PhD Opportunities

A-Z of Research Opportunities

A research degree offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove yourself as a researcher. Queen’s is committed to the enhancement of research training and teaching and offers postgraduate research opportunities across all fields of study.

This is not an exhaustive list of Postgraduate Research Opportunities. If you cannot find a project you are interested in, please use the Subjects Search tab or the Find A PhD Supervisor tab.

Project name	School	Funding	Subject	Status	Sort	Timestamp
County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 09 July 2021	School of Law	Funded		Open	1	1625846400
Northern Bridge Consortium School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2021	School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded		Closed	1	1610553600
Developing and testing a low cost immersive 360 video platform for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 11 December 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1607644800
Adult Safeguarding in Northern Ireland: a study of the relationship between social deprivation and adult protection referrals in Northern Ireland School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 27 November 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1606478400
DfE PhD Studentship associated with ‘The future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit’ project School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 06 November 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1604707140
NINE Northern Ireland and North East of England DTP Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2021	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1611331200
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 20 July 2020	Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1595264400
CITI-GENS MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1594400400
QUB - Belfast City Council PhD Research Studentship School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 05 June 2020	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1	1591372800
North South Postgraduate Scholarships Funding Funded Application deadline 14 May 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1589472000
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Funding Funded Application deadline 08 March 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1583711940
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Photonic Integration & Advanced Data Storage (PIADS) School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Mathematics and Physics Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded		Closed	1	1585670400
DAERA Postgraduate Studentships School of Biological Sciences Funding Funded Application deadline 25 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded		Closed	1	1582675140
Queen’s University/China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships 2020 Funding Funded Application deadline 28 January 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1580212800
Continuity of Midwifery Carer in NI School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Midwifery Dr Jenny McNeill Supervisor Dr Jenny McNeill Funding Funded Department for the Economy Application deadline 19 March 2021	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1616112000
Continuity of Midwifery Carer in NI for Women with Additional Care Needs Across the Continuum of Care School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Midwifery Dr Jenny McNeill, Dr Fiona Lynn Supervisor Dr Jenny McNeill, Dr Fiona Lynn Funding Funded Department for the Economy Application deadline 19 March 2021	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1616112000
High Performance Graph Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Assessment and Improvement of Software Engineering productivity School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering; productivity; personnel economics Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Precision-Aware Deep Learning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Deep Learning with Limited Labelled Data: theory, algorithm and application to medical data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Yang Hua Supervisor Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
High-Performance Computing, Edge Computing, Aceelerators, Low-power School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Carlos Reano Supervisor Dr Carlos Reano Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Energy-Conscious and Fault-Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
CLOSER – a Common Language Of Software Evolution in Repositories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Cutting Supervisor Dr David Cutting Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGENS DTP: Adaptive Acceleration of Neural-Networks in Resource Constrained Edge and Cloud Environments School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Energy-Efficiency, Artificial-Intelligence, Neural-Networks, Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Heath monitoring, ECGs, Heart-Rate-Variability, Energy-Efficient Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Biologically-plausible Neural Processors School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Spiking Neural Networks, Data Science, Neuromorphic, Memristo Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Post Quantum Anonymous Credential School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Supervisor Dr Jinguang Han Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision Medicine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronav Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Functional Encryption and its Application School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Supervisor Dr Jinguang Han Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGENS DTP: Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Fairness, Public Sector, Machine-Learning, Algorithms Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Supervisor Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Model-based testing: Assessing and improving applicability and usefulness in practice School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Testing of AI-based systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Requirements to Microservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Supervisor Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Retrieving Credible online documents School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Austen Rainer Supervisor Dr Austen Rainer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Evolution Prediction from a Social Networks Perspective School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Supervisor Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Brain Inspired Computing for Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Attack-resistant intelligent network intrusion pervention systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Distributed, collaborative protection against IoT attacks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Semantic code analysis using program embedding School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Unsupervised and Interpretable Learning for Electronic Healthcare Records School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
GeneRank: A machine learning approach to detect and rank gene signatures from biological repositories with an application in lung cancer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Reza Rafiee Supervisor Dr Reza Rafiee Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Quantum Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Adversarial deep learning for software and malware analysis: deception and countermeasures School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Deep Pose Estimation and activity recognition in social media videos School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Engineering for Trustworthy AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Quality Assured and Certifiable Software Development for Smart Contracts School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Story telling from Sensors:From Activities to Stories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Supervisor Dr Son T Mai Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Interactive and Intelligent exploration of big complex data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Supervisor Dr Son T Mai Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
Adaptive Runtime Reconfiguration of Edge Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Distributed Intelligence in Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Energy Scalable Neural Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Empirical Elasticity in the Hybrid Cloud School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Energy-Efficient and Fault Tolerant Cyber-Physical Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Meaningful Object Processing in Mind and Machine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Supervisor Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Serverless Fog Computing: From Microservices to Nanoservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Naturalistic Natural Language Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Supervisor Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Predictive Analytics in an ICS by processing streams of physiological data in real-time School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Supervisor Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Researching the use of machine learning tools in marine engineering to enhance green energy generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Supervisor Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
Artificial Intelligence for Vision Based Navigation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Neil Robertson Supervisor Professor Neil Robertson Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Fog/Edge Computing (fully funded international studentship) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1599778800
Deep Evidential Reasoning for Semantic Vulnerability Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Paul Miller Supervisor Dr Paul Miller Funding Funded Application deadline 31 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1596150000
Fog/Edge Computing (one fully funded UK/EU studentship School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1599778800
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (One International PhD Studentship) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 26 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614297600
Explaining Neural Network Models for Security Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (UK/EU PhD Studentship School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 26 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614297600
Trustworthy and Explainable Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
"The Invisible Man": Testing and Mitigating the Control Incentive of AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
Moving Towards End-to-End Multi-Target Tracking for Animal Welfare School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
EPSRC ICASE with BT: Self-Healing Network against Cyber Attacks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline None specified	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
DTP: GPU acceleration of discrete-event simulations of digital twins School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Carlos Reano Supervisor Carlos Reano Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring and Control in Industrial Internet-of-Things School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP:Transprecise computing meets multi-physics simulation: adapting computation to precision requirements School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
DTP: AI and real-time predictive modelling of manufacturing pipeline state of health School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Supervisor Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Resource Allocation and Control co-design in the cloud using the IOT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Human-Robot Collaboration in Disassembly for Future Remanufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Soft Sensing for in-process optimal quality control for remote laser welding processes School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Dynamic Bayesian Modelling of Disk Drive Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Supervisor Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Real-time and non-restrictive safety enforcement for robots living in dynamic environments; the factory of the future challenge School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Personalized Dynamic Learning and Skill Delivery for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Information Centric Networking - A new approach towards Secure and Resilient Industry 4.0 Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Precision Location of Tooling Using Wireless Methods School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Vincent Fusco Supervisor Vincent Fusco Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Optimising adaptive skill delivery systems for human users and learners in Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: ML-Driven Millimetre-wave Industrial Wireless School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Simon Cotton Supervisor Simon Cotton Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Embedding intentions in robot motion patterns: capitalizing on human perceptual skills School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Supervisor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Deep learning-enabled video -based motion tracking for human-robot interaction in assembly tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Supervisor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Embedded systems security using Approximate Computing for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Supervisor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Hardware-based authentication for Industrial IoT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Supervisor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Semi-supervised learning for advanced manufacturing applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Condition-based maintenance using hidden semi-Markov models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTPSCIDM: Deep learning with limited labelled data: theory, algorithm and application to advanced manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep learning, representative learning, learning with limited labelled data, advanced manufacturing Dr Yang Hua Supervisor Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Precision Location of Tooling Using Wireless Methods School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Antennas, machining, wireless, antenna arrays, wireless sensor network, Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Supervisor Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Secure Networks for Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Network security Cyber Security IoT Industrial IoT Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Digital-Twin based In-Process Quality Control for Robotic Machining School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD In-process quality monitoring Signal processing, Machine learning machining digital-twin robotics Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Finite element modelling for medium frequency power electronics design and packaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Power electronics, Finite element modelling, Medium frequency transformer, Packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Fault-Free Digital Twins in Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Digital Twin, Computation models, Resource allocation, high-performance computing, Industry 4.0 Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Biohaviour: Secure Connected Manufacturing - Integrating Design and Cloud based Distributed Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Manufacturing, Design, 3D-Printing, Cloud, CAD Dr Peter Kilpatrick Supervisor Dr Peter Kilpatrick Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Attacking is the best defence: Adversarial deep learning for Data Security Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep Learning, Secure Connected Intelligence, Adversarial Learning, Cybersecurity Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Modernising legacy software using microservices for the digital industrial economy of tomorrow (MoLeS-micro) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering / Modernisation / Architecture Industrial Software Refactoring Microservices Dr David Cutting Supervisor Dr David Cutting Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: A virtual reality platform for safe testing of human-robot interactions School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Human-robot interaction, virtual reality, robot safety, manufacturing, Industry 4.0 Prof Karen Rafferty Supervisor Prof Karen Rafferty Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: 3D fabrication of functional fused silica structures for augmented reality and next generation high velocity vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 3D glass fabrication, optical elements, sensors, inertial sensors, precision manufacturing Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Massively parallelisable model predictive control for safe collaborative robots and autonomous vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Autonomous Systems, Graphics Processing Units (GPU's), Collaborative Robotics, Control, Numerical Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Electronic skins for robotics and sensing applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sensors, artificial robot skin, e-skin, robot skin interactions, wireless sensor networks Dr Oleksandr Malyuskin Supervisor Dr Oleksandr Malyuskin Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Energy Autonomous IoT Devices for Wireless Sensing Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Energy Harvesting, RF/Wireless Power Transfer, Ambient Backscatter, Microwave Engineering, High Freq Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Machine Learning for Cost-Efficient Reaction Yield Prediction in Chemistry School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr ThaiSon Mai Supervisor Dr ThaiSon Mai Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Bio-inspired Computing for Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Autonomous systems; neural networks; custom computing; artificial intelligence; machine learning Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: 6G Radio Access Technologies (RAT) with Machine Learning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), future networks, low-latency, machine learning (ML), RAT, Ultra Trung Duong Supervisor Trung Duong Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Hardware-based authentication for Industrial IoT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Security, machine learning, Internet of Things, authentication Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Intelligent Countermeasure for Protecting UAVs Against GPS Spoofing Attack School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless communications UAV communications Cybersecurity Machine Learning Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Embedded systems security using Approximate Computing for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Security, approximate computing, machine learning, Industry 4.0 Maire O'Neill Supervisor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Advanced manufacturing of mm-wave lens antennas for future wireless technologies School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD wireless networks, antenna, advanced manufacturing, 3d printing Dmitry Zelenchuk Supervisor Dmitry Zelenchuk Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: GPU-accelerated Poultry Bone Fragment Detection at the Edge School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Poultry meat industry, food safety, inline, bone detection, Artificial Intelligence algorithms, GPU Carlos Reano Supervisor Carlos Reano Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Software Defined Networks for Secure Connected Energy Monitoring and Real-Time Control in Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Softtware, Energy, Control, Manufacturing Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Deep Learning approaches to high dimensional image compression in digital pathology School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep learning, unsupervised learning, computer vision, Digital Histopathology, image compression Dr Richard Gault Supervisor Dr Richard Gault Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Energy-Conscious and Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Fault Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: High Value Design via personalised dynamic learning and skill delivery for industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Skill acquisition, skill delivery, Learning, systems theory, control-theoretic methods Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Adaptive control of high performance machining by parallel robots School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel robots / parallel kinematic machine, Deformation modelling, Compensation, Adaptive control Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Adaptive control of high performance machining by parallel robots School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel robots / parallel kinematic machine, Deformation modelling, Compensation, Adaptive control Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Biohaviour: Generative Design Systems for Jet Engines School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering design, geometry, manufacturing, virtual reality Professor Mark Price Supervisor Professor Mark Price Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Developing a Digital-Twin of laser welding process applying Deep Learning Neural Network School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Multiphysics – Laser welding, Deep learning, Neural Network Dr Gasser Abdelal Supervisor Dr Gasser Abdelal Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Developing a Digital-Twin of laser welding process applying Deep Learning Neural Network School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Multiphysics, Laser welding, Deep learning, Neural Network Dr Gasser Abdelal Supervisor Dr Gasser Abdelal Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG/DTPSCIDM: Development and experimental validation of an advanced-level finite element-based simulation software for the additive manufacturing of polymers School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, finite element analysis, polymer, mechanics Dr Zahur Ullah Supervisor Dr Zahur Ullah Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG/DTPSCIDM: Development and experimental validation of an advanced-level finite element-based simulation software for the additive manufacturing of polymers School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, finite element analysis, polymer, mechanics Dr Zahur Ullah Supervisor Dr Zahur Ullah Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Future factory digital design School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD manufacturing, predictive modelling, cyber-physical systems Professor Adrian Murphy Supervisor Professor Adrian Murphy Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Future factory digital design School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD manufacturing, predictive modelling,cyber-physical systems Prof. Adrian Murphy Supervisor Prof. Adrian Murphy Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Identifying analysis features in CAD models by machine learning School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, representative learning, computer aided Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Identifying analysis features in CAD models by machine learning School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, representative learning, computer aided Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Digital-Twin based In-Process Quality Control for Robotic Machining School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD In-process quality monitoring, Signal processing, Machine learning, Machining, Digital-twin,Robotics Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Digital-Twin based In-Process Quality Control for Robotic Machining School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD In-process quality monitoring, Signal processing, Machine learning, Machining,Digital-twin, Robotics Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: A virtual reality platform for safe testing of human-robot interactions School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Human-robot interaction, virtual reality, robot safety, manufacturing, Industry 4.0. Professor Karen Rafferty Supervisor Professor Karen Rafferty Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: A virtual reality platform for safe testing of human-robot interactions School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Human-robot interaction, virtual reality, robot safety, manufacturing, Industry 4.0 Prof. Karen Rafferty Supervisor Prof. Karen Rafferty Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Design and Manufacturing of 3D-Printable Nanocomposites for Renewable Energy Applications School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD 3-D printing, nanocomposites, energy devices, intelligent design, energy storage, sustainable, renew Dr Oana Istrate Supervisor Dr Oana Istrate Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Design and Manufacturing of 3D-Printable Nanocomposites for Renewable Energy Applications School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD 3-D printing, nanocomposites, energy devices, intelligent design, energy storage, sustainable, Dr Oana Istrate Supervisor Dr Oana Istrate Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Finite element modelling for medium frequency power electronics design and packaging School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Power electronics, Finite element modelling, Medium frequency transformer, Packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Finite element modelling for medium frequency power electronics design and packaging School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Power electronics, Finite element modelling, Medium frequency transformer, Packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Innovative design capability of turbine blade using additive manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Turbomachinery, Additive Manufacturing, CFD, FEA, Optimization Dr Sung in Kim Supervisor Dr Sung in Kim Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Innovative design capability of turbine blade using additive manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Turbomachinery, Additive Manufacturing, CFD, FEA, Optimization Dr Sung in Kim Supervisor Dr Sung in Kim Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Manufacture for Design – A Method for Designing Performance Critical Products School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Design, Manufacture, Aerospace, Automotive, Space Professor Frank Kirkland Supervisor Professor Frank Kirkland Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Manufacture for Design – A Method for Designing Performance Critical Products School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Design, Manufacture, Aerospace, Automotive, Space Professor Frank Kirkland Supervisor Professor Frank Kirkland Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Secure Networks for Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Network security, Cyber Security, IoT, Industrial IoT Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Secure Networks for Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Network security Cyber Security IoT Industrial IoT Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence and metrology to understand how uncertainty (manufacturing and modelling) can affect nozzles manufacturing and performance. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Manufacturing, Computational Fluid dynamics, Artificial Intelligence Dr Marco Geron Supervisor Dr Marco Geron Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence and metrology to understand how uncertainty (manufacturing and modelling) can affect nozzles manufacturing and performance. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Manufacturing, Computational Fluid dynamics, Artificial Intelligence Dr Marco Geron Supervisor Dr Marco Geron Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Advanced manufacturing of mm-wave lens antennas for future wireless technologies School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Wireless networks, antenna, Advanced manufacturing, 3d-printing Dr Dmitry Zelenchuk Supervisor Dr Dmitry Zelenchuk Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Advanced manufacturing of mm-wave lens antennas for future wireless technologies School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Wireless networks, antenna, Advanced manufacturing, 3d-printing Dr Dmitry Zelenchuk Supervisor Dr Dmitry Zelenchuk Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Development of an Intelligent Robotic Rotational Moulding Cell for Sustainable Manufacturing of Thermoplastics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Rotational Moulding, Plastics, Intelligent and Sustainable Manufacturing Dr Peter Martin Supervisor Dr Peter Martin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Development of an Intelligent Robotic Rotational Moulding Cell for Sustainable Manufacturing of Thermoplastics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Rotational Moulding, Plastics, Intelligent and Sustainable Manufacturing Dr Peter Martin Supervisor Dr Peter Martin Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG/DTPSCIDM: Multiobjective crashworthiness optimisation of additively manufactured auxetic structures under severe loading conditions School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Advanced materials, auxetics, additive manufacturing, optimisation, blast, impact, crashworthiness Dr Zafer Kazanci Supervisor Dr Zafer Kazanci Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG/DTPSCIDM: Multiobjective crashworthiness optimisation of additively manufactured auxetic structures under severe loading conditions School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Advanced materials, auxetics, additive manufacturing, optimisation, blast, impact, crashworthiness Dr Zafer Kazancı Supervisor Dr Zafer Kazancı Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM:Software Defined Networks for Secure Connected Energy Monitoring and Real-Time Control in Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Software Defined Networking,Energy Monitoring, Smart Grids, Cyber Security, Decarbonisation, Climate Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM:Software Defined Networks for Secure Connected Energy Monitoring and Real-Time Control in Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Software Defined Networking, Energy Monitoring, Smart Grids,Cyber Security Decarbonisation, Climate Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Design and development of effective and interconnected smart fire suppression systems for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Battery, Lithium-ion battery, Energy storage, Fire suppression, Sensors Machine learning Electric Dr Stephen Glover Supervisor Dr Stephen Glover Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Design and development of effective and interconnected smart fire suppression systems for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Battery, Lithium-ion battery, Energy storage, Fire suppression, Sensors Machine learning Electric V Dr Stephen Glover Supervisor Dr Stephen Glover Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Biohaviour: Secure Connected Manufacturing – Integrating Design and Cloud based Distributed Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Manufacturing, Design, 3D-printing, Cloud, CAD. Dr Peter Kilpatrick Supervisor Dr Peter Kilpatrick Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Biohaviour: Secure Connected Manufacturing – Integrating Design and Cloud based Distributed Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Manufacturing, Design, 3D-printing, Cloud, CAD. Dr Peter Kilpatrick Supervisor Dr Peter Kilpatrick Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
DTPSCIDM: Systems Thinking to Leverage the Amazon Effect in High Value Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Systems thinking, Amazon effect, manufacturing agility, complexity theory, Sectors without Borders, Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
DTPSCIDM: Systems Thinking to Leverage the Amazon Effect in High Value Manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Systems thinking, Amazon effect, manufacturing agility, complexity theory, Sectors without Borders, Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
DTPSCIDM: Biohaviour: Generative Design Systems for Jet Engines School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering design, geometry, manufacturing, virtual reality Professor Mark Price Supervisor Professor Mark Price Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Self-steered antennas for wireless power transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITGEN DTP: Finite element modelling for resonant power converter design and packaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Finite element modelling, power converter, packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Design and Analysis of Dual Axis MEMS Micro-mirrors for LiDAR System School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: UNlocking thE PoTential of THz Communications for FUture CoNnected SociEties (NEPTUNE) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless communications; 6G networks; THz communications; information theory; advanced signal proces Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020(EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
A Self-Calibrating Internet of Things (IOT) based Pollution Monitoring Sensor Network School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: Data-driven risk-averse control of offshore floating wind turbines with embedded GPUs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD High-performance computing, Floating offshore wind turbines, Data-driven control Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Deep learning for automated visual inspection of carpet defects School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: Deep learning enhanced inference of human motor intentions for human-robot collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine learning, movement control, decoding intentions, biological motion Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competiveness School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
Information Centric Networking: A New Approach to Securing Critical Infrastructure School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Novel RF/Microwave Transceivers for RFID and Healthcare School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Battery Energy Storage to Enhance Thermal Power Plant Flexibility School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Provision of Distribution System Services from Battery Energy Storage School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Secure Measurement and Control Information Systems for Smart Grids School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Cloud Based Electrical Utility Infrastructure Montitoring and Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Clouds' Effect on Solar Power Generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Xueqin Liu Supervisor Dr Xueqin Liu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Investing Security Vulnerablilities of Approximate Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Secure IoT devices Using Digital Fingerprint School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Robotic Vision and Tactile Sensing for Wire-Terminal Insertion Tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Impedance Control with Human Intent Estimation for Human-Robot Collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Super-directive antenna arrays for future wireless systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Massive MIMO at THz communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Ambient Backscatter and Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Multi-Element Resonant Converter for Enhanced Wireless Power Transfer for On-board EV Chargers School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicles Charging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Nonlinear model predictive control for safe proactive collaborative robots School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Risk-averse predictive control for autonomous vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Practical and Post-Quantum IoT Security School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Practical Privacy-preserving homomorphic analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO for Ultra-Dense Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Massive MIMO in Machine-Type Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
UK Quantum Communications Hub PhD Students on Practical Post Quantum Cryptography School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Maire O'Neill Supervisor Professor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded EPSRC funded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Smart Manufactured Nanostructured Plasmonic arrays for biosensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David McNeill Supervisor Dr David McNeill Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Opto-electronics based gas sensors for detecting volatile organic compounds School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Funded Application deadline 31 August 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1598828400
Antenna Characterization for Advanced Beamforming Hardware at Millimeter-waves School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Supervisor Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Energy Autonomous IoT devices for Wireless Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Super-directive electically small antennas in compact massive MIMO systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) for smart radio environments School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
RF Energy Harvesting for IoT devices using metamaterials School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Physical Human-Robot Collaboration Using Visual and Force Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Learning-based Safety Critical Control for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1614470400
Self-Healing Network against Cyber Attacks (EPSRC ICASE with BT) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Funded EPSRC Industrial CASE award Application deadline 11 January 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1610323200
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Dr Philip T. Fliers Supervisor Dr Philip T. Fliers Funding Funded Marie Curie COFUND - DTP Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2	1594335600
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Professor John D. Turner Supervisor Professor John D. Turner Funding Funded Marie Curie COFUND - DTP Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2	1594335600
Gender and the Politics of Shame, an Illuminate Fellowship at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Politics, gender, sexualities, feminism, shame, affect, emotion Dr Clara Fischer Supervisor Dr Clara Fischer Funding Funded Department of the Economy Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Funded	Politics	Open	2	1617145200
Before Energy Citizenship: Energy, Culture and Place-based Identities in the UK, 1950s–1990s School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD History, Energy, Citizenship, UK, DR HIROKI SHIN Supervisor DR HIROKI SHIN Funding Funded Department for the Economy Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Funded	History	Open	2	1617145200
CITI-GENS DTP - Dealing with the Past in a Digital Age: Oral History in Transition School of Law \| PHD Oral history; transitional justice; technology; ethics; post-conflict Dr Anna Bryson Supervisor Dr Anna Bryson Funding Funded Cofunded by the EU and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2	1594335600
CITI-GENS DTP - The Governance and Management of Data in the Smart City School of Law \| PHD Smart Cities, data governance, law and the GDPR, regulation and governance Professor John Morison Supervisor Professor John Morison Funding Funded Cofunded by the EU and DfE Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2	1594335600
Exploring legal and ethical dimensions in Belfast’s planned Digital Innovation Ecosystem School of Law \| PHD legal, policy, ethics Professor Daithi MacSithigh Supervisor Professor Daithi MacSithigh Funding Funded DfE Research Eligibility Guidance Notes Application deadline 5 June 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2	1591311600
Leverhulme Trust: Real-time Signal Processing Algorithms for Computational Millimetre-wave Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Leverhulme Trust Application deadline 18 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1600383600
Leverhulme Trust: Compressive Millimetre-wave Antennas for Computational Security-Screening Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Leverhulme Trust Application deadline 18 December 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1608249600
Optimising mechanical properties and degradation profile of orthopaedic bone repair devices harmonised with tissue regeneration. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Biomaterial, Tissue engineering, Medical implant Prof Fraser Buchanan Supervisor Prof Fraser Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Rapid approaches to assess power-plant loading for novel aircraft concepts under extreme events School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Simulation, FEA, Aerospace, Finite Element Analysis, Aircraft Dr Declan Nolan Supervisor Dr Declan Nolan Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Rapid approaches to assess power-plant loading for novel aircraft concepts under extreme events School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Simulation, FEA, Aerospace, Finite Element Analysis, Aircraft Dr Declan Nolan Supervisor Dr Declan Nolan Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Stiffness modelling and process planning of reconfigurable parallel robots considering gravity effects School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel robots, Stiffness modelling integrating gravity effects, Process planning Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Unfunded Dfe studentship Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Stiffness modelling and process planning of reconfigurable parallel robots considering gravity effects School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel robots Stiffness modelling integrating gravity effects Process planning for optimised stiff Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Unfunded Dfe studentship Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Design, development and control of a haptic device for eye surgery School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Haptic device, Console of surgical robot, Design of haptic device, Maser slave control Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Dfe studentship, Cathedral Eye Clinic Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Design, development and control of a haptic device for eye surgery School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Haptic device Console of surgical robot Design of haptic device Maser slave control of surgical robo Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Dfe studentship, Cathedral Eye Clinic Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Measuring sustainability and circularity performance in plastic value networks to support linear to circular transition School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Plastic transition, circular economy, environmental impacts Dr Beatrice Smyth Supervisor Dr Beatrice Smyth Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Measuring sustainability and circularity performance in plastic value networks to support linear to circular transition School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Plastic transition, circular economy, environmental impacts Dr Beatrice Smyth Supervisor Dr Beatrice Smyth Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
High precision control of a medical robot for eye surgery School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Medical robot, Minimal Invasive surgery, Calibration Closed-loop control, Vision sensing Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Dfe studentship, Cathedral Eye Clinic Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
High precision control of a medical robot for eye surgery School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Medical robot Minimal Invasive surgery Calibration Closed-loop control Vision sensing Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Dfe studentship, Cathedral Eye Clinic Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Collaborative Studentship - Valorisation of Poultry Production Waste Streams – Finding Added Value via Collagen and Biopolymer Extraction School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Collaborative Studentship Scheme Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
Collaborative Studentship - Valorisation of Poultry Production Waste Streams – Finding Added Value via Collagen and Biopolymer Extraction School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Collaborative Studentship Scheme Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
Energy modelling and management of machining by parallel kinematic machines School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel Kinematic Machines, Energy modelling, Green manufacturing, Process optimisation Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Unfunded Dfe studentship Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Energy modelling and management of machining by parallel kinematic machines School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Parallel Kinematic Machines Energy modelling Green manufacturing Process optimisation Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Unfunded Dfe studentship Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
ACRG:Structural performance of composite structures: A combined finite element and experimental investigation School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Finite element analysis, Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, multi-scale modelling, solid Dr Zahur Ullah Supervisor Dr Zahur Ullah Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
ACRG: Structural performance of composite structures: A combined finite element and experimental investigation School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Finite element analysis, Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, multi-scale modelling, solid mec Dr Zahur Ullah Supervisor Dr Zahur Ullah Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Optimising mechanical properties and degradation profile of orthopaedic bone repair devices harmonised with tissue regeneration School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Biomaterial Tissue engineering Medical implant Prof. Fraser Buchanan Supervisor Prof. Fraser Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Smart and sustainable polymer nanocomposites School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Polymer, Material, Composite, Nanomaterial, Biomaterial, Smart Material, Sustainability, Energy Professor Biqiong Chen Supervisor Professor Biqiong Chen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Smart and sustainable polymer nanocomposites School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Polymer, Material, Composite, Nanomaterial, Biomaterial, Smart Material, Sustainability, Energy Professor Biqiong Chen Supervisor Professor Biqiong Chen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Innovative design capability of turbine blade using additive manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Turbomachinery, Additive Manufacturing, CFD, Optimization Dr Sung in Kim Supervisor Dr Sung in Kim Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Innovative design capability of turbine blade using additive manufacturing School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Turbomachinery, Additive Manufacturing, CFD, Optimization Dr Sung in Kim Supervisor Dr Sung in Kim Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Human Robot Collaborative Manufacture School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Human robot collaboration Combined intelligence Smart manufacturing Virtual reality Aircraft assembl Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Human Robot Collaborative Manufacture School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Human robot collaboration Combined intelligence Smart manufacturing Virtual reality Aircraft assembl Dr Yan Jin Supervisor Dr Yan Jin Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Efficient product simulation approaches to enable bio-inspired design (Biohaviour) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Modelling, Simulation, FEA Engineering Design Dr Declan Nolan Supervisor Dr Declan Nolan Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Efficient product simulation approaches to enable bio-inspired design (Biohaviour) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Modelling, Simulation, FEA Engineering Design Dr Declan Nolan Supervisor Dr Declan Nolan Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Generative Design Systems for Airframe Structures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Generative design, geometry modelling, additive manufacturing, parameterisation, digital twin, airfr Professor Mark Price Supervisor Professor Mark Price Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Generative Design Systems for Airframe Structures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Generative design, geometry modelling, additive manufacturing, parameterisation, digital twin, airfr Professor Mark Price Supervisor Professor Mark Price Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Novel geometric modelling methods for generative design systems School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Generative design, geometry modelling, additive manufacturing, parameterisation, level set, digital Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Novel geometric modelling methods for generative design systems School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Generative design, geometry modelling, additive manufacturing, parameterisation, level set, digital Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
ACRG:Development of Cellulosic Structural and Semi-structural Sustainable Composites School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG: Development of Cellulosic Structural and Semi-structural Sustainable Composites School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG:Uncertainty propagation across scales for composite laminates School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Humberto Almeida Jr Supervisor Dr Humberto Almeida Jr Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Uncertainty propagation across scales for composite laminates School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Dr Humberto Almeida Jr Supervisor Dr Humberto Almeida Jr Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
Compostable Biopolymer Food Packaging Development School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Compostable Packaging Biopolymers Agri Waste Valorisation Packaging Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Compostable Biopolymer Food Packaging Development School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Compostable Packaging Biopolymers Agri Waste Valorisation Packaging Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Design and performance analysis of expansion device systems for the next generation of hypersonic vehicles School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD CFD, Expansion device systems, non-equilibrium flow. Dr Marco Geron Supervisor Dr Marco Geron Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Design and performance analysis of expansion device systems for the next generation of hypersonic vehicles School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD CFD, Expansion device systems, non-equilibrium flow. Dr Marco Geron Supervisor Dr Marco Geron Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Biohaviour: Genes for Green Power - Rolls-Royce genetic design School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Generative Design, Design systems, Aerospace Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Funded DfE plus Industrial contribution Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Biohaviour: Genes for Green Power - Rolls-Royce genetic design School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Generative Design, Design systems, Aerospace Dr Trevor Robinson Supervisor Dr Trevor Robinson Funding Funded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Advanced manufacturing of aircraft composite structures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Aircraft assembly, CFRP composite, advanced manufacturing, drilling, orbital drilling Dr Dan Sun Supervisor Dr Dan Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Advanced manufacturing of aircraft composite structures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Aircraft assembly, CFRP composite, advanced manufacturing, drilling, orbital drilling Dr Dan Sun Supervisor Dr Dan Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Computer Aided Engineering for sustainable packaging School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Simulation, Sustainability, Finite Element, Optimisation, Packaging Professor Gary Menary Supervisor Professor Gary Menary Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Computer Aided Engineering for sustainable packaging School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Simulation, Sustainability, Finite Element, Optimisation, Packaging Professor Gary Menary Supervisor Professor Gary Menary Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Composite as coating for Bioimplants to Achieve Enhanced Functionality School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Tissue scaffold, drug delivery, antibacterial, multifunction, bone repair. Dr Dan Sun Supervisor Dr Dan Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Composite as coating for Bioimplants to Achieve Enhanced Functionality School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Tissue scaffold, drug delivery, antibacterial, multifunction, bone repair. Dr Dan Sun Supervisor Dr Dan Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Bio-Inspired Aircraft Design Enabled through Advanced Manufacturing Processes School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Aircraft design, bio-inspired design, biomimetics, systems engineering, advanced manufacturing, desi Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Bio-Inspired Aircraft Design Enabled through Advanced Manufacturing Processes School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Aircraft design, bio-inspired design, biomimetics, systems engineering, advanced manufacturing, desi Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Unfunded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Manufacturing Process Optimisation Using Data Analytics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD High value manufacturing, data analytics, visual analytics, optimisation, high pressure die casting, Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Funded InvestNI Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2
Manufacturing Process Optimisation Using Data Analytics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD High value manufacturing, data analytics, visual analytics, optimisation, high pressure die casting, Dr. Danielle Soban Supervisor Dr. Danielle Soban Funding Funded InvestNI Application deadline None specified	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2
Understanding wing response to flight manoeuvres and gusts for novel aircraft School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Structural Design Professor Adrian Murphy Supervisor Professor Adrian Murphy Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Understanding wing response to flight manoeuvres and gusts for novel aircraft School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Structural Design Prof. Adrian Murphy Supervisor Prof. Adrian Murphy Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Windmilling Predictions for Novel Aircraft School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Structural Design Dr Damian Quinn Supervisor Dr Damian Quinn Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
Windmilling Predictions for Novel Aircraft School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Engineering Design, Structural Design Dr Damian Quinn Supervisor Dr Damian Quinn Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1614470400
ACRG: Towards certification by simulation of bird-strike event on composite wing leading edges School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational modelling, Basic, material characterisation/testing, Basic material selection Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Towards certification by simulation of bird-strike event on composite wing leading edges School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational modelling, Basic, material characterisation/testing, Basic material selection Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Using deep learning for predictive composites manufacturing process degradation School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Deep learning; Artificial intelligence; Composites manufacturing; Composite structures, Aerostructur Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded QUB and Spirit AeroSystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Using deep learning for predictive composites manufacturing process degradation School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Deep learning; Artificial intelligence; Composites manufacturing; Composite structures, Aerostructur Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded QUB and Spirit AeroSystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Cyber - physical methods for the design and process verification of complex composite aerostructures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite structures; Advanced composites manufacturing; Cyber-physical modelling; Digital twin; Unc Professor Paul Maropoulos Supervisor Professor Paul Maropoulos Funding Funded QUB & Spirit AeroSystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: Cyber - physical methods for the design and process verification of complex composite aerostructures School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite structures; Advanced composites manufacturing; Cyber-physical modelling; Digital twin; Unc Professor Paul Maropoulos Supervisor Professor Paul Maropoulos Funding Funded QUB & Spirit AeroSystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: High temperature composite nacelle structure School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite structures; Composite materials; Computational modelling; Finite element analysis; Materi Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded QUB and Spirit Aerosystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG: High temperature composite nacelle structure School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite structures; Composite materials; Computational modelling; Finite element analysis; Materi Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded QUB and Spirit Aerosystems Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG:Hybrid titanium–CFRP thermoplastic laminates for bolted joints of high-performance vessels School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
ACRG:Hybrid titanium–CFRP thermoplastic laminates for bolted joints of high-performance vessels School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Professor Brian Falzon Supervisor Professor Brian Falzon Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1617145200
Using Machine Learning to Predict Cardiovascular Disease for use in a Decision Model School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1614470400
A Robust Approach to Multivariate Joint Modelling School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Lisa McFetridge Supervisor Dr Lisa McFetridge Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1614470400
Robust Joint Modelling: Extensions in Time-Varying Outlier Impacts School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Lisa McFetridge Supervisor Dr Lisa McFetridge Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1614470400
Mathematical models for cancer invasion School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Anna Zhigun Supervisor Dr Anna Zhigun Funding Unfunded Application deadline 28 February 2021	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1614470400
Employing Data Analytics to inform the development of innovative Cost-Effectiveness Cancer Screening Models in the COVID-19 era School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding