SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Towards a method and system for widespread inexpensive unobtrusive continuous measurement and analysis of tremor as one indicator of frailty in an ageing population	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Tissue engineering design of novel bio-therapeutics for cancer treatment	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan
Tissue engineering design of a synthetic liver scaffolds to advance the understanding of liver disease	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Anthony Callanan
The physics and engineering of flowing suspensions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Chris Ness
Sketchy Numerical Approximation of wave propagation	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides
Signal processing for enhanced single-photon imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure	Dr Istvan Gyongy
Remote Destruction & Sterilization of the Coronavirus by RF/Microwave Wireless Power Transmission	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
RF Electronics and Radar Antenna Systems for Automotive Radar and other Related Scenarios	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Symon Podilchak
Music Listening and Transitions	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Ian Underwood
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Hydrothermal Carbonization of Organic Waste and Biomass	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Hierarchical nanofabrication of smart and functional materials for energy efficient separations	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Yi Harvey Huang
Flow inside supersaturated Saline droplets	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Fire resistance of reinforced concrete structures utilising reinforcement couplers	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Prof Luke Bisby
Experimental performance optimisation of homegrown natural fibre insulation for building decarbonisation	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Julio Bros Williamson
Engineered materials for wearable and accessible hemodialysis: an interdisciplinary approach	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Maria Grazia de Angelis
Distributed and Intelligent Sensing for Ocean Research and Sustainable Ocean Enterprise	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Brian Sellar
Dictionary learning for Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Nicholas Polydorides
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
Designing Multi-Energy Markets with Open-Source Energy System Models	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Andrew Lyden

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