PhD Scholarship in Wastewater Heat Recovery

PhD Scholarship in Wastewater Heat Recovery

Scholarship

Are you passionate about energy efficiency and developing technology to reduce climate emissions? We are offering a fully funded PhD project with a tax-free stipend of $35,888 per annum for 3 years to investigate means of recycling waste heat from sewer systems in the food processing sector.

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Join RMIT’s PhD project in wastewater heat recovery with a $35,888/year stipend for 3 years!

Applications are now open.

01/01/2026

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Australian PR, citizen, or an international student in Australia with a 1st class Honours in Civil, Environmental or Mechancial Engineering.

Please submit a CV, Cover Letter and your academic transcripts to Prof. Aonghus McNabola for initial discussion via aonghus.mcnabola@rmit.edu.au

This project duties are:

To assess the available energy resources in wastewater heat in the Australian food sector using measurement and modelling approaches

To develop wastewater heat recovery technological solutions for the recycling of waste heat in specific food industry settings, using computational fluid dynamics modelling, lab experiments and field work

To disseminate finding in high impact journals and scientific conferences.

Location:

Melbourne CBD

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