SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Co-Design of Smart and Data-Driven Health Monitoring Furniture for Care Applications	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Tughrul Arslan
Development of Next Generation Megawatt Scale Wind Energy Power Converters	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Stephen Finney
Recovery of Reactive Nitrogen Molecules Using Adsorption Processes	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Stefano Brandani
A deep dive into the understanding of the water adsorption hysteresis phenomena in porous materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Stefano Brandani
Biopolymers for packaging and membrane applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis
Music Listening and Transitions	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
A cross-disciplinary soft systems engineering approach to improving the quality of care of an ageing population	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Electric Field Control of Liquid Surfaces for Microfluidics	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Prof Glen McHale
Water Repellency, Adhesion and Friction	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Prof Glen McHale
Design of protection systems through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Prof Filipe Teixeira Dias
Quantifying the influence of vegetation structure on wildfire behaviour in changing environments.	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Zakary Campbell-Lochrie
Structural Health Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance for Ensuring Long-Term Structural Health	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Yavuz Yardim
Developing low-cost and sustainable multifunctional polymer composites for energy applications (MPhil)	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Wini Obande
MPhil Opportunity - Transforming Waste Fibres into Sustainable Engineered Composite Materials through Upcycling	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Wini Obande
RF Electronics and Radar Antenna Systems for Automotive Radar and other Related Scenarios	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
Single-photon imager design with on-chip feature extraction	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Srinjoy Mitra
Spontaneous and forced Capillary flows on liquid surfaces	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Rodrigo Ledesma Aguilar
Physics-based mathematical modelling of water electrolyzer for hydrogen production	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Prodip Das
Joint Sensing and Communications for Efficient Optical Wireless Networking	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof Majid Safari
A multi-spectral single photon sensor for enhanced 3D vision	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Istvan Gyongy

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