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Self-funded PhD project ideas
The projects listed below are interdisciplinary. Candidates are invited to discuss the project they are interested in with the proposed First Supervisor.
Aerospace and Aircraft Engineering
Title: Innovation in photovoltaics for Net Zero Buildings
First Supervisor: Dr Hasan Baig
Title: Fabrication, testing and lifetime prediction of bio-based biodegradable composites for aircraft interior panels
First Supervisor: Dr Doni J. Daniel
Title: Identification of modal parameters and non-linear effects in short and noisy aircraft structural signals.
First Supervisor: Dr Jose Barros Rodriguez
Title: Performance Evaluation and Failure Analysis of Preventive Corrosion/Erosion Coatings Used in Power Plant and Refinery
First Supervisor: Dr Doni J. Daniel
Title: Modelling and simulation of degradation of ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) under hypersonic flow
First Supervisor: Dr Doni J. Daniel
Title: Analysis and development of fuel cell propulsion systems for drones and manned aircraft
First Supervisor: Dr Cliff Dansoh
Title: Multi-fidelity Optimisation of the eVTOL Wing for the Air-taxi concept
First Supervisor: Dr Yujing Lin
Title: Design and performance optimisation of Proton exchange membrane fuel cell for aviation application
First Supervisor: Dr Yujing Lin
Title: The effects of serrations on the aerodynamic performance of F-1 race car wing with a slotted flap
First Supervisor: Dr Sing Lo
Title: Demonstration and optimisation of a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasmoid for injection into a High-Energy Density Electromechanical Thruster based on Stabilized Liner Compression for a UK Fusion Rocket propulsion program
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Shaw
Title: The use of deep learning and machine learning for the optimisation of space propulsion technologies
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Shaw
Title: Thermal effects and anti-icing efficiency of an icing protection system for large wind turbines
First Supervisor: Professor Jian Wang
Title: Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) navigation in GPS denied scenarios
First Supervisor: Dr Yahya Zweiri
Civil Engineering and Construction
Title: Flood mitigation schemes in rural communities in the south west of England
First Supervisor: Dr Karen Clarke
Title: Residual strength controls on coastal cliff development in southeast England
First Supervisor: Dr Karen Clarke
Title: Improving the behaviour of plate girders via modification with additional FRP layers
First Supervisor: Dr Ted Donchev
Title: Instability in peat
First Supervisor: Dr Alan Dykes
Title: Improved understanding of the Vaiont landslide based on refined modelling using updated geological information
First Supervisor: Dr Alan Dykes
Title: The application of Eurocode 8 Part 1 around the world
First Supervisor: Professor Costas Georgopoulos
Title: Construction Quality Management in the Digital Age
First Supervisor: Dr Hasan Haroglu
Title: Investigating the Management of the Early Stages of the Building Project Life Cycle
First Supervisor: Dr Hasan Haroglu
Title: Climate change influences on landsliding in the British Isles
First Supervisor: Maia Ibsen
Title: Investigation of the behaviour of high strength concrete (HCS) at elevated temperature
First Supervisor: Dr Hsein Kew
Title: Optimising reinforced concrete elements containing recycled aggregate of equal compressive strength to conventional concrete
First Supervisor: Dr Hsein Kew
Title: CNT/cement nanocomposite materials for structural applications for buildings
First Supervisor: Professor Mukesh Limbachiya
Title: Assessing and improving the productivity of construction labour through resilient interventions against stagnation (in respect of the evolving perspectives of the impacts of pandemics like the coronavirus)
First Supervisor: Dr Paul Misser
Title: Finding a novel integrated phase-change material (PCM) with thermal system for building application: A nearly net-zero carbon emission and green strategy in enhancing the sustainable built environment
First Supervisor: Dr Siti Diana Nabilah Mohd Nasir
Title: Behaviour of under-reamed piles in sand under lateral and vertical loading
First Supervisor: Dr Joshua Omer
Title: Effects of installation methods and polymer support fluids on the lateral load capacity of piled foundations in low to medium permeability soils
First Supervisor: Dr Joshua Omer
Title: Composite timber/FRP elements
First Supervisor: Dr Diana Petkova
Computing and Information Systems
Computing and Information Systems PhD projects listed by first supervisor
Dr Jab Abbass
Dr Nabajeet Barman
Professor Sarah Barman
Michael Bosy
- Studies in acoustic interactions with liquid drops
- Machine learning and domain decomposition methods for fluid dynamics
Dr Jarek Francik
Dr Nabeel Khan
Dr Jay Kiruthika
- Machine learning-based cyber security in IoT appliances
- Sentiment Analysis in VoIP messages using machine learning
Dr Xing Liang
Professor Dimitrios Makris
- Medical image analysis using deep learning
- Human motion analysis using computer vision and deep learning
Professor Maria Martini
- Quality assessment for light-field imaging
- Machine learning for video quality evaluation
- Frame synchronization and access control in machine to machine communications
- Quality assessment and modelling for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming via HTTP (DASH)
- Quality assessment for light-field imaging
Dr Robert Mellor
Gregory Mills
Professor Jean-Christophe Nebel
- Two-stream machine learning architecture based on deep learning and HMM for video-based Ambient Assisted Living
- A Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Approach to Characterise and Predict Cataract Formation
- Game Theory for Automatic Video Annotation
- Human Action Recognition using Machine Learning and Multimodal Data
- Two-stream Machine Learning Architecture based on Deep Learning and HMM for Person Recognition in Images/Videos
- Deep Learning / Bioinformatics Approach for Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction
Dr Obinna Omego
Dr Eckhard Pfluegel
Dr. Nada Philip
Professor Christos Politis
Dr Farzana Rahman
- Using deep transfer models from natural language processing to predict drug resistance in communicable diseases in humans
- Deep learning enabled alternative drug design for cancer patients
Professor Paolo Remagnino
Dr Ahmed Shihab
- Benchmarks for Data Clustering Algorithms in Data Science
- Metadata-based Deep Learning to estimate the quality of Wikipedia Articles
- Benchmarks for Data Clustering Algorithms in Data Science
Dr Martin Tunnicliffe
- Improving the Predictive Capability of Type-Token Models
- Improving Throughput in a Wireless Mobile Network using Successive Interference Cancellation with Power Randomization
Professor David Wertheim
Hu Yuan
Geography, Geology and Environment
Title: Community resilience – benefit or burden?
First Supervisor: Dr Tracey Coates
Title: Alternative lifestyles: mobile home parks in the metropolitan fringe a UK/US comparison
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Garside
Title: Valuing green and blue urban landscapes
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Garside
Title: Bridging the gap between environment and health - exposure assessment of potentially harmful agents in soil
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Hooda
Title: Field scale reconstruction of nineteenth century rural land use using first County Series OS maps and parish area books
First Supervisor: Professor Nigel Walford
Life Sciences
Life Sciences PhD projects listed by first supervisor
Dr Judith Allgrove
- Exercise and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease/type 2 diabetes risk in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.
- Exercise and nutritional status on metabolic factors, hormonal responses and inflammation in women
- Exercise and nutritional status on metabolic and hormonal responses in lean and overweight/obese individuals
Dr Hossein Ashrafi
Dr Jess Buxton
- Role of telomere attrition in cardiometabolic disease risk
- Role of telomere attrition in pancreatic beta cell dysfunction
Dr Athina-Myrto Chioni
Phil Crilly
Dr Terry Gaymes
- Defining the ‘molecular signature' of PARP inhibitor sensitivity in haematological malignancies
- Investigating the modulation of cellular responses as a consequence of long term Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase (PARP) inhibition therapy
- Investigation and Exploitation of DNA Damage and Repair in Leukaemia
Professor Andrey Karlyshev
Dr Alison Kelly
Dr Mouhamad Khoder
Dr Katya Lamber
Yujing Lin
Dr Francesca Mackenzie
Professor Helmout Modjtahedi
- Biological significance, predictive value and targeting of the HER family members in pancreatic cancer
- Biological significance, predictive value and targeting of cell surface antigens in colorectal cancer
- Study of biological significance and targeting of HER family members in liver cancer
Dr Hannah Moir
- Sex differences of ultra-endurance running: Profiling of female ultra-runners
- Gender differences of ultra-endurance running: Profiling of female ultra-runners
Professor Declan Naughton
- Application of advanced analytical methods to study key aspects of health and disease
- 'You are what you eat': Consumers, providers, and governance of human enhancement through diet
- Application of advanced analytical methods to study key aspects of health and disease
Professor Andrea Petroczi
Dr Elena Polycarpou
Dr Sianne Schwikkard
- The synthesis and evaluation of chalcones, heterocyclic chalcones and related natural products as potential novel anti-microbial and anti-cancer agents
- Extraction, fractionation and identification of natural products for antimicrobial analysis
Dr Owen Spendiff
Professor Tony Walker
Mathematics
Title: Making an e-learning tutorial environment for mathematics and/or engineering "intelligent": the design, implementation and evaluation of a tutorial system that learns from students' mistakes
First Supervisor: Dr Mastaneh Davis
Title: Using a Machine Learning approach to develop a multilingual capable system for collecting and evaluating cyber threat intelligence from online communities.
First Supervisor: Dr Mastaneh Davis
Title: The development of mathematical and statistical models of sports betting, with a view to detection of irregular activities
First Supervisor: Dr Gordon Hunter
Title: Making a computer-based tutorial environment for mathematics "intelligent": the design, implementation and evaluation of a tutorial system that learns
First Supervisor: Dr Gordon Hunter
Title: Developing statistical longitudinal models to investigate the effects of life course events and decisions over the long term on the physical and mental health of the elderly
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Soan
Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
Title: Investigation of optical properties of the cornea
First Supervisor: Professor Andy Augousti
Title: Robotic Wireless Sensor Network (RWSN) design to enhance the sensing capability of robotic systems via WSN for IoT robotic applications
First Supervisor: Professor Andy Augousti
Title: Feasibility studies for novel desalination plant designs
First Supervisor: Professor Andy Augousti
Title: Fire suppression capabilities of gas-like micromist
First Supervisor: Dr Siaka Dembele
Title: Chemical detection using intelligent UAV system
First Supervisor: Dr Olga Duran
Title: Robust perception and decision making for autonomous vehicles
First Supervisor: Dr Olga Duran
Title: Enhancement of electrical conductivity of carbon fibre composite for resisting lightening strike on aircraft
First Supervisor: Dr Homayoun Hadavinia
Title: Sustainable car design using bio-composite materials
First Supervisor: Professor George Haritos
Title: Numerical simulation of deflagration, detonation and DDT in large scale inhomogeneous reactive mixtures
First Supervisor: Dr Ali Heidari
Title: Development of a responsive 3D printer for smart additive manufacturing
First Supervisor: Dr Pingfei Jiang
Title: Computational modelling and simulation of bio-inspired structures
First Supervisor: Dr Payam Khazaeinejad
Title: Shape optimisation for aesthetics/functional requirements in the context of additive manufacturing
First Supervisor: Dr Payam Khazaeinejad
Title: Hybrid-type finite elements for thermomechanical problems
First Supervisor: Dr Payam Khazaeinejad
Title: Advanced composites structures FEA/CFD modelling design and manufacturing
First Supervisor: Dr Spiros Koutsonas
Title: Realignment of resources optimisation techniques for different industrial sectors
First Supervisor: Dr Andy Lung
Title: Numerical investigation of developing laminar flames distorted by turbulence
First Supervisor: Dr Siva Prasad Reddy Muppala
Title: Numerical measurements of two-staged gas turbine combustion for hydrogen enrichment of hydrocarbons
First Supervisor: Dr Siva Prasad Reddy Muppala
Title: An investigation into transonic flows over high pressure gas turbine blade tip
First Supervisor: Dr Zainab Saleh
Title: Additive manufacturing process optimisation
First Supervisor: Dr Diana-Nicoleta Vienescu
Title: Combustion and detonation of hydrogen with suspended particles and droplets
First Supervisor: Dr Konstantin Volkov
Title: Design and optimisation of wind farms built-in to existing buildings and civil objects
First Supervisor: Dr Konstantin Volkov
Title: Particulate systems in fire safety engineering
First Supervisor: Dr Konstantin Volkov
Title: Tap water treatment with a laser pulse
First Supervisor: Dr Konstantin Volkov
Title: Resilient and lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle for extreme environment
First Supervisor: Dr Yahya Zweiri
Pharmacy and Chemistry
Pharmacy and Chemistry PhD projects listed by first supervisor
Professor James Barker
Dr Stephen Barton
- Synthesis and Properties of Novel thermoresponsive polymers for water purification
- Stability studies to support the extended infusion of medicines
Dr Ian Beadham
Dr Joseph C Bear
- Exploring "inverse vulcanisation" sulphur polymers and their analogues for 3D printing, healthcare and catalysis
- Development of low molecular weight organogelators
Dr Miyyada Boumechache
Dr Rosa Busquets
Dr Gianpiero Calabrese
- Development of Smart Nanocapsules for Targeted Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery
- Carbon nanotubes in the boron neutron capture therapy of cancer
Philip Crilly
Dr Ahmed Elbediwy
Dr Shereen Elnabhani
Dr Amr ElShaer
- Medicated dental implants
- New generation of orally disintegrating tablets: modified and sustained release
Dr John Fletcher
- Chitosan-electroactive polymer blends and grafted copolymers as potential smart drug-delivery materials
- Ileo-colonic targeted drug delivery
Dr Nati Garrido Mesa
Dr Dominikus Heift
Dr Darren Johnson
Dr Hachemi Kadri
Dr Ayomi Perera
- Magnetic-polymer hydrogels for controlled drug release
- Magnetic cryogels for advanced biomedical applications
Dr Gemma Shearman
Dr Anil Vangala
Dr Stephen Wren
Research degrees
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