PhD Studentship Opportunities For 2007-08 Entry

Synopses of the projects can be found by following the links. Interested students should contact the appropriate member of staff for more detailed information and to discuss a possible application.

The list of PhD topics given below is not exhaustive. We welcome approaches from candidates with ideas of their own, or who have variants of our topics to suggest.

High temperature rock fracture and permeability in volcanic systems
Professor Peter Sammonds, Professor Philip Meredith & Dr Chris Kilburn

Fracture in the crust: simulations under 'real' conditions of crustal stress
Prof. Phil Meredith

Dynamics of the polar pack - rheology of sea ice
Professor Peter Sammonds & Dr. Daniel Feltham

Flow of Antarctic ice: dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet
Professor Peter Sammonds

High-temperature fracture mechanics of dome lava
Prof. Peter Sammonds; Dr. Christopher Kilburn & Dr. Hugh Tuffen