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
The physics and engineering of flowing suspensions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Chris Ness
Signal processing for enhanced single-photon imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Istvan Gyongy
Ship hull hydrodynamics	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Remote Destruction & Sterilization of the Coronavirus by RF/Microwave Wireless Power Transmission	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
Recovery of Reactive Nitrogen Molecules Using Adsorption Processes	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Stefano Brandani
Quantum Computing for Power Systems Optimisation	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Thomas Morstyn
Nanoscale Electrochemistry and Healthcare Systems	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Peisan Sharel E
Music as a “Bridge over Troubled Waters”	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Machine Learning Techniques for Self Supervised Imaging Systems	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof Michael E Davies
Hydrothermal Carbonization of Organic Waste and Biomass	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
Development of physicochemical technologies for mitigating microplastic pollution in water	Infrastructure and Environment, Materials and Processes	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Efthalia Chatzisymeon
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
Designing Multi-Energy Markets with Open-Source Energy System Models	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Andrew Lyden
Desalination with low temperature heat	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori

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