SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Prof Halim Kusumaatmaja
Designing Structured Surfaces with Superwettability Properties	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Prof Halim Kusumaatmaja
Biomass conversion to fine chemicals via photocatalysis processes	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Professor Xianfeng Fan
Multistack Resistive Random-Access Memories for Optoelectronic Applications	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Optoelectronic Restive Random-Access Memory technologies	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Image Reconstruction using FPGA-based Generative AI	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Scalable In-Memory Computing Architectures for AI	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Software Modelling and Optimization for AI Computing Architectures	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Large-Scale Digital AI systems for Large Language Models (LLMs)	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Professor Themis Prodromakis
Data-Driven Computational Sensing and Imaging	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Imaging, Data and Communications Themes	Prof Michael E Davies
New Materials and Structures for CTE Management of Laser Systems	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Jonathan Corney
Smart Factory	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Jonathan Corney
Developing a Systematic Food Texture Characterisation Methodology for Advanced Manufacturing	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Vasileios Koutsos
Integrated fabrication and sensing for soft robotics	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Imaging, Data and Communications Themes	Dr Yunjie Yang
Optimizing Anchor Layouts in Seismic Reinforcement of URM Walls	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Yavuz Yardim
Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations	Infrastructure and Environment, Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Physics-based mathematical modelling of water electrolyzer for hydrogen production	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Prodip Das
Sensor Fusion and management in Autonomous Airborne Platforms	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Imaging, Data and Communications Themes	Dr James R Hopgood
Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis

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