Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
As we move to a low-carbon economy understanding and quantifying marine sources of methane and carbon dioxide emissions becomes more important. Such gases can be emitted from both man-made and natural sources. This project will develop acoustic methodologies that can detect and quantify these emissions.
The aim of this project is to explore new frontiers in the design of photonics integrated circuits (PICs) by using artificial intelligence (AI). The project has potential to revolutionise chip design and manufacturing processes by reduction of circuit footprint, optimisation of various elements and devices and their integration, and enabling more efficient packaging. It can play a crucial role in shaping the future of PICs and their implementation in various applications.
This project explores the cutting-edge intersection of battery technology and photonics, by proposing a new condition monitoring systems for electrical energy storage.
This project explores the cutting-edge intersection of acoustics and photonics, enhancing acoustic emission detection using innovative optical fibre designs.
Inspired by recent breakthroughs, of structural monitoring systems for drones, this research aims to deliver smarter aircraft for tomorrow, by developing and integrating new ultralightweight optical fibre sensing systems.
Quantum technology often requires non-classical, quantum light. Hollow-core fibres, a highly interesting speciality optical fibre where light is guided in a gas filled core, offer a promising route to generate, transmit, and distribute this non-classical light, and this will be the focus of this project.
Gas sensing is a vital technique for many applications, including medicine and environmental monitoring. However, there can be difficulties with many commonly used techniques. The use of quantum technology (such as entangled photons and single photon counting techniques) may be able to alleviate these, and this project will explore this.
This project aims to provide quantum sensors to operate at real world setting to the acceleration noise level of 10-10 m/s2/√Hz based on levitated mechanics. Such sensors will allow to significantly improve our ability to track masses (gravimetry) to monitor their movement and change as well as to detect small magnetic fields (magnetometry).
The project focuses on advancing quantum photonics through the development of scalable, on-chip single-photon sources using nitrogen rich silicon nitride (N rich SiN).
The aim of this project is to design, develop, and translate 3D nanoscale metamaterials for real-world applications. In this work, nanoscale particles can be assembled into macroscopic structures, creating a new class of materials where the desired properties are enhanced and scaled to a device level.