SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Fluid Mechanics of a bio-inspired autonomous vessel	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Naval Architecture, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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
Bio-inspired morphing blades for wind and tidal turbines	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Offshore Renewable Energy	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 Offshore Wind Farms	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Catalyst attrition during fluid catalytic cracking processes	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering	Dr Kevin J Hanley
Mechanism of CO2 transport in membranes for carbon capture applications	Materials and Processes	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Maria Chiara Ferrari
Droplet-wise condensation on smart engineered surfaces	Multiscale Thermofluids	Multiphase flows, interfaces and phase change from nano- to macro-scales	Dr Rodrigo Ledesma Aguilar
Integrating Decentralised Energy Trading Platforms into Power System Planning	Energy Systems	Energy Policy, Economics and Innovation, Power Systems	Dr Thomas Morstyn
Physics-based and Data-driven Modelling of Pollutant Emissions from Engines	Multiscale Thermofluids	Multiphase, interfacial and chemically reacting flows at the macro-scale	Dr Wang Han
Fire Behaviour of Self-Prestressed Concrete Slabs Reinforced with Carbon Fibre Rein- forced Polymer Tendons	Infrastructure and Environment	Fire Safety Engineering	Prof Luke Bisby
Predicting fracture risk in metastatic bone disease: A combined finite element modelling and machine learning approach	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Prof Pankaj Pankaj
A Quantum Receiver for Classical Wireless Communication Systems	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques For Band-limited Optical Communications	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Optimum Transceiver Design For Visible Light Communication/LiFi	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
Generation of electricity from humidity swings	Materials and Processes	Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Multiphase Flows and Transport Phenomena	Dr Giulio Santori
A new metering and data fusion method for wet gas flow	Digital Communications	Tomography	Dr Jiabin Jia
Machine Learning Techniques for Evaluating Disease and Drug Effectiveness in Fibre-Bundle Endomicroscopy Systems	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr James R Hopgood

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