Recent PhD/EngD Research Student Completions
The School of Engineering & Design has a high completion rate for research students within Brunel University which is an indicative reflection on our commitment to research within the School.
2012-13
| Surname | First Name | Programme | Title of Thesis |
| VLACHOS | DIMITRIOS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Novel Joint Blind Channel & Carrier Offset Estimation & Kernel Based Equalisation for Downlink CDMA Systems |
| ALHAIFI | KHALED | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Numerical and experiment studies of a nonlinear vibration system |
| ZHAO | LEI | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Novel Bio-Composites Based on Whole Utilisation of Wheat Straw |
| SALIH | NIHAD | RES Civil Engineering (PhD) | Stability of Dams Constructed on Problematic Substrates |
| ANBARI ATTAR | MOHAMMADREZA | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Development and Optimisation of Two-Line PLIF for Combustion Measurements |
| COATES | BARNABY | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Investigation of engine design parameters on the efficiency and performance of the high specific power downsized SI Engine |
| NICKPOUR | FARNAZ | RES Design (PhD) | Information Behaviour in Design |
| PAPADOPOULOU | THEOPISTI | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Application of lean scheduling and production control in non-repetitive manufacturing systems using intelligent agent decision support |
| JIANG | JIANGSHAN | RES Design (MPhil) | A Study of the Business Context and Eco-Efficiency Practices in Chinese Microelectronic Firms |
| DUANGPHET | SITTHI | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Extrusion Foaming of Bioplastics for Lightweight Structure in Food Packaging |
| TAWIAH | THOMAS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Implementation of spectrum sensing techniques for cognitive radio systems |
| RADHI | NAZAR | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Video content analysis for automated detection and tracking of humans in CCTV surveillance applications |
| RASOOL | EMAD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | High Frequency Link Uninterruptible Power Supply System |
| GEGOV | EMIL | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Cluster Damage Robustness Analysis and Space Independent Community Detection in Complex Networks |
| WU | TAO | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Tooling performance in micro milling: modelling, simulation and experimental study |
| AL-RUBAYE | SABA | PhDRES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Radio Network Management in Cognitive LTE/Femtocell Systems |
| NOOR | AZAD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | A new algorithm for minutiae extraction and matching in fingerprints |
| HONG | JIE | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Human gait identification and analysis |
| MEMON | SHAHZAD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Fingerprint liveness detection techniques |
| HEMMINGS | STEPHEN | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Supporting the regeneration process of a diesel particulate filter with the addition of H2 and H2/CO |
| ABDOLLAHI | SEYED REZA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Photonic Digital Radio Over Fibre Broadband Access |
| AL-DULAIMI | ANWER | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Cognitive LTE networks |
| BOSE | RAJIV | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | The Development of an In-Vivo Dosimeter for the Application of Radiotherapy |
2011-12
| Surname | First Name | Programme | Title of Thesis |
| AL-ARAJI | AHMED | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Design of a Cognitive Neural Predictive Controller for Mobile Robot |
| SCHMIDGALL | RALF | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Automatic Embedded System Software Reprogramming |
| ABRAHAM | JEEVAN | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | A deflection, buckling and stress investigation into the telescopic cantilever beams |
| ABULKHAIR | NESREEN | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Investigating the effect of a mechanical loading in a reversed shoulder using Verso implant |
| AL-ENEZI | JAMAL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Artificial immune systems based committee machine for classification application |
| AL-JAWARY | MAJEED | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | The radial integration boundary integral and integro-differential equation methods for numerical solutions of problems with variable coefficients |
| AL-SULTANY | GHAIDAA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Automatic message annotation and semantic inference for context aware mobile computing |
| ALNAWAYSEH | MOHAMMAD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | E-Commerce logistic in developing countries: The case on online grocery shopping in Jordan |
| BISSET | FERGUS | RES Design (MPhil) | An Investigation into the Concept of Motivation within Design |
| CHADWICK | MATTHEW | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Measurement of the tt cross section at 7tev with 36 pb-¹ of data in the electron+jests channel using the CMS |
| FENNING | RICHARD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Novel FFAG Gantry and Transport Line Designs for Charged Particle Therapy |
| HAYES- MCCOY | DECLAN | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Direct Computations of a Synthetic Jet Actuator |
| PANCHADCHARAM | SIVANANTHARASA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Performance evaluation of information and communications technology infrastructure for smart distribution |
| PLANT | ALEXANDER | RES Design (PhD) | Standards in Sustainable Engineering and Design |
| SABRI | DALIA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | Performance analysis for network coding with ant colony routing |
| SCOTT | STEWART | RES Mechanical Engineering (MPhil) | Precision engineering for nanometre focussing of hard X-rays in synchrotron beam lines |
| SHAH | IBRAR | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Channel assignment and routing in cooperative and competitive wireless mesh networks |
| SUSMAN | GIDEON | RES Engineering & Design (EngD) | The application of phase change materials to cool buildings |
| WANG | HUANHUAN | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Design methodology for product mass customization |
| HARUN | MOHAMMAD | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | An Investigation on Sustainable Manufacturing Processes and Systems |
| DAI | DASONG | RES Civil Engineering (PhD) | Hemp Nanocellulose: Fabrication, Characterisation and Application |
| AHMAD | SEYED | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Combined effect of electric field and surface modification on pool boiling of R-123 |
| MENKIEL | BARBARA | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Investigation of soot processes in an optical diesel engine |
| BASAHEL | ABDULRAHMAN | RES Design (PhD) | Effect of physical and mental workload interactions on human attentional resources performance |
| BELECA | RADU | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Investigation of Pharmaceutical Aerosols Bipolar Charge using Phase Doppler Anemometry |
| SINCLAIR | RHONA | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Pre-clinical evaluation of the forces during limb lengthening using manual and automated devices |
| ZIAKAS | DIMITRIOS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | A modular many-core microarchitecture for scalable homogenous and heterogeneous processors |
| ZHANG | LEI | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | FPGA embedded system for ultrasonic non-destructive testing |
| ZHANG | HAOFAN | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Experimental investigation of Gasoline-Di-Methyl Ether dual fuel CAI combustion with internal EGR |
| UNAMKA | UGOCHUKWU | RES Mechanical Engineering (MPhil) | Appraising the suitability of a hybrid piston for internal combustion engines and its fatigue characteristics |
| ZARAKOVITIS | CHARILAOS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Convex optimisation based resource scheduling for multiuser wireless system |
| SWALEN | MARCEL | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Study of a bi-directional axial flow blood pump |
| ALFAWWAZ | BADER | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Evaluation of eGovernment websites usability in Jordan |
| AL MASARWEH | MOHAMMED | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Interface design for a remote guidance system for the blind: Using dual screen displays |
| RUAN | JIAN | RES Design (PhD) | Risk management for collaborative design |
| TRIDECH | SAKDA | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Low carbon manufacturing |
| SHANMUGAM | KARTHIKEYAN | RES System Engineering (MPhil) | Validating digital forensic evidence |
| SAPARGALIYEV | YERBOL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Incremental co-evolution meltodology for analog circuit synthesis |
| QI | HAO | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Diabetes data modelling and analysis |
| ALRASHIDI | MOHAMMAD | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | In vivo mechanical assessment of human elbow kinematics using a six axis parallel mechanism developed in house |
| TRICHAKIS | DIMOSTHENIS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | Power line network automation over IP |
| GIBOUDOT | YOEL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Study Of Beam Dynamics In NS-FFAG EMMA With Dynamical Maps |
| AL-HAIFI | NAWAF | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Design and manufacture of a universal joint simulator |
| ARMAN | MAHMOUD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | An 'active' passive-filter topology for low power DC/AC inverters |
| KIOURKTSIDIS | ILIAS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD | Flexible cross layer design for improved quality of service in MANETs |
| UMAR | ABUBAKAR | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | 3D Multiple Description Coding for Error Resilience over Wireless Networks |
2010-11
| Surname | First Name | Programme | Title of Thesis |
| CHAUDHRY | SAQIB | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Application priority framework for fixed mobile coverage communication networks |
| BONIN | MICHAEL | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | An investigation into the properties of starch-based foams |
| LEE | CHO-YU | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Computational and experimental study of air hybrid engine concepts |
| SPASOS | MICHAIL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | RF-MEMS switches for reconfigurable antennas |
| WANG | CHAO | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Static, Dynamic & Levitation Characteristics of Squeeze Film Air Journal Bearing |
| HAMMOUD | SUHEL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Map reduced network enabled high performance parallel algorithms for mining roles association and building |
| LABECKI | LUKASZ | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Combustion and emission characteristics of biofuels in diesel engines |
| NOUREDDINE | HADI | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Position Based Routing and MAC Protocols for Wireless Ad-Hoc Network |
| ALRASHDAN | KHALED | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
A virtual environment for the modelling, simulation and manufacturing of orthopaedic devices |
| ABUTARBOUSH | HATTAN | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Fixed and reconfigurable multiband antennas |
| ALTHALAB SALEM | FATEMAH | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | A new bottle design to correct mechanical defect during feeding in cleft lip and palate babies |
| MAKIDA | YUTAKA | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | The influence of magnetic fields on wear in sliding contacts |
| CIFTER | ABDUSSELAM | RES Design (PhD) | An inclusive approach towards designing medical devices for use in the home environment |
| GHARAIBEH | YOUSEF | RES Engineering & Design (EngD) | The application of guided waves for non-destructive examination of complex structures |
| OLATOKE | ABRAHAM | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | Power quality in commercial buildings |
| JAN | SADAQAT | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Facilitating file retrieval on resource limited devices |
| SAEED | NAGHAM | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Intelligent manet optimisation system |
| PODGORIC | SANDER | RES Engineering & Design (EngD) | Alternative environmentally-friendly coating materials for aerospace applications |
| WANG | WEN-CHIA | RES Design (PhD) | The effects of individual differences on mobile phone users’ operational behaviour |
| LIU | YANG | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | A resource aware distributed LSI algorithm for scalable information retrieval |
| KHALID ALHAM | NASULLAH | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Parallelizing support vector machines for scalable image annotation |
| RICCETTI | SAURO | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Design of equipment safety & reliability for an aseptic liquid packaging line through maintenance engineering |
| MEZHER | MOHAMMAD | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | New evolutionary algorithms for support vector machine model selection |
| KATSIOULIS | VASILEIOS | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | Design of a wireless monitoring system based on the ZigBee protocol for photovoltaic systems |
| ALZU'BI | SHADI | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | 3D multiresolution statistical approaches for accelerated medical volume segmentation |
| SAZISH | ABDUL | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Efficient architectures and power modelling of multiresolution analysis algorithms on FPGA |
| METHANUNTAKUL | KANWIPA | RES Design (PhD) | A conceptual model for a high street fashion brand building communication strategy at the encoding process for female generation next |
| SHEKARRIZ | MONA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | The foundation of capability modelling: a study of the impact and utilisation of human resources |
| FILA | MACIEJ | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Modelling, evaluation and demonstration of novel active voltage control schemes to accomodate distributed generation in distribution networks |
| MAHMOUD MOHAMED | MOHAMED | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Flow boiling of R134a in vertical mini-diameter tubes |
| DEIGMÖLLER | JÖRG | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Intelligent cropping and scaling of TV productions |
| AKOGYERAM | SAMUEL | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Bonding and debonding mechanism of pressure sensitive adhesives |
| FURTUNA | MARIAN-DUMITRU | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Study of film formation in EHD contact using a novel method based on electrical capacitance |
| GRIFFIN | THOMAS | RES Design (PhD) | The flight of information: new approaches for investigating aviation accident causation |
| MACFIE | PETER | RES Engineering & Design (EngD) | Large-scale security constrained optimal reactive power flow for operational loss management on the GB electricity transmission network |
| THARMAKULASINGAM | RAUL | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Transmission error in spur gears: static and dynamic finite element modelling and design optimization |
| LIU | MOXIAN | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Semi-automated mobile television interactive application generation based on XHTML and Java ME application model |
| JERJEES | ZINA | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Design of interface selection protocols for multi-homed wireless networks |
| BELL | COLIN | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Constant power - continuously variable transmission (CP-CVT): Optimisation and simulation |
| AL-SAHHAF | AHMAD | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Investigation of the entrainment and infiltration rates through air curtains of open low-front refrigerated display cabinets |
| TAVAKOLI | SIAMAK | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | A generic predictive information system for resource planning and optimisation |
| YOON | JI | RES Design (PhD) | A conceptual model for city branding based on semiotics |
| ASKAR | SHANAR | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (MPhil) | Performance evaluation of WiMax protocols under high fading channels |
| AL-SALIHI | NAWZAD | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Precise positioning in real-time using GPS-RTK signal for visually impaired people navigation system |
| SAEED | BURHAN | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Exploring the aerodynamic characteristics of a blown annular wing for V/STOL aircraft |
| HERFATMANESH | MOHAMMAD | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Investigation of single and split injection strategies in a single cylinder optical diesel engine |
| IBRAHIM | RASIDI | RES Systems Engineering (PhD) | Vibration assisted machining: modelling, simulation, optimisation, control and applications |
| JONES | BENJAMIN | RES Engineering & Design (EngD) | Quantifying the performance of natural ventilation Windcatchers |
| CHEN | XIAOYU | RES Electronic & Computer Engineering (PhD) | Research and development of accounting services in multi-grid environments |
| JEON | BYUNG-HO | RES Mechanical Engineering (PhD) | Proposed automobile steering wheel test method for vibration |
