SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Fluorescence Lifetime Micro-endoscopic Camera System for Clinical Optical Imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Robert Henderson
3D printed devices for the separation of biologics	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Simone Dimartino
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
AI for Robust Compression	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Sotirios Tsaftaris
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques For Band-limited Optical Communications	Digital Communications	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Dr Wasiu Popoola
Advanced multiscale modelling and simulations of nucleate boiling on special surfaces – EMBOSS project	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Prashant Valluri
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the Scottish thistle, the national flower of Scotland	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Are some phobias good? Examining hydro-mechanical relationships in hydrophobic soils	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher Beckett
Bio-inspired micro-decelerators	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired morphing blades for wind and tidal turbines	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Boundary integral methods for Stokes-flow parachutes	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Composite Material and Structural Design for Morphing Tidal Blades for Improved Renewable Energy Harvesting	Materials and Processes	Institute for Energy Systems Themes, Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Edward McCarthy
Condition monitoring of permanent magnet machines	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Power Systems	Dr Konstantinos Gyftakis
Data-driven processing of brain activity over networks	Digital Communications	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Dr Javier Escudero Rodriguez
Developing renewable strategies to overcome physical aging of polymers	Materials and Processes	Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes	Dr Cher Hon Lau
Development of CMOS based time-of-flight sensor for optical imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Optical Systems and Materials, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
Development of integrated multi-modal sensors for monitoring brain activity	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
Digital Education in STEM: automated evaluation of students interacting with remote laboratories	Digital Communications	Communications	Prof Timothy Drysdale

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