SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
3D Bioprinting Nanofibre-Reinforced Vascular Branches	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Norbert Radacsi
A deep dive into the understanding of the water adsorption hysteresis phenomena in porous materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Stefano Brandani
Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting via Added-mass-variation Control	Energy Systems, Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Offshore Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering	Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Fluid Mechanics	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Biopolymers for packaging and membrane applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis
Causal data-driven insight and prediction in care	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Prof Sotirios Tsaftaris
Co-Design of Smart and Data-Driven Health Monitoring Furniture for Care Applications	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Tughrul Arslan
Conversion of humidity to electricity	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Desalination with low temperature heat	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Designing Multi-Energy Markets with Open-Source Energy System Models	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Andrew Lyden
Development of Next Generation of Near-Infrared Sensors for Advanced Woundcare in Healthy Ageing	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Tayebeh Ameri
Dictionary learning for Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides
Distributed and Intelligent Sensing for Ocean Research and Sustainable Ocean Enterprise	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Brian Sellar
Engineered materials for wearable and accessible hemodialysis: an interdisciplinary approach	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis
Experimental performance optimisation of homegrown natural fibre insulation for building decarbonisation	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Julio Bros Williamson
Fire resistance of reinforced concrete structures utilising reinforcement couplers	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Prof Luke Bisby
Flow inside supersaturated Saline droplets	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Hierarchical nanofabrication of smart and functional materials for energy efficient separations	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Yi Harvey Huang

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