SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Digital infrared detectors	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Robert Henderson
Electrochemical preparation of electrocatalysts for the electrochemical conversion of CO2	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Ignacio Tudela-Montes
Elucidating the molecular-level interactions between nanocarbons and biological membranes	Infrastructure and Environment, Materials and Processes	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillón
Energy transfer processes at gas/wall interfaces under extreme conditions	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Brian Peterson
Fabrication of electromechanically active electrodes for miniaturised electrochemical devices	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Ignacio Tudela-Montes
Imaging tumour macrophage polarisation for non-invasive evaluation of anticancer therapy	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Inertial microfluidics modelling for particle separation and disease diagnostics	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Timm Krueger
Low-power electronic interface for environmental sensors	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Srinjoy Mitra
Machine learning aided bioimpedance spectral imaging for tissue engineering	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Yunjie Yang
Machine learning for hyperspectral computed tomography	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nick Polydorides
Materials and Energy Requirements for Sustainable Development	Materials and Processes	Energy and Climate Change, Environmental Engineering, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Rupert Myers
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
Mechanical properties of ancient earth and turf materials	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering, Materials and Structures	Dr Christopher Beckett
New numerical integration approaches for finite element simulations	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Optimum Transceiver Design For Visible Light Communication/LiFi	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu Popoola
Processing of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) for CWA capture and destruction	Materials and Processes	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Maria-Chiara Ferrari
Processing of brain time series to unravel changes in dynamic functional connectivity in disease	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Javier Escudero-Rodriguez
Pushing the boundaries of fire modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Fire Safety Engineering	Dr Stephen Welch
Railway Track Bed Research	Infrastructure and Environment	Infrastructure Sensing and Systems, Structural Engineering	Prof Michael C Forde
Robustness of Large Timber Buildings	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering	Dr Thomas Reynolds

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