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PhD topics for research students

Find below a list of currently available self-funded PhD topics.

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Principles of Design for 4D Printing (Df4DP)
The next generation of Additive Manufacturing technologies will utilise the combination of different smart materials with Computer-Aided Design to produce multi-functional structures. The aim of this ...
Self Funded
Egr2 and 3 mediated T cell tolerance in cancer and their impact in immune checkpoint therapy
Tumour infiltrated lymphocytes (TILs) contain tumour reactive T cells and have been used as adoptive cell transfer therapy in patients which can mediate cancer regression. However, without in vitro ma...
Self Funded
High-Performance Compressed Straw Board (HPCSB): A New Generation of Building Materials
This project aims to introduce a greatly improved, lightweight variant of Compressed Straw Board (CSB) for the construction industry, strong enough to accommodate structural loads both in tension and ...
Self Funded
Developing a clinical tool to quantitatively assess and monitor upper limb and shoulder function in clinical and home settings
Upper limb and shoulder disorders are poorly defined, diagnosed and rehabilitated. Current management of these disorders is focussed on the prescription of physiotherapeutic treatments, yet the effica...
Self Funded
Underlying neuroscience of depression and loneliness and drug use and social policy
My research interests have always been within the field of psychiatry and I have a specific interest in depression and loneliness. My research has explored these conditions from a multi-disciplinary p...
Self Funded
Multivariate flood risk analysis under uncertainty and nonstationarity
Flood risk inference would generally be influenced by a number of factors (e.g. data availability, model selection), which lead to extensive uncertainty in risk inferences. This project aims to develo...
Self Funded
Bayesian Spatiotemporal Regression for Landscape Ecology
Landscapes are the result of numerous processes and factors that operate and interact across different spatial and temporal scales. These processes and factors include landscape structure process, soc...
Self Funded
Development of clean-up and clean technologies for the treatment of industrial waste streams
The main focus of my research is on process innovations in various industries, for example, chemical, petrochemical, textile, plating, and leather manufacturing processes. I work on the development of...
Self Funded
Developing a Computer Aided Design Interface for Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
The next generation of Additive Manufacturing technologies will utilise the combination of different materials at extremely small scales to produce multi-functional structures. Existing Computer Aided...
Self Funded
Developmental dyslexia: a multi-sensory approach
The aim of the proposed project will be to investigate the multi-sensory integration of light and sound information, i.e., the combination of processing in the visual and auditory systems, in children...
Self Funded