PhD opportunities

PhD research project opportunities at the School of Engineering.

PhD Opportunities

PhD Title Research Institute Principal Supervisor
Adaptive and smart structures for operational variability and life extension Infrastructure and Environment Dr David Garcia Cava
Advancing microfluidic devices for rapid disease diagnosis Bioengineering Professor Michael Chen
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails Energy Systems Professor Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine Energy Systems Professor Ignazio Maria Viola
AI meets MD: Machine Learning Potentials for Nanomaterial-Liquid Systems Materials and Processes, Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Rohit Pillai
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils Energy Systems Professor Ignazio Maria Viola
Biomass conversion to fine chemicals via photocatalysis processes Materials and Processes Professor Xianfeng Fan
Bottom-up assembly of multi-compartment synthetic cells Bioengineering Dr Tom Robinson
Design and testing of microflyers for environmental monitoring Energy Systems Professor Ignazio Maria Viola
Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties Multiscale Thermofluids Professor Halim Kusumaatmaja
Developing Lipid Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy Bioengineering Professor Michael Chen
Droplet Dynamics on Patterned Liquid-Like Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar
Droplet Dynamics on Topographically Patterned Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar
Dropwise Condensation and heat transfer on Patterned Liquid-Like Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Gary Wells
Electrolytes in Zinc ion Batteries Bioengineering Dr Peisan Sharel-e
Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations Infrastructure and Environment, Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Engineering sex-differences to improve science Bioengineering Dr Rhiannon Grant
Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies Infrastructure and Environment Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
From patients, for patients: developing organoids to advance chronic liver disease treatments Bioengineering Dr Lucia Bandiera
Hardware-accelerated flow-field measurement using laser absorption spectroscopy Imaging, Data and Communications Dr Chang Liu
Heat integration to provide whole system flexibility Energy Systems Professor Daniel Friedrich
High-fidelity laser tomography of flow fields via data assimilation Imaging, Data and Communications Dr Chang Liu
Image Reconstruction using FPGA-based Generative AI Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Improve the Energy Sustainability of AI Data Centers in Future Energy System Energy Systems Dr Wei Sun
Large-Scale Digital AI systems for Large Language Models (LLMs) Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation Materials and Processes Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
Metamaterials for Oil/Water Separation Multiscale Thermofluids Professor Glen McHale
Modelling particles subject to permanent plastic deformations Infrastructure and Environment Dr Kevin Hanley
Molecular simulation of phase separation in amino acid carbon capture solutions Materials and Processes Dr Martin Sweatman
Multistack Resistive Random-Access Memories for Optoelectronic Applications Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis

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