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271 research degree projects
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Electronics and Computer Science | Engineering | Physics and astronomy
Large area 2D semiconductor platforms
Revolutionising the semiconductor industry with next generation 2D materials and devices.Moore’s Law is currently being challenged with Nvidia CEO recently claiming it is over. The scaling of transistors cannot continue due to physical limitations of silicon posing a threat to the sustainable evolution of new technologies. -
Engineering | Mathematical sciences | Physics and astronomy
Rapid production of hollow spheres using coaxial nozzles
When gas flows from a coaxial nozzle surrounded by a liquid, it forms reproducible liquid shells useful in industries needing hollow spheres, such as pharmaceuticals and 3D printing. This project aims to understand and optimize production rates, reproducibility based on nozzle design and operating parameters. -
Engineering
Enhancing X-ray micro-CT scanners through hardware and software
Would you like to work with state-of-the-art hardware and innovative software, using your skills to improve world-leading imaging techniques?microCT scanning is a key technology in non-destructive imaging across many applications. You will extend the capabilities of existing microCT scanners expanding their capabilities to improve scientific understanding. -
Engineering
Autonomous control of an electric vehicle for improving energy efficiency
Autonomous driving offers significant opportunities for improving energy efficiency. This project aims to research how to improve energy efficiency of autonomous electric vehicles considering electric power train characteristics, V2X data and experimental analyses from a systems and control perspective. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Next generation silicon photonic modulators
This project will focus on research into the next generation of optical data communication technology enabling key applications such as high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to thrive. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Bismuth-doped fibre amplifiers for extended transmission bands in optical communications
This project aims to develop advanced bismuth-doped optical fibres with optimised design, fabrication, and material properties. The goal is to realise next-generation ultra-wideband fibre amplifiers and tunable lasers covering the low-loss transmission window of 1250 – 1700nm of silica optical fibres. -
Photonics and optoelectronics | Engineering
Wavelength-flexible, single-frequency fibre lasers
Fibre lasers have seen a rapid development in output power and performance over the past three decades and have revolutionised the application space for photonics. This project is focused on the development of wavelength-flexible single-frequency fibre sources to support and facilitate a plethora of emerging exciting practical applications in science. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Photonic time crystals and timetronics
Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. This project will explore the exciting physics of time crystals and the foundations of ‘timetronics’, an information and data technology relying on the unique functionalities of this sophisticated yet esoteric state of matter. -
Mathematical sciences | Engineering
Mathematical modelling of poro-mechanics of soil
Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil, yet we have very little understanding of what happens in soil. Developing an understanding of soil composition is important, as climate change is likely to alter soil function. We need to find new robust engineering practices and modify existing ones to enable effective soil resource management. -
Electronics and Computer Science
Interdisciplinary studentship in human-centred AI
The Web Science Institute (WSI) at the University of Southampton is offering PhD studentships for multidisciplinary doctoral research with a particular focus on Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (AI).