SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
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
LED-driven photocatalytic oxidation technology for water purification	Bioengineering, Infrastructure and Environment, Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, Materials and Processes	Environmental Engineering, Reaction Engineering and Catalysis	Dr Thalia Chatzisymeon
Machine learning aided bioimpedance spectral imaging for tissue engineering	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Yunjie Yang
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
Multi-agent AI for coordinating a hardware gig economy	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof Timothy Drysdale
New numerical integration approaches for finite element simulations	Infrastructure and Environment	Structural Engineering	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Offshore Renewable Energy (Industrial Doctorate Centre)	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Energy and Climate Change, Energy Policy, Economics and Innovation, Energy Storage and Carbon Capture, Naval Architecture, Offshore Renewable Energy, Power Systems	Prof David Ingram
Optimum Transceiver Design For Visible Light Communication/LiFi	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu Popoola
Power Electronics Research Position with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and University of Edinburgh.	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion	Prof Stephen Finney
Probabilistic Graphical Models in Multi-Target Tracking	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr James Hopgood
Processing of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) for CWA capture and destruction	Materials and Processes	Carbon Capture and Separation Processes	Dr Maria-Chiara Ferrari
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
Remanufacture of Marine Composite Components based on Improved Service Data and Field Diagnostics	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Edward McCarthy
Solar thermal energy for sorption heating and cooling	Materials and Processes	Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Giulio Santori
Sustainable Lithium Mining and Recycling using Membrane Technology	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Harvey Huang
Tracking granular flows using instrumented grains	Infrastructure and Environment	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos

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