SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
The Resistance of Ships with Multiscale Roughness	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
The Physics and Engineering of Flowing Suspensions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher Ness
Simulation and modelling of hydrogen turbulent flames with High Performance Computing and Machine Learning	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Antonio Attili
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
Phase transformation in architected materials	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Marcelo Dias
Optimising treatment for scoliosis correction using computational modelling and data analysis	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Pankaj Pankaj
New renewable energy technology	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Model development for temperature-dependent visco-elastic granular materials	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Kevin Hanley
Machine learning based circuit design and optimisation for image sensors	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Danial Chitnis
Interfacing electronics and synthetic biology	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Jamie Marland
In-situ Sensing and Structural Engineering	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Thomas Reynolds
Hierarchical nanofabrication of smart and functional materials for energy efficient separations	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Yi Harvey Huang
Fluid Mechanics of a bio-inspired autonomous vessel	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Naval Architecture, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Flexible and Conformable Origami Metasurfaces	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Marcelo Dias
Elucidating the Environmental Impact of Nanoplastics (NP) through a Mechanistic Understanding of NP-induced Cell Membrane Damage	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr-Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Disentangle the water-energy nexus by using low temperature heat for water desalination	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Gulio Santori
Developing electrosynbionic devices using DNA nanotechnology and cyanobacteria	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes	Dr Katherine Dunn
Data-Driven engineering of in-vitro disease models	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Lucia Bandiera
Characterisation of Nanoporous Materials Using Adsorption at Cryogenic Conditions	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Stefano Brandani

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