SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
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
Aerodynamics of Offshore Wind Farms	Energy Systems	Wind Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of high-performance yacht sails	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Aerodynamics of the gliding seeds of the Javan cucumber vine	Energy Systems	Energy and Climate Change	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
America’s Cup yacht hydrofoils	Energy Systems	Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
Controlling the microbial generation of nitrous oxide in wastewater treatment; a pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Gavin Melaugh
Data-driven 3D chemical species tomography for instantaneous imaging of reactive flows	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Chang Liu
Deep-tissue optical imaging	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Prof Robert Henderson
Flexible and Conformable Origami Metasurfaces	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Marcelo Dias
Hardware-accelerated chemical species tomography for dynamic flow diagnosis	Digital Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr Chang Liu
Hierarchical nanofabrication of smart and functional materials for energy efficient separations	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Yi Harvey Huang
In-situ Sensing and Structural Engineering	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Thomas Reynolds
Interfacing Electronics and Synthetic Biology	Integrated Micro and Nano Systems	Institute for Micro and Nano Systems Themes	Dr Jamie Marland
Mechatronics of Carbon Capture from the Atmosphere	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Giulio Santori
Micromechanics of deformation and damage in composite materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Amer Syed
Micromechanics of deformation and damage in composite materials	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Amer Syed
Modelling of phase change in dense particle assemblies	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Sina Haeri
Novel Structured Surface Coatings for Protection from Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agents	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Optimising salt morphology and maximising oral perception of salt through DEM and DEM-CFD techniques	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Sina Haeri
Ship hull hydrodynamics	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes, Naval Architecture	Dr Ignazio Maria Viola

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