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PhD Opportunities in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

PhD Research Project opportunities in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Themes	Principal Investigator
3D electrospun hydrogel cell scaffold with opto-responsive fiber core for extracellular oxygen and pH mapping	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems Materials and Processes	Bioengineering, Materials and Structures, Optical Systems and Materials, Sensors, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Norbert Radacsi
A Wearable Low Power Radio Frequency Head Imaging Device for Medical Diagnostics and Monitoring	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Prof Tughrul Arslan
Application of Wide-Bang Gap Power Semiconductors in Wind Energy Power Converters	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion	Prof Stephen Finney
Design, manufacturing and test of a lactate sensor for the detection of hypoxia during baby delivery	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Jon Terry
Development of CMOS based time-of-flight sensor for optical imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Optical Systems and Materials, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
Development of impedance sensing and measurement techniques for biomedical applications	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Stewart Smith
Development of integrated multi-modal sensors for monitoring brain activity	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
Efficient Signal Processing for Nonlinear Fibre-Optic Communication Systems	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Majid Safari
Electronics for wearable EEG headset in Neurorehabilitation Application	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Srinjoy Mitra
Event based signal processing for isotope identification at reduced power	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Sensors, Smart Wireless Devices and Systems	Dr Alister Hamilton
High Resolution SPAD image Sensor for 3D imaging or LIDAR	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Sensors	Prof Robert Henderson
Integration of Microfluidic assembly with CMOS electronics for Point-of-care devices	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Sensors	Dr Srinjoy Mitra
Low Power Ambient Radiation Sensors Using CMOS SPADs	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Sensors	Prof Robert Henderson
Micro-sensors for adaptive acoustic transduction	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Professor Rebecca Cheung
Mid-infrared laser absorption sensors for gas turbine monitoring	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Chang Liu
Novel implanted bio-sensors to detect real-time recurrence and growth of primary brain tumours	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Stewart Smith
Optical Wireless Communication for 5G Heterogeneous Networks	Digital Communications	Communications	Dr Majid Safari
Tomographic temperature imaging at aero-engine combustor exit with high spatial resolution	Digital Communications	Tomography	Dr Chang Liu
Wireless, wearable pressure sensors for sports equipment and medical compression clothing	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Philip Hands

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