Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials. The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after.
Urological devices (stents and catheters) are deployed as temporary measures to restore urinary drainage in patients with kidney stones, tumours or strictures. In this PhD project, we aim to develop novel coatings to resist encrustation and biofilm formation on stents, and extend our test platform to include in vitro biological testing of microbial cell-device interactions for rapid pre-clinical testing of coating efficacy.
The development and offline testing of biometric systems (such as face and voice) relies on the presentation of a large collection of population unbiased-data. Assembling these data is often time consuming and, to be ethically valid, requires the agreement of test participants for their data to be used for research purposes.
This project, focussing on high-power laser architectures, will contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MoD) research programme intended to develop generation-after-next-technologies for applications in defence and security.
Electric propulsion (EP) continues to revolutionise space travel. Their intrinsic higher exhaust velocity enables new spacecraft missions, including large orbital changes for example enabling the redeployment of satellites over Ukraine for improved communication following the Russian invasion.
Working closely with Rolls Royce, this PhD will establish advanced but practical 3D X-ray imaging methods that may be applied to Additively Manufactured (AM) aeroengine parts. You will exploit a combination of: known part geometries, advanced data analysis (X-ray simulation and image reconstruction) and customised X-ray hardware.
Oscillation of aerodynamic structures are widely observed in many engineering applications, such as flapping-wing aerial vehicles, drone or helicopter propellers, wind turbine blades, etc. The aerodynamic and aeroacoustics effects of the unsteady flow conditions caused by the oscillation have been investigated for decades
In this PhD studentship, the candidate will further develop this novel composite material ARF (CM-ARF) technology, spanning the multidisciplinary remit between cleanroom based, 2D materials fibre integration technology for the highly innovative CM-ARF platform, with applications in active photon management and light processing functions.
In this project, you will investigate the key microorganisms enabling the breakdown of toxic and recalcitrant organic compounds and develop an effective bioaugmentation approach to manipulate the microbial community to enhance the biological removal of micropollutants.
In this project, we will extend our high-fidelity multidisciplinary design optimisation (MDO) framework for the design of Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) fans. The proposed MDO is based on adjoint aero structural optimisation, augmented with machine learning, considering complex aero structural behaviour affected by BLI-distorted aero loads.