Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
We are on the cusp of a revolution in vehicle automation. The imminent introduction of Level 3 automation into our cars will see control fully transferred to the vehicle for the very first time, albeit in a limited set of circumstances.
A PhD studentship is now available in the area of aircraft aerodynamics and aeroacoustics (aerodynamically generated noise). The studentship provides a unique opportunity to work on a relevant engineering problem at the Airbus Noise Technology Centre (ANTC), part of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) refers to systems that have been developed to help ensure machine availability, reliability and safety using data collection and analysis techniques.
Dementia impairs cognitive ability and currently affects 55 million people worldwide. Hearing loss is the number one modifiable risk factor for dementia. The underlying mechanisms of the well-established association between hearing loss and cognitive decline remain unclear.
This PhD project will cover design, fabrication, and testing of space devices including ultralightweight reflectors, photonic stacks, thin-film coatings, and solar cells created with novel materials and fabrication processes to make ultralightweight devices for space launch which also have durability in the harsh space environments.
The field of computing is facing a conundrum caused by a clash in two opposing trends: on the one hand, the growth and proliferation of machine learning (ML) in software, and on the other hand, ever-growing concerns that, with ML models being a black-box technology, the safety, security and explainability of software that uses ML diminish.
You will be joining a collaborative group dedicated to addressing complex real-world engineering problems. The group is focused on conceptualizing cutting-edge data-driven topology and optimization methodologies.
The marine and maritime sectors face an urgent need for green energy solutions and effective decarbonization strategies. Our project focuses on the development of AI-enhanced numerical tools to help address these challenges.
This project will identify the microbial communities associated with corals from the Persian-Arabian Gulf (PAG) and study their persistence, potential functions and responses to changing conditions. This research will thus help establish functional mechanisms and environmental drivers that facilitate the extreme heat tolerance of PAG corals.
Advance the frontiers of active and polychromatic metasurfaces and metamaterials by exploring the theoretical, simulation, and experimental implications of space-time modulation.