PhD opportunities

PhD research project opportunities at the School of Engineering.

PhD Opportunities

PhD Title Sort ascending Research Institute Principal Supervisor
Vibration data and underlying physics for adaptive structural health monitoring Infrastructure and Environment Dr David Garcia Cava
Transport Engineering and Planning Infrastructure and Environment Dr Pavlos Tafidis
Theory of clustering in binary mixtures with competing interactions Materials and Processes Dr Martin Sweatman
The mechanics of early human development Bioengineering Dr Rhiannon Grant
Software Modelling and Optimization for AI Computing Architectures Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Scalable In-Memory Computing Architectures for AI Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Optoelectronic Restive Random-Access Memory technologies Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Nucleate Boiling on Patterned Liquid-Like Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Gary Wells
Multistack Resistive Random-Access Memories for Optoelectronic Applications Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
Molecular simulation of phase separation in amino acid carbon capture solutions Materials and Processes Dr Martin Sweatman
Modelling particles subject to permanent plastic deformations Infrastructure and Environment Dr Kevin Hanley
Metamaterials for Oil/Water Separation Multiscale Thermofluids Professor Glen McHale
Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation Materials and Processes Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
Large-Scale Digital AI systems for Large Language Models (LLMs) 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
Image Reconstruction using FPGA-based Generative AI Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Professor Themis Prodromakis
High-fidelity laser tomography of flow fields via data assimilation Imaging, Data and Communications Dr Chang Liu
Heat integration to provide whole system flexibility Energy Systems Professor Daniel Friedrich
Hardware-accelerated flow-field measurement using laser absorption spectroscopy Imaging, Data and Communications Dr Chang Liu
From patients, for patients: developing organoids to advance chronic liver disease treatments Bioengineering Dr Lucia Bandiera
Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies Infrastructure and Environment Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Engineering sex-differences to improve science Bioengineering Dr Rhiannon Grant
Engineering Nanosensors Using Electrocrystallisation Materials and Processes Professor Guangzhao Mao
Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations Infrastructure and Environment, Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Electrolytes in Zinc ion Batteries Bioengineering Dr Peisan Sharel-e
Eco-friendly organic photovoltaics Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Dr Julianna Panidi
Dropwise Condensation and heat transfer on Patterned Liquid-Like Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Gary Wells
Droplet Dynamics on Topographically Patterned Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar
Droplet Dynamics on Patterned Liquid-Like Surfaces Multiscale Thermofluids Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar
Developing Lipid Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy Bioengineering Professor Michael Chen