PhD scholarship in CRC-P: From Panels to Products: Aluminium-Silicon Alloys from PV Waste

The scholarship is to work alongside the CRC Project to investigate some key outstanding questions related to the processing of end of life solar Si into aluminium based alloys.

Scholarship is for 3.5 years at $35,886 pa indexed annually.

$35,886 pa indexed annually.

25 May 2026

31 December 2026

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Candidate requires a strong honours or masters degree in Engineering or Science.

Please send your CV and academic record along with a short cover letter explaining your interest in the project to Baoyue Zhang at baoyue.zhang@rmit.edu.au

This project is best undertaken by students with majors in Manufacturing, Materials Science/Engineering, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Physics.

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