SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Towards a method and system for widespread inexpensive unobtrusive continuous measurement and analysis of tremor as one indicator of frailty in an ageing population	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Sketchy Numerical Approximation of wave propagation	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides
Signal processing for enhanced single-photon imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Istvan Gyongy
Remote Destruction & Sterilization of the Coronavirus by RF/Microwave Wireless Power Transmission	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
RF Electronics and Radar Antenna Systems for Automotive Radar and other Related Scenarios	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
Novel High Temperature Superconducting Machine for Energy and Transport Applications.	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Markus Mueller
Music Listening and Transitions	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Micromechanics of deformation and damage in composite materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Amer Syed
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Hierarchical nanofabrication of smart and functional materials for energy efficient separations	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Yi Harvey Huang
Flow inside supersaturated Saline droplets	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Distributed and Intelligent Sensing for Ocean Research and Sustainable Ocean Enterprise	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Brian Sellar
Dictionary learning for Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides
Development of Next Generation of Near-Infrared Sensors for Advanced Woundcare in Healthy Ageing	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Tayebeh Ameri
Development of Next Generation Megawatt Scale Wind Energy Power Converters	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Stephen Finney
Desalination with low temperature heat	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Conversion of humidity to electricity	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
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
Causal data-driven insight and prediction in care	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof Sotirios Tsaftaris
Biopolymers for packaging and membrane applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis

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