PhD Studentships

Title: Living with total spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis: an interpretive phenomenology study Description: Idiopathic scoliosis commonly affects adolescents at puberty; there is no proven cause, although genetic and embryological theories are proposed. Unequal development of spinal musculature causes thoracic (chest), lumbar (lower...

Global Development Institute Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College Project Description The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute is pleased to announce three PhD studentships to fund doctoral research on priority issues related to its FutureDAMS Research Centre [Design and Assessment of Resilient and Sustainable...

AI and physics-based approaches to bounding visual uncertainty (FINLAYSONG2_U18SCI50) Location: Norwich Start Date: October 2018 No. of positions available: 1 Supervisor: Primary supervisor Prof Graham Finlayson. Secondary Dr Michal Mackiewicz Project description: The images recorded by a camera depend on 3 things [i]: the...

Principal Supervisor Dr Dalene Swanson , it will be further supported by Ms Charlotte Dwyer and other colleagues at Scotdec. Closing Date : 24 th May 2018 (5pm) The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling is seeking applicants for a full-time PhD studentship (1+3; +3) to begin in the 2018/2019 academic year. This...

Join a world-leading, cross-continental research team The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland are seeking exceptional students to join a world-leading, cross-continental research team tackling major challenges facing the world’s population in global sustainability and wellbeing as part of the QUEX Institute. The joint PhD...

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is increasingly being applied for coordinate measurement of complex three-dimensional manufactured components. XCT is especially attractive for components that result from laser powder bed additive processes, as internal features, e.g. porosity or cooling channels, can be measured. For XCT to be applied in quality control...

Supervisor: Adrian Bradu. A funded PhD position is available in the field of Biomedical Imaging. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and photo-acoustic (PA) imaging are hot topics in the biomedical imaging field. They can offer structural and functional information of biological tissues with excellent resolution and high contrast. Both...

The ageing population, more active than ever, is rapidly becoming a significant market segment, across many industrial sectors from medical devices through personal care products to sport equipment and consumer electronics. For many of these products the biophysical response of the skin is crucial in terms of comfort, performance and safety. It is...

The project: Maritime autonomous vehicles are a developing technology with applications including scientific, cargo and surveillance roles.  Surface vessels must obey the collision regulations or COLREGS, long-established rules governing navigation, and future autonomous vessels are likely to inherit the same requirements.  However, the...

The project: The Thales-Bristol Partnership on Hybrid Autonomous Systems Engineering (T-B PHASE), an EPSRC / Thales Partnership for Prosperity project, is studying hybrid autonomous systems, meaning those that are not confined to closed environments but rather interface with the real world, its dynamic uncertainty, and particularly humans. The PhD...