SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Fluorescence Lifetime Micro-endoscopic Camera System for Clinical Optical Imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Optical Systems and Materials	Prof Robert Henderson
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Adsorption equilibrium and kinetic measurements on a novel high pressure differential volumetric apparatus	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Enzo Mangano
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the Scottish thistle, the national flower of Scotland	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Algorithms to process brain activity over networks for clinical applications	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Javier Escudero Rodriguez
Better discrete-element simulations through detailed finite-element contact modelling	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Aldo Papanicolopulos
Bio-inspired micro-decelerators	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Materials and Structures, Sensors	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Bio-inspired morphing blades for wind and tidal turbines	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Biogas upgrading to biomethane by pressure swing adsorption	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Boundary integral methods for Stokes-flow parachutes	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Computational algorithms to model the interplay between brain structure and function	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Javier Escudero Rodriguez
Condition monitoring of permanent magnet machines	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Power Systems	Dr Konstantinos Gyftakis
Developing renewable strategies to overcome physical aging of polymers	Materials and Processes	Systems Modelling from Atoms to Processes	Dr Cher Hon Lau
Digital Education in STEM: automated evaluation of students interacting with remote laboratories	Digital Communications	Communications	Prof Timothy Drysdale
Efficient discrete-element modelling of flexible elongated particles	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes, Environmental Engineering	Dr Stefanos Papanicolopulos
Flow synthesis of microporous organic polymers	Materials and Processes	Multiphase Flows and Transport Phenomena	Dr Cher Hon Lau
Multi-agent AI for coordinating a hardware gig economy	Digital Communications	Communications, Signal and Image Processing	Prof Timothy Drysdale
Multiscale characterisation of the hydromechanical behaviour of hydrophobic sandy soils	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Christopher Beckett

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