2026 Cohort
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Adrian Kisiel
Probabilistic Digital Twins for Nuclear Engineering
University of Manchester
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Anastasis Adamopoulos
Free-surface film flows of liquid metals under the influence of magnetic fields
University of Manchester
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Archie Price
High Temperature Radiation Damage and Liquid-Lithium Corrosion in Fusion Breeder Blanket Materials
University of Manchester
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Devan Thaker
Quantum Algorithms for Neutron Transport in Fusion Power Generation
University of Manchester
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Finlay Lloyd
Effects of Hydrogen Isotope Exposure on the Performance of Fusion Breeder Blanket Materials
University of Manchester
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Harry Haines
Effect of dissimilar Joining/Welding on Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic (RAFM) Steels, W and Cu alloys for fusion reactors'
University of Manchester
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Samiul Shiam
AI-Informed Control Strategies for Magnetic Confinement in Tokamaks
University of Manchester
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Stefan Oglinda
Hydrogen Transport and Retention in Materials for Fusion Breeder Blankets
University of Manchester
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Uzair Patel
One Twin, Many Secrets: Enabling Secure Multi-Stakeholder Digital Twins for Fusion Systems
University of Manchester
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Robson White
Optimisation of a breeder blanket using machine learning and genetic optimisation algorithms
University of Manchester
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Alexander McDonald
Manufacturing and structural integrity validation of dissimilar material bonds for tungsten component joining'
University of Birmginham
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Billy Elwart
Spherical Tokamak Centre-Column Shield Designs: Mapping Failure at Metallic Support Structures and Ceramic Shield interfaces
University of Birmingham
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David Oblyschuk
AI-Driven Accelerated Qualification of Fusion Reactor Materials & Components
University of Birmingham
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Ethan Fancies
Ceramic Plasma Facing Components: Plasma-Wall Interaction Effects (PWIE) and Engineering Integrity
University of Birmingham
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Jacob Watkiss
Design and Structural Integrity under fusion conditions of Water-cooled EU-DEMO divertor components
University of Birmingham
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Kieran Martin
Engineering Structural Integrity and Structural Design Criteria of Dissimilar Metal Joints for Fusion Plasma Facing Components.
University of Birmingham
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Milan Yates
Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Copper Alloys for Fusion Energy
University of Birmingham
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Red Mcarthy
Mapping the engineering of plasma- and high heat flux induced failure modes in plasma-facing divertor components for future fusion reactors
University of Birmingham
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Ruth Bradford
Lithium-6 for the nuclear fusion industry – complementing the valorisation of battery waste and securing supply for the UK’s energy sector.
University of Birmingham
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Shaun Connolly
Manufacturing and high temperature mechanical evaluation of reduced activation W heavy alloys.
Unniversity of Birmingham