SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
A simulator of the dynamics of America’s Cup foiling catamarans	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques For Band-limited Optical Communications	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu Popoola
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
Ammonia-based ionic liquids for chemical conversion of CO2	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Ignacio Tudela-Montes
Antimicrobial coatings for biomedical applications	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Applying bioengineering to energy challenges: analysing and modelling electrical devices made using synthetic biological components	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes	Dr Katherine Dunn
Artemis Digital Displacement Doctoral Training Scheme	Energy Systems	Electrical Power Conversion, Energy and Climate Change, Offshore Renewable Energy, Power Systems	TBC depending upon the project decided on
Big Data Analysis from Bridges	Infrastructure and Environment	Infrastructure Sensing and Systems, Structural Engineering	Prof Michael C Forde
Bio-inspired high-efficient arrays of tidal energy converters	Energy Systems	Bioengineering, Offshore Renewable Energy	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
Biocompatible and biodegradable nanomaterials for targeted biomedical imaging	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
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 sketching in engineering sensor networks	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nick Polydorides
Develop engineering routes for reliable, reproducible, and large-scale production of nanomedicine	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Development of integrated multi-modal sensors for monitoring brain activity	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Bioengineering, Sensors	Dr Danial Chitnis
Electrochemical preparation of electrocatalysts for the electrochemical conversion of CO2	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Ignacio Tudela-Montes

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