PhD topics for research students

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Supervisor
Funding
Multi-omics data analysis for critical disease prediction
Personalised treatment is a new and strategic approach to separating patients into different groups based on their personal response or risk of disease so that treatments can be tailored to the indivi...
Yang Yang
Self Funded
AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled autonomous robots for non-disruptive inspection of utility and sewage systems
Traditional manual maintenance of pipelines which requires digging of ground to get access to pipelines is ineffective because of safety issues, high cost and limited human vision. Thus, serious fault...
Md Nazmul Huda
Self Funded
Ambient Vibration-Based Calibration of Finite Element Models of Bridges
The primary objective of this project is to develop a novel method for calibrating Finite Element models of bridges using ambient vibration data and drone imagery. This method will leverage the precis...
Michael Rustell
Self Funded
Navigating menopause at work as a precarious worker
We are offering a self-funded PhD position in Human Resource Management and Organisation Behaviour with the Brunel Business School. The project focuses on examining experiences of navigating menopause...
Self Funded
Examining the impact of disciplinary processes on employee experience and well-being
This PhD project aims to explore how organisational disciplinary processes influence employee experience, well-being, and engagement at work. Disciplinary procedures, while necessary for maintaining w...
Self Funded
PhD in transforming education with generative AI technologies
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Brunel Business School, focusing on the transformative potential of generative AI technologies in education. This research project aims to explore h...
Arthur Money
Self Funded
Unlocking the hosting capacity of renewable energy in distribution power systems
Background to the research The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources (RES) is a global imperative in the face of climate change. As renewable energy technologies, particularly solar...
Ahmed Zobaa
Self Funded
Advanced Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
Medical imaging seeks to reveal the structures and activities inside the human body that are normally invisible behind other body parts such as skin and bones. With a wide range of imaging technologie...
Yongmin Li
Self Funded
PhD project in modelling internal displacement with agent-based simulations and policy scenarios
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on modelling internal displacement using agent-based simulations and policy ...
Derek Groen
Self Funded
Use of Large Language Models (LLM) as a Structural Engineering Design Assistant
This is a self-funded project - please only apply if you have funding to undertake this project Large Language Models such as Chat GPT3 represent a significant development in artificial intelligence ...
Michael Rustell
Tatiana Kalganova
Self Funded