Application of Innovative Flexible Electronic Technologies in Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Application of Innovative Flexible Electronic Technologies in Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease”.

Successful applicants will receive an annual stipend (bursary) of £21,237, including inner London weighting, plus payment of their full-time home tuition fees for a period of 42 months (3.5 years).

You should be eligible for home (UK) tuition fees there are a very limited number (no more than three) of studentships available to overseas applicants, including EU nationals, who meet the academic entry criteria including English Language proficiency.

You will join the internationally recognised researchers in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering research and PhD programmes | Brunel University London

The Project

Although dementia is incurable early diagnosis and intervention of the condition would be very helpful for the control and treatment. Research has shown that the electroencephalograph (EEG) waveforms of dementia will present some levels of difference from the normal EEG, which reveals an exciting possibility to find an early diagnosis method for dementia. The aim of this project is to study and build a prediction model for diagnosis of early-stage dementia by using emerging flexible electronic material, advanced circuit design and artificial intelligence (AI).

Please contact Dr Ruiheng Wu at Ruiheng.Wu@brunel.ac.uk for an informal discussion about the studentships.

Eligibility

Applicants will have or be expected to receive a first or upper-second class honours degree in an Engineering, Computer Science, Design, Mathematics, Physics or a similar discipline. A Postgraduate Masters degree is not required but may be an advantage.

Skills and Experience

Applicants will be required to demonstrate the following skills;

(1) Manage the project based on the targets effectively;

(2) Have strong software development skill;

(3) To be able to carry out hardware design, implementation and test according to the specifications.

Experience in:

(1) Wireless sensor and network;

(2) Signal and image processing;

(3) Artificial intelligence and machine learning.

You should be highly motivated, able to work independently as well as in a team, collaborate with others and have good communication skills.

How to apply

There are two stages of the application:

1.Applicants must submit the pre-application form via the following link

https://brunel.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/epsrc-dtp-24-25-pre-application-form-brunel-university-lon

by 16.00 on Friday 5th April 2024.

2.If you are shortlisted for the interview, you will be asked to email the following documentation in a single PDF file to cedps-studentships@brunel.ac.uk within 72hrs.

• Your up-to-date CV;
• Your Undergraduate degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) essential;
• Your Postgraduate Masters degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) if applicable;
• Your valid English Language qualification of IELTS 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in each section) or equivalent, if applicable;
• Contact details for TWO referees, one of which can be an academic member of staff in the College.

Applicants should therefore ensure that they have all of this information in case they are shortlisted.

Interviews will take place in April/May 2024.