SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
AC Losses in Air-cored High Temperature Superconducting Machines	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Markus Mueller
Advanced Free-Space Optical Communication for Reliable Connectivity	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Wasiu O Popoola
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
Advanced laser diagnostics investigating the fluid mechanics of primary breakup	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Brian Peterson
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
Antimicrobial coatings for biomedical applications	Bioengineering	Institute for Bioengineering Themes, Bioengineering	Dr Michael Chen
Biopolymers for packaging and membrane applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis
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
Design of Modular Air-cored High Temperature Superconducting Machines using Machine Learning Techniques for Direct Drive Wind Energy Applications	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Markus Mueller
Development of Next Generation Megawatt Scale Wind Energy Power Converters	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Prof Stephen Finney
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
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
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
RF Electronics and Radar Antenna Systems for Automotive Radar and other Related Scenarios	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
Remote Destruction & Sterilization of the Coronavirus by RF/Microwave Wireless Power Transmission	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak

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