The Institute of Shock Physics hosts a number of PhD students who are supported by a range of sponsors including: AWE Plc, EPSRC, QinetiQ and The Royal British Legion. We have new opportunities for PhD studentships each year.
If you are interested in any of the advertised PhD projects please contact Dr. Daniel Eakins (d.eakins@imperial.ac.uk) with a CV and cover letter.
Imperial College London PhD Projects:
2015
| A study of elastic precursor decay in FCC, BCC and HCP metals under shock loading | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Filled - Dynamic X-ray diffraction and imaging of shocked solids | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
| A study of the dynamic behaviour of materials fabricated through additive manufacturing methods | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
2014
| To study the effects of load and strain-rate on biological systems | WG. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics/Centre for Blast Injury Studies |
| Improved models for materials that exhibit non-linear elastic behaviour | WG. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics |
| On the role of chemistry and microstructure on the mechanisms of dynamic yielding and failure in hexagonal materials | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
2013
| Determination of spatial temperature variations in dynamically compressed materials | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
| High-resolution X-ray imaging of the mesoscale during dynamic loading | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
2012
| Anisotrophy Across the Strain Rates | WG. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Exploration of material strength at high pressure | S. Bland D. Eakins |
Institute of Shock Physics |
| Characterisation of shock tube | B. Proud | CBIS |
2011
| Strain rate dependence of metals, metal alloys and amorphous metals | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Ferro- and piezo-electric materials from low to high rate and temperature | B. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Exploration of phase changes at high pressures | S. Bland | Institute of Shock Physics |
2010
| The role of inter-particle shear in the shock-induced reaction of energetic materials | D. Eakins | Institute of Shock Physics |
| High-strain-rate fracture and fragmentation | D. Eakins B. Proud |
Institute of Shock Physics |
| Shock processes in soft condensed matter - shock biophysics | K. Brown B. Proud |
Imperial Blast Group & Institute of Shock Physics |
| Modelling isentropic compression and shock propogation in magnetically driven foil and liner experiments | J. Chittenden | MAGPIE |
| Numerical methods for modelling multi-phase flows on unstructured adaptive meshes: applications in impact cratering and earth sciences | G. Collins | Applied Modelling and Computation Group (Earth Sciences & Engineering) |
2009
| The shock behaviour of granular materials | B. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Development of diagnostics to study the mechanisms and kinetics of shock induced phase transformations | B. Proud | Institute of Shock Physics |
| Use of multi-mega ampere currents to drive matter into extreme states | S. Bland S. Lebedev |
MAGPIE |
2008
| Study of pulsed power driven jets as a kinetic driver for strong shock experiments | S. Lebedev S. Bland |
MAGPIE |
UK Research Partners PhD Projects:
2010
| Characterisation of the complex shock initiation of conventional and insensitive high explosives using in-material gauges | P. Hazell | Cranfield University |
2009
| Shock propagation in complex laminate systems | P. Hazell | Cranfield Univ ersity |
| Multi-megabar pressure studies with diamond anvil cells | E.Gregoryanz | University of Edinburgh |
| A comparison of shock isentropic compression: experiment and theory | J. Wark | University of Oxford |
| In situ study of phonons and melting in metals under extreme high-P.T. conditions | P. McMillan | University College London |
| Ab initio theoretical study of phonos in metals and alloys under extreme high-P.T. conditions | P. McMillan F. Cora |
University College London |