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	Optical Systems and Materials	Prof Robert Henderson
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	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Dr Sotirios Tsaftaris
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques For Band-limited Optical Communications	Digital Communications	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Dr Wasiu Popoola
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	Environmental Engineering	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
Compartment fire-fighting and fire dynamics - Fire Service Research and Training Trust Scholarship	Infrastructure and Environment	Fire Safety Engineering	Dr Ricky Carvel
Condition monitoring of permanent magnet machines	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Power Systems	Dr Konstantinos Gyftakis
Data Driven Information Recovery in Sensor Systems	Digital Communications	Signal and Image Processing	Prof John Thompson
Developing renewable strategies to overcome physical aging of polymers	Materials and Processes	Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes	Dr Cher Hon Lau
Development of 4D printed actuators with integrated temperature-controlled triggering system for defence applications	Infrastructure and Environment	Infrastructure Sensing and Systems	Dr Francisca Martinez-Hergueta
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
Digital infrared detectors	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Optical Systems and Materials, Sensors, Smart Wireless Devices and Systems	Professor Robert Henderson
Energy transfer processes at gas/wall interfaces under extreme conditions	Multiscale Thermofluids	Multiphase flows, interfaces and phase change from nano- to macro-scales, Multiphase, interfacial and chemically reacting flows at the macro-scale	Dr Brian Peterson

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