PhD student projects

PhD students are a very welcome addition to our research community and we are happy to engage them in excellent research alongside our academic staff members. Below you will find a list of some of the currently available research activities for PhD students. 

Please contact the supervisors listed below to discuss each project in more detail and for help with developing a suitable research statement for the project.

Description
Supervisor
Funding
PhD in transforming education with generative AI technologies
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Brunel Business School, focusing on the transformative potential of generative AI technologies in education. This research project aims to explore h...
Self Funded
Advanced Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
Medical imaging seeks to reveal the structures and activities inside the human body that are normally invisible behind other body parts such as skin and bones. With a wide range of imaging technologie...
Self Funded
PhD project in modelling internal displacement with agent-based simulations and policy scenarios
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on modelling internal displacement using agent-based simulations and policy ...
Self Funded
Use of Large Language Models (LLM) as a Structural Engineering Design Assistant
This is a self-funded project - please only apply if you have funding to undertake this project Large Language Models such as Chat GPT3 represent a significant development in artificial intelligence ...
Self Funded
Bridging the Gap: Integrating Neural Radiance Fields and Micro-drones for Enhanced 3D Volumetric Finite Element Analysis
The central objective of this project is the innovative deployment of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) and micro-drones in the process of 3D volumetric Finite Element modelling of bridges. This approach...
Self Funded
Autonomous Drone Surveys and Convolutional Neural Networks for Bridge Maintenance: A Predictive Approach Using Finite Element Analysis
The primary objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive framework for bridge maintenance that integrates autonomous drone surveys, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and Finite Element...
Self Funded
Precision control of nanofuel production
Storing hydrogen nanobubbles in liquid carriers to produce hydrogen nano-fuels offers significant benefits in terms of efficiency, safety and sustainability. Hydrogen nano-fuels have great potential t...
Self Funded
Few-Shot Medical Segmentation Using Deep Learning
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented candidate for a self-funded PhD position in the field of Few-Shot Medical Segmentation using Deep Learning. This opportunity is ideal for individuals wit...
Self Funded
PhD project in scalable cloud-based simulations for urban planning in megacities
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on scalable cloud-based simulations for urban planning in megacities. Applic...
Self Funded
PhD opportunity in real-time environmental monitoring and response using machine learning-enhanced simulations
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with our Department of Computer Science at Brunel University of London, focusing on real-time environmental monitoring and response using machine learning-en...
Self Funded

 

Fully-funded studentships

Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account.

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