polymer Impregnation and Pyrolysis
University of Birmingham – Metallurgy & Materials
A PhD is available from approximately Oct 2025 for a UK national student with an MSc, 1st or upper 2nd class bachelors degree in materials science and engineering or related subject. The PhD is designed to investigate the manufacture of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), for defence applications, via the polymer impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP) route. The work will involve modifying specific polymers that are known to yield ceramic materials after pyrolysis in order to control the resulting final properties of the ceramic, then impregnating the modified polymers into ceramic fibre preforms (probably multiple times) and completing the pyrolysis stage. The properties of the resulting CMCs will then need extensive characterisation. There may well be a need for multiple iterations of the process.
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The funding comes from Dstl, the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, via the Defence Materials Centre of Excellence (DMEx), hosted by the Royce Centre at the University of Manchester. The PhD funding will last for 3.5 years.
| Qualification Type: | PhD |
|---|---|
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Funding for: | UK Students |
| Funding amount: | The funding comes from DSTL |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed On: | 3rd February 2025 |
| Closes: | 4th May 2025 |
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