PhDs in Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Revolutionising the semiconductor industry with next generation 2D materials and devices.Moore's Law is currently being challenged with Nvidia CEO recently claiming it is over. The scaling of transistors cannot continue due to physical limitations of silicon posing a threat to the sustainable evolution...

Faculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 to £41,732Full Time Fixed TermClosing Date: Friday 26 April 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: A3The Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a post-doctoral research assistant position in the area of lubrication, soft...

Project title: Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer WilliamsProject 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: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof D.A. Hudson and Dr J.A. Bowker (industrial)Project descriptionShip model testing is expensive and time consuming. Can we derive hydrodynamic seakeeping and manoeuvring characteristics with focused datasets, eliminating time consuming single variable investigations?In this PhD program you will develop and test novel...

Supervisory Team: Benjamin CameronProject descriptionThis PhD is focussed on a new theoretical/computational method to measure material properties in places where they are really difficult to measure: e.g. in a shock wave, in a shear band, or at a crack tip. These are all of critical importance in many engineering problems such as car crashes, manufacturing...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Nema AbdelazimSupervisory Team: Dr Nema AbdelazimProject 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.We are offering an exciting...

PhD Supervisor: Joseph BanksSupervisory Team: Dr Joseph Banks, Dr Dominic Taunton, Prof Stephen TurnockProject descriptionThe sports of Swimming and Rowing presents the engineer with a complex multi-physics challenge where marginal performance gains can make the difference between success and failure. The Performance Sports Engineering laboratory has worked...

Supervisory Team: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof D.A. Hudson and Dr J.A. Bowker (industrial)Project descriptionWave energy can be used to improve the performance of ships and boats. By exploiting hydrodynamically the available wave energy, the motions, emissions, and powering requirements of ships operating in adverse weather conditions can be significantly...

Supervisory Team: Professor Pedro Rivera and Dr Ben CameronProject description:Rail safety is dependent upon the ability to control the nucleation and growth of cracks. Current popular techniques focus on crack prevention, e.g. through grinding, but the mechanisms leading to failure remain largely ununderstood. The topic has recently been reviewed...

PhD Supervisor: Prof Hendrik UlbrichtSupervisory Team: Prof Hendrik UlbrichtProject 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.This PhD project...

Supervisory Team: Dr Christine Evers Project Description: Are you keen on conducting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, deep learning and robot perception? We are recruiting a fully-funded (UK fees) PhD student who will work amongst a team of researchers on an exciting, EPSRC-funded research programme on "Active Audition for Robots...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Tim FreegardeSupervisory Team: Dr Tim FreegardeProject 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.The interactions between cold...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Lei LiSupervisory Team: Dr Lei Li, Prof. Age ChapmanProject description:In this unique PhD project, we aim to develop advanced AI models for creating cardiac digital twins, i.e., virtual heart models. We will employ the dataset (imaging, ECG, electronic medical records, etc) collected from the patients, to accurately modelling the anatomy...

Supervisory Team: Dr Bruce Ou, Dr Alberto Politi, Prof Jize Yan 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. Quantum information technology...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Elinor TwyeffortSupervisory Team: Dr Elinor TwyeffortProject 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.Controlling and...

Supervisory Team: Dr Adrian Nightingale, Dr Amber Annett, Dr Blair Thornton, Dr Rand Ismaeel Project descriptionAutonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are becoming increasingly widespread in ocean science as sensor platforms that can measure the oceans with minimal human input and maximum efficiency (and hence reduced carbon footprint). Furthermore, they can...

Project title: Inelastic Neutron Scattering of Endofullerenes Supervisory Team: Prof. Malcolm H. Levitt, Prof. Richard J. Whitby, and Dr Stéphane Rols (ILL-Grenoble) Project description:Endofullerenes are a new class of materials in which small molecules or atoms are completely enclosed in carbon cages. The encapsulated atoms or molecules behave like...

PhD Supervisor: Prof Hendrik UlbrichtSupervisory Team: Prof Hendrik UlbrichtProject 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.In this PhD project...

Supervisory team: Neil SandhamProject descriptionYou will join a group of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers using high performance computing to advance understanding of high speed aerodynamics. Over the past decade we have developed efficient open-source software that enables us to run large numerical simulations with billions grid points on mixed...

PhD Supervisor: Dr Katrina MorganSupervisory Team: Dr Katrina Morgan, Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis Project description:Wearable technologies are revolutionising our daily lives, integrating everyday objects into our clothes, accessories and even our bodies. But how can we power these without using rigid batteries that require overnight charging? The answer is...