Advanced mmWave MIMO Radar System for Multiple People’s Vital Signs Monitoring
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2023. Applications are invited for the project Advanced mmWave MIMO Radar System for Multiple People’s Vital Signs Monitoring
Successful applicants will receive an annual stipend (bursary) of approximately £19,668, including London weighting, plus payment of their full-time home tuition fees for a period of 42 months (3.5 years).
You should be eligible for home (UK) tuition fees there are a very limited number (no more than three) of studentships available to overseas applicants, including EU nationals, who meet the academic entry criteria including English Language proficiency.
You will join the internationally recognised researchers in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
The Project
This exciting research project aims to investigate advanced mmWave MIMO radar technology for enhanced performance in monitoring the vital signs including breath rate and heart rate of multiple individuals to enable various health-related applications. It will investigate:
1) phased MIMO arrays with steering beams for human detection and simultaneous monitoring of multiple individuals,
2) a simultaneous transmission of orthogonal coded signals to improve sensing accuracy and efficiency,
3) advanced signal processing algorithms to reduce computational complexity.
Please contact Dr Shaoqing Hu at shaoqing.hu@brunel.ac.uk for an informal discussion about the studentships.
Eligibility
Applicants will have or be expected to receive a first or upper-second class honours degree in Electrcal and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Design, Mathematics or a similar discipline. A Postgraduate Masters degree is not required but may be an advantage.
Skills and Experience
Applicants will be required to demonstrate their experience in (e.g., microwave engineering, electromagnetics, antenna theory), communications, signal processing or other relevant subject area.
Knowledge or research experience in radar signal processing, antenna/array design, electromagnetic holographic/synesthetic aperture imaging. Proficiency in Ansys HF/CST Studio Suite/Altair FEKO and MATLAB.
Applicants should be highly motivated, able to work independently as well as in a team, collaborate with others and have good communication skills.
How to apply
There are two stages of the application:
1.Applicants must submit the pre-application form via the following link https://brunel.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/epsrc-dtp-23-24-pre-application-form-brunel-university-lon-3
by 16.00 on Friday 26th May 2023.
2.If you are shortlisted for the interview, you will be asked to email the following documentation in a single PDF file to cedps-studentships@brunel.ac.uk within 24hrs.
- Your up-to-date CV;
- Your Undergraduate degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) essential;
- Your Postgraduate Masters degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) if applicable;
- Your valid English Language qualification of IELTS 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in each section) or equivalent, if applicable;
- Contact details for TWO referees, one of which can be an academic member of staff in the College.
Applicants should therefor ensure that they have all of this information in case they are shortlisted.
Interviews will take place in June 2023.
Shaoqing Hu - Dr Shaoqing Hu is a Lecturer with Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, an adjunct Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi Unviersity. Prior to joining Brunel Unviersity London, he was a teaching associate, teaching fellow with the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), member of IET, IEEE, SPIE (The international society for optics and photonics), member of working committee in UK of China Institute of Communications, and member of UK Electromagnetic Systems Interest Group. He is the departmental level 4 coordinator, Brunel University London Pathway College liasion tutor, external reviewer.
Dr Hu received the B.Eng and M.Eng degrees at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2013 and 2016, and the PhD degree at Queen Mary University of London in 2020. His research interests include millimeter wave/THz security detection, sparse imaging, antennas, arrays, engineering optimisation and wireless communication. He was a Session Chair of APS/URSI 2020, TPC member of CNIS2023, ICVIP2021, ISAI 2017, ITA 2017, key member of local organizing committee of 2014 7th and 2019 12th UK/Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT). Dr Hu was also a recipient of Student Paper Award with IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation in 2015, and First Prize of Best Student Paper Award with UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimeter Waves and THz Technologies in 2020. He serves as a referee for 2022 UK Doctoral Research Award and many peer-reviewed journals.
Weclome PhD applications and postdoctors and visiting scholars who have the ambition to deliver cutting-edge research output.
Chinese students are welcomed to apply for China Scholarship Council-Brunel Unviersity London PhD studentship.
There are a number of highly competitive international exchange grants, postdoctoral or early career fellowship schemes: The Royal Society Internationl Exchanges, EPSRC Postdoctroal Fellowship, Lverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, Lverhulme Trust Research Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, Marie Sklodowska-Curie ActionsPostdoctoral Fellowship. You need to obtain the support from Brunel University London as your Host Institution for these applications, along with a very competitive research proposal. I have experience in supporting RAEng Research Fellwoship and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship. Feel free to drop me an email with your CV.
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