SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
3D Bioprinting in combination with 3D nanoprinting for novel tissue engineering	Materials and Processes	Bioengineering, Materials and Structures, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Norbert Radacsi
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
3D nanoprinted cell scaffolds for oxygen and pH sensing	Materials and Processes	Bioengineering, Materials and Structures, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Norbert Radacsi
3D printed microbial bioreactors	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Simone Dimartino
A Low-Light Vision Protective Contact Lens	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Prof Alistair Elfick
A Wearable Low Power Radio Frequency Head Imaging Device for Medical Diagnostics and Monitoring	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Prof Tughrul Arslan
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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
Bio-inspired high-efficient arrays of tidal energy converters	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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
Bioinspired Materials and Membranes for Energy-Efficient Liquid Separation	Materials and Processes	Bioengineering, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Yi (Harvey) Huang
Boundary integral methods for Stokes-flow parachutes	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Contact models for DEM simulations of non-spherical particles	Infrastructure and Environment	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Kevin Hanley
Data driven innovation of sustainable infrastructure materials	Infrastructure and Environment	Infrastructure Sensing and Systems, Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation	Dr Rupert Myers
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 integrated multi-modal sensors for monitoring brain activity	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis

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