Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Road and railway networks are fundamental to societal functioning, but are systemically vulnerable to disruption by natural hazards, including floods. To explore how targeted climate adaptation of transportation infrastructure may reduce systemic vulnerability, this studentship will measure and model connectivity of UK transportation networks under increasing extremes in coastal flooding
Travel time in transport networks is not constant, but entails an element of variability that can be an important source of time losses. This results in uncertainty when attempting to predict it, and this is a concern for travellers, as it can cause early or, more critically, late arrival at the destination.
Are you concerned about the microplastic contamination in our water bodies? This project broadly falls into the disciplines of vortex dynamics, bubble dynamics, and vortex-bubble interactions. The potential outcomes of this project will shed light on previously unknown effects of surfactants on bubble-vortex interactions. This could lead us towards scaling laws that will help in advanced modelling and prediction, paving way for new methods of microplastic retrieval from water bodies.