SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PhD Opportunities

PhD Research Project opportunities at the School of Engineering

PhD Title	Research Institute	Research Theme	Principal Supervisor
Evaluating the sustainability of polymer membrane fabrication and applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Sam Lau
Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Impact of Sea-level Rise on Backfill soil – seawall Interaction	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Melis Sutman
Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Prof Halim Kusumaatmaja
Machine Learning (ML) for Polymer Blending Optimisation	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Dimitrios I Gerogiorgis
Machine Learning for Position Location	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Professor John Thompson
Microfluidic devices for fast diagnosis	Bioengineering	Bioengineering	Dr Michael Xianfeng Chen
Modelling gas-droplet interaction and dispersion for decontamination applications	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Emmanuel Epelle
Molecular Simulations and Data-driven Modelling for Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Dr Eleonora Ricci
Multi-physics investigation of spray in a crossflow	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Khushboo Pandey
New Materials and Structures for CTE Management of Laser Systems	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Jonathan Corney
Novel preforms for Automated Fibre Placement	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Francisca Martinez-Hergueta
Optimizing Anchor Layouts in Seismic Reinforcement of URM Walls	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Yavuz Yardim
Physics-based mathematical modelling of water electrolyzer for hydrogen production	Energy Systems	Institute for Energy Systems Themes	Dr Prodip Das
Saline droplet evaporation for engineering applications	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Sensor Fusion and management in Autonomous Airborne Platforms	Imaging, Data and Communications	Institute for Digital Communications Themes	Dr James R Hopgood
Smart Factory	Materials and Processes	Institute for Materials and Processes Themes	Prof Jonathan Corney
Smart Surfaces for Anti-Scaling	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Gary Wells
Spontaneous and forced Capillary flows on liquid surfaces	Multiscale Thermofluids	Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids Themes	Dr Rodrigo Ledesma Aguilar
Structural Health Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance for Ensuring Long-Term Structural Health	Infrastructure and Environment	Institute for Infrastructure and Environment Themes	Dr Yavuz Yardim

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