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PhD topics for research students

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

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Dynamic response of impact-loaded crushable auxetic metamaterials
Auxetic metamaterials possess an artificially designed microstructure allowing them to offer some unique features not readily observed in natural materials. Auxetic materials are known to have negativ...
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A study of large amplitude vibration in HAWT blades
Non-prismatic composite beams of standard airfoil cross sections are used in Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine blades to produce green energy. The blades are subjected to static and dynamic service loads d...
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Micromechanics of high-rate loaded composite media
In a composite ply the nature of wave propagation is closely associated with the alignment of fibres (for the unidirectional case) and warp and weft arrangements (for the woven case) among other param...
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Social work and the government Prevent Agenda
This proposed research project will explore the implications of the Government’s Prevent agenda and the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for adult safeguarding or child protection. The Act defi...
Self Funded
Modelling the movements of goods between locations and countries
The aim of this project is to create an agent-based model that mimics the movement of goods between locations and trading individuals in a given country-specific setting. The idea of this model is to ...
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CCTV surveillance and narrative in the smart city
This project looks at the proposals for and practice of ubiquitous CCTV coverage in urban areas. It might understand these practices as amounting to a kind of documentary film studio. The project woul...
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Intelligent human-computer interaction: system development and applications
The first generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research was rules-based and emulated classical logic to draw reasoned conclusions within a specific, narrowly defined problem domain. It was well ...
Self Funded
Design for energy transitions in African urban informal settlements
This PhD is linked to a 5-year research project entitled ‘Mainstreaming Gender for Energy Security in Poor Urban Environments’, in short Gender for Energy Security (GENS). Funded by National Research ...
Self Funded
Modelling damage and failure of structural glass panels based on a hybrid plate element
The tensile strength of thin glass panels/plates used in building structures is of great importance due to the designer’s increasing demands for such structures, regarding size, shape and weight of th...
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Social workers and body practitioners: an inter-professional exploration
This PhD project will examine how social work practitioners who are also body practitioners – dancers, yoga teachers, physiotherapists, massage therapists, choreographers etc - implement and integrate...
Self Funded