SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Materials, processes and structures to reduce thermal loses and aid energy storage and recovery at Ultra-High Temperature	Energy Systems	Energy Storage and Carbon Capture	Dr Adam Robinson
Development of integrated multi-modal sensors for monitoring brain activity	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
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
Solar thermal energy for sorption heating and cooling	Materials and Processes	Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Giulio Santori
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired micro-decelerators	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	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
Boundary integral methods for Stokes-flow parachutes	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	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
Bio-inspired high-efficient arrays of tidal energy converters	Energy Systems	Bioengineering, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Contact models for DEM simulations of non-spherical particles	Infrastructure and Environment	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Kevin Hanley
Processing of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) for CWA capture and destruction	Materials and Processes	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Maria-Chiara Ferrari
Transition Engineering Towards Carbon Capture In Natural Gas Combined Cycles With Exhaust Gas Recycling (TECC-GAS)	Energy Systems	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Mathieu Lucquiaud
Biocompatible and biodegradable nanomaterials for targeted biomedical imaging	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Develop engineering routes for reliable, reproducible, and large-scale production of nanomedicine	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Imaging tumour macrophage polarisation for non-invasive evaluation of anticancer therapy	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Antimicrobial coatings for biomedical applications	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Materials and Energy Requirements for Sustainable Development	Materials and Processes	Energy and Climate Change, Environmental Engineering, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Rupert Myers

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