Current research degree projects

To meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, aviation (~3% of human global CO2 emissions) must do its share. The target for air transportation is a 75% reduction in CO2 and 90% reduction in NOx by 2050. The European Green Deal even aims at climate neutrality by 2050. To achieve such goals, the path forward is minimising aircraft weight and drag and moving towards emissions-free energy sources, storage and conversion systems. 

For any democratic society, access to news and engaging in online debate are critical for the public to shape opinions and make informed decisions. Modern consumption has moved away from traditional broadcaster mediated content and towards unmoderated social media.

Flexible framing involves flexible steel connections and composite steel-concrete decks that are cheap to fabricate and erect. They are abundantly used in construction worldwide in conventional and light-weight structures. Past research showed that these flexible systems possess an appreciable stiffness, strength, and ductility under different loading scenarios. As such, it has been suggested that they can potentially be used directly in seismic regions.  

The engineering design process for next generation aerospace engineering products is being revolutionised by the rapid development of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. Data-driven reduced order models have a significant influence and are increasingly integrated into the design and manufacture of aerospace engineering systems. This improves their automation, resilience, and efficiency.

This project will address the research questions how can audio-visual fusion be used to improve the performance of wearable devices for people with hearing loss? 

The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is valued at over $387.4 billion and is projected to more than triple by 2029. For the world to realise the benefits brought by AI, it is important to ensure AI systems are responsibly developed, used throughout their entire life cycle, and trusted by the humans expected to rely on them.

Thanks to plankton-based ocean ecosystems, massive amounts of carbon sink out of the surface ocean and are distributed through the ocean’s interior. How much carbon reaches what depths is critical to atmospheric CO2, and therefore climate. You will synthesise existing knowledge to estimate this carbon transport from satellite data. This process of carbon transport is also poorly understood and highly variable. 

The depth in the ocean at which sinking organic carbon is remineralised back into CO2 is crucial to setting atmospheric CO2 concentration. In this project, you will explore the links between remineralisation depth, particle size and plankton size by building a simple mechanistic model on the basis of global datasets.

Study how specific cell signalling pathways control stem cells and their ability to regenerate muscle. You could help counteract muscle loss during ageing, helping individuals affected by the muscle decline condition sarcopenia. 

This Industrial PhD studentship is a collaboration between Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton and Analog Devices Inc. in Limerick, Ireland. The research will be in the Sustainable Electronic Technologies Group and you will use fabrication and design tools at the University of Southampton and Analog Devices.