SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Aerodynamics of porous wings for unsteady load alleviation of micro aerial vehicles	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Efficient discrete-element modelling of flexible elongated particles	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Fluorescence Lifetime Micro-endoscopic Camera System for Clinical Optical Imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Optical Systems and Materials	Prof Robert Henderson
Raman and Fluorescence Signals for Clinical Optical Imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Optical Systems and Materials	Prof Robert Henderson
Multi-agent AI for coordinating a hardware gig economy	Digital Communications	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Prof Timothy Drysdale
Digital Education in STEM: automated evaluation of students interacting with remote laboratories	Digital Communications	Communications	Prof Timothy Drysdale
Fundamental Limits of Quantum Radio Sensors	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof John Thompson
Anomaly Detection and Characterisation with Few-Shot Machine Learning	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Mehrdad Yaghoobi
A Quantum Receiver for Classical Wireless Communication Systems	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Optimum Transceiver Design For Visible Light Communication/LiFi	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques For Band-limited Optical Communications	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Forces and flow in dense suspensions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher John Ness
Better discrete-element simulations through detailed finite-element contact modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Aldo Papanicolopulos
Tissue engineering design of novel bio-therapeutics for cancer treatment	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan
Design of novel scaffolds in kidney tissue engineering for use in drug development.	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan
Cardiovascular tissue engineering of scaffolds for the treatment of vascular diseases	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan
Tissue engineering of cartilage scaffolds for the treatment of osteoarthritis	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan

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