PhD Studentship: Generative AI for synthetic biometric and age estimation testing

Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer Williams Project description: The development and offline testing of biometric systems (such as face and voice) relies on the presentation of a large collection of population unbiased-data. Assembling these data is often time consuming and, to be ethically valid, requires the agreement of test participants for...

PhD Supervisor: Asieh Salehi Fathabadi Supervisory Team: Dr Asieh Salehi Fathabadi, Prof Pauline Leonard, Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah Project description: Are you fascinated by the convergence of computer science, and social science? Do you have a keen interest in understanding the intricate dynamics of trust in the context of AI technologies? We invite...

Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer Williams  Project Description:  Increasingly AI-based biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and voice biometrics, are playing a major role in assisting public authorities to protect the public, reduce serious crime, and help safeguard vulnerable persons. From a technical perspective, there are...

Project title: Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment   Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer Williams Project description: Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within...

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 Susmita Naskar, Dr Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay Project description: This PhD studentship will involve a combination of computational and experimental work, providing the students with complete and holistic training and a diverse research experience. At the micro-scale, the scientific challenge is to design novel mechanical metamaterials and...

The project is related to the development of a powerful microwave source, able to operate over an extremely wide frequency range (kHz to 10s of GHz). Preliminary work at Loughborough University has proven the operation of an unconventional but conceptually simple electromagnetic source, with the output electric field strength scaling with charging voltages...

The project is related to the development of a powerful microwave source, able to operate over an extremely wide frequency range (kHz to 10s of GHz).Preliminary work at Loughborough University has proven the operation of an unconventional but conceptually simple electromagnetic source, with the output electric field strength scaling with charging voltages...

Project title: Impact-resistant meta-structures under stochastic multiple impact   Supervisory Team: Dr Susmita Naskar (60%), Dr Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay (40%) Project description: Active mechanical metamaterials can be designed to enhance the performance of body armors and vehicle Armor. These materials can dynamically adjust their stiffness and energy...

Supervisory Team: Dr Gustavo de Almeida; Dr Sergio Maldonado Project description: Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position on the investigation of novel design methods to improve the resilience of submerged infrastructure (i.e. bridge piers, wind turbines) subject to hydrodynamic action (e.g. currents and waves). Many critical submerged...

Project title: Connected Field Lab – Integrating Data with Diagnostic Testing at the Front Line   Supervisory Team: Dr Al Edwards Project description: This project combines global health and national security, by combining miniaturised medical diagnostic testing with health data science to develop a smart mobile lab that can be deployed anywhere 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: Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob Mackenzie PhD Supervisor: Andy Clarkson Project description: A fully funded PhD project with a stipend of £23,600 (tax-free) p.a. is available to investigate novel concepts for high power lasers operating in the visible and ultraviolet (UV) wavelength bands. Scaling laser power in the visible and ultraviolet...

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: Professor Gill Reid & Dr Richard Knoghton  Project Description: Developing new chelate scaffolds for binding radiofluorine and radiometals – towards combined theragnostic agents for imaging and therapy in medicine  Applications are invited from suitably qualified and motivated candidates for an EPSRC CASE PhD studentship based in...

Solar PV is becoming the most important form of electricity generation word-wide. Working with the industry leader, First Solar Inc, this project aims to further improve the efficiency of thin film cadmium telluride solar cells. We will achieve this by improving our understanding of the structure and electrical properties of defects in polycrystalline solar...

The textile industry faces a significant challenge due to the generation of large volumes of waste, usage of non-biodegradable materials that impose a substantial burden on the environment. This project aims to develop a sustainable evaluation method for the entire lifecycle of textiles and garments, from fiber production to end-use. Our focus will be on...

The textile industry faces a significant challenge due to the generation of large volumes of waste, usage of non-biodegradable materials that impose a substantial burden on the environment. This project aims to develop a sustainable evaluation method for the entire lifecycle of textiles and garments, from fiber production to end-use. Our focus will be on...

Supervisory Team: Prof Andy Clarkson and Dr Jacob Mackenzie Project description Scaling laser power in the visible and ultraviolet (UV) bands remains as one of the most significant challenges facing laser scientists, motivated by the needs of a growing number of applications in areas such laser processing of materials, medicine, sensing and defence....

Solar PV is becoming the most important form of electricity generation word-wide. Working with the industry leader, First Solar Inc, this project aims to further improve the efficiency of thin film cadmium telluride solar cells. We will achieve this by improving our understanding of the structure and electrical properties of defects in polycrystalline solar...