PhD Studentship: Harnessing Waste-heat from Challenging Environments with Flexible Electronics, Sponsored by BAE Systems

Supervisory Team: Nicholas Evans, Jeremy Webb, Janos Kanczler, Eleanor Stride, Dario Carugo (University of Oxford) PhD Supervisor: Nicholas Evans Project description: Bone disease has a cost to the UK economy of £5 billion/year. Surgeons attempt to repair bones and joints by conducting invasive surgery, including for example the implantation of prosthetics....

Project description: Hard facing alloys, such as those used in nuclear power plant, are composite materials comprising carbides (and other hard phases), in galling resistant metallic matrices. This project aims to identify the role and mechanism by which hard phase support galling resistance to support the production of a microstructural model which allows...

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (90%) Andrea Russell (10%) Project description: Proton-exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cells are an emerging technology for environmentally sustainable transport and other carbon-neutral energy applications. A crucial component of these devices are the metallic catalyst nanoparticles which allow the chemical...

Supervisory Team: Professor Jeff Yan, Dr. Ahmad Atamli, and Dr. Aaron Zhao  Project Description:  In a side channel, sensitive information leaks accidentally via some medium or mechanism that was not designed or intended for communication. Exploiting a side channel, an adversary can compromise completely the security of a cryptographic scheme (which would...

Supervisory Team: Dr Nuno Bimbo, Dr Mohamed Hassan-Sayed  Project Description: MXenes are a new class of two-dimensional materials that have been recently discovered and have already shown great promise for a range of applications, including electrochemical energy storage, electromagnetic shielding, and energy conversion. MXenes can be made modified to...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Seung Lee   Supervisory Team: Dr Seung Lee (School of Chemistry), Prof. Jeremy Webb (School of Biological Sciences and national Biofilms Innovation Centre), Prof. Paul Stoodley (University of Southampton and Ohio State University) Project description: A fully-funded 4 year PhD studentship (Institute for Life Sciences studentship) for...

Supervisory Team: J.W. Essex and J.G. Frey PhD Supervisor: Jon Essex Project description: The search for drug molecules is risky and expensive. Having identified a high quality and tractable chemical starting point (a hit), further optimisation takes place by modifying the functional groups attached to a central, rigid-ring scaffold. This central scaffold is...

Supervisory Team: Dr. Andrea Da Ronch  Project description Are you excited to develop innovative solutions to revolutionize the design, analysis, and optimization of aircraft?  Do you want to work in an environment that encourages you to guide your own career through exposure to a diverse set of novel, open-ended problems, and multidisciplinary...

Supervisory team: Dr. Bruce Ou, Prof Otto Muskens Project description: The University of Southampton is expanding its PhD research in the area of Quantum Technology Engineering. In addition to the research project outlined below you will receive substantial training in scientific, technical, and commercial skills. Meta-optics, harnessing subwavelength...

Supervisory Team: Hywel Morgan, Dan Spencer and Franklin Nobrega (Biological Sciences) PhD Supervisor: Hywel Morgan Project description: Antimicrobial resistance is expected to become a primary cause of death by 2050, with novel approaches to diagnostics urgently required. This project will develop a new sensor technology to diagnose bacterial infections...

Project description: Computer Vision is one of the most active areas where artificial intelligence (AI) is being used. This area is extremely expanding and getting a lot of interests and investments these days. Active perception of a surrounding environment through AI relies heavily on the design of architectures and their extensive training to generate...

Project description: Computer Vision is one of the most active areas where artificial intelligence (AI) is being used. This area is extremely expanding and getting a lot of interests and investments these days. Active perception of a surrounding environment through AI relies heavily on the design of architectures and their extensive training to generate...

Supervisory Team: Dr. Xi Yu, Dr. Mohamed Hassan-Sayed, Floria Bouchier, Dr. Gavin Reynolds Project description: The reduction of emission from pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing is urgent and challenging. Rapid identification and quantification of emission sources is an important milestone to set reduction targets and implement corresponding reduction...

Project title: Uncovering 12 billion years of supermassive black hole growth   Supervisory Team: Sebastian Hoenig Project description: One of the most consequential discoveries in galaxy evolution was the discovery that the masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the centres of galaxies are correlated with properties of the host galaxy. Understanding...

Job Summary:Biffa Waste Services is seeking a skilled and experienced Waste Management Driver to join our team. As a key member of our operations team, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient collection, transportation, and disposal of customers' waste.Key Responsibilities:Operate Vehicles Safely: Drive and operate vehicles as directed by the...

Project title: Using Machine Learning to Build Trustworthy Robot Swarms   Supervisory Team: Mohammad Soorati Project description: We are seeking a PhD candidate to join our cutting-edge research team (visit sooratilab.com) focused on advancing the trustworthiness and usability of multi-robot systems, particularly in the context of swarm robotics. With the...

Project title: Development of a miniaturised Plug-and-Play Plasma Instrumentation for Small Satellites - “PLASMACube” Supervisory Team: Dr. Taiwo Raphael Tejumola Project description: Small satellites, particularly CubeSats, play an increasingly vital role in space missions, from Earth observation to deep space exploration, offering diverse stakeholders...

Supervisory Team: Min Kwan Kim (80%) / Alexander Wittig (20%) PhD Supervisor: Min Kwan Kim Project description: Water, oxygen, and fuel are essential resources for future human missions to Mars, crucial for sustaining astronaut life and ensuring a safe return journey to Earth. Given the 21-month duration of a typical Mars mission, carrying all the necessary...

Supervisory Team: Dr. Muhammad Burhan Hafez (Lead Supervisor), Professor Adam Sobey PhD Supervisor: Muhammad Burhan Hafez Project description: The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into robot learning has recently demonstrated remarkable success. It became possible to ground LLMs in the physical context and solve long-horizon robotic tasks...

About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Waste Management Driver to join our team at Biffa Waste Services. As a key member of our operations team, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient collection, transportation, and disposal of customers' waste.Key ResponsibilitiesCollection and Transportation: Drive and operate vehicles as...