Fully Funded PhD Opportunity, Sustainable Elastomer Technologies
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity: Develop the Next Generation of Sustainable Elastomer Technologies
About James Walker
James Walker is part of the James Walker Group of Companies, who are a successful global Industrial organisation supplying high performance sealing products and solutions. With state-of-the-art material technology skills, the James Walker Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the James Walker Group specialises in the provision of sealing solutions (elastomers, polymers, composites, engineering plastics, high nickel alloys).
Our worldwide group of companies has operations, sales and service entities across Europe, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, South Africa and North and South America
James Walker is sponsoring two fully funded Net2Zero CDT PhD studentships in partnership with the University of Warwick, focused on developing the next generation of sustainable elastomer materials for industrial applications.
These are not purely academic projects. The research challenges have been defined with direct input from James Walker and will address real-world engineering problems across sectors including energy, Oil & Gas, nuclear, chemical processing, aerospace and manufacturing.
Successful candidates will benefit from:
✅ Full PhD funding
✅ Close collaboration with academic and industry specialists
✅ Work on commercially relevant technology challenges
✅ Opportunities to build relationships within James Walker and the wider engineering sector
✅ Potential future career opportunities within James Walker following successful completion of the PhD
Applicants must qualify for Home Fee Status.
Apply here:
🔗 https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/sustainable-bio-based-nanomaterials-next-generation-elastomer-technologies-phd/october
🔗 https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/sustainable-nanomaterials-thermal-management-industrial-systems-phd/october-2026
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