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An opportunity to investigate the epigenetic mechanisms of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) downregulation in the severe neurological disorder Rett syndrome. You will join a new research team within the area of neuroepigenetics, and contribute disease relevant mechanistic insight.
The aim of this PhD project is to apply novel laboratory techniques to simulate environmental wind patterns and air pollution around buildings. Our researchers in the experimental fluid mechanics research laboratory use advanced diagnostics to understand the physics of turbulent flows.
Explore the personal impact of partnership dissolution and re-partnering in later life in a fully funded PhD project in collaboration with the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership.
This project will focus on developing algorithms to allow autonomous systems to make decisions based on information they receive from sensors. Your work will be applied to distributed systems which operate in challenging environments.
Small, semiconducting nanoparticles known as quantum dots (QDs) are being extensively researched for use in a wide range of electronic devices, including solar cells, light detectors, light-emitting diodes, and transistors. Their benefits include being simple and inexpensive to produce, as well as the ability to deposit thin films for device manufacturing using processes that may be scaled up for solution processing.
In this project, you'll investigate how hybrid stainless steel/carbon steel joints can improve structural performance and resilience under extreme loading conditions.
Would you like to help the UK eliminate leakage-related water loss? We’re offering a 3.5-year fully funded PhD, developing contact underground sound guides to overcome the limitations of closely spaced access points.
Would you like to help the UK eliminate leakage-related water loss? Explore the use of optical fibre sensing for the acoustic detection of leaks in a 3.5 year, fully-funded PhD.
Would you like to help the UK eliminate leakage-related water loss? We’re offering a 3.5-year fully funded PhD to investigate the dynamics of hydrants to enhance acoustic-based water leak detection.
In this PhD, you'll investigate how energy can be optimally transferred between subsystems within a nonlinear system. The impact of this project will be significant for vibration mitigation, vibration isolation, and vibration energy harvesting.