Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
453 research degree projects
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Engineering
Improved understanding of transonic flutter for highspeed aircraft
Are you excited to develop innovative solutions to revolutionize the development of high-speed aircraft? Do you want to work in an environment that encourages you to guide your own career through exposure to a diverse set of novel, open-ended problems working in a multidisciplinary team?We're looking for motivated, creative thinkers who can help develop solutions to the toughest challenges in aircraft development today. -
Engineering | Physics and astronomy
Development of a miniaturised Plug-and-Play Plasma Instrumentation for Small Satellites - “PLASMACube”
This project aims to develop a real-time in-situ plasma measurement payload for CubeSats. This payload will enable CubeSats to measure the characteristics of their space environment in real time, providing crucial information about interactions that could cause failure and possible ways to mitigate them. -
Electronics and computer science
Machine Learning to Build Trustworthy Robot Swarms
This project focuses on advancing the trustworthiness and usability of multi-robot systems, particularly in the context of swarm robotics. -
Physics and astronomy
High-Redshift Quasars in Next-Generation Spectroscopic Surveys
This project will be observationally driven and you will have proprietary access to two new spectroscopic survey datasets from the 4MOST spectrograph on the ESO VISTA telescope, and the MOONS spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope, which are due to begin observations in 2025. -
Physics and astronomy
Uncovering 12 billion years of supermassive black hole growth
This project aims to answer the questions of how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) grew through cosmic time and how they interacted with the growth of their galaxies. -
Physics and astronomy
Uncovering extremely luminous flares from supermassive black holes with next-generation survey telescopes
Modern all-sky astronomical surveys have started detecting unusual, extremely luminous, and long-lived flares in the centres of distant galaxies. These flares are too bright to be caused by the death of a single star and are more likely the result of a violent accretion of material onto a supermassive black hole. This project aims to uncover what that material is and how it gets there, which is key to understanding how black holes grow. -
Engineering
Transition modelling for improved correlation between wind tunnel tests and CFD
This project aims to improve transition models in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to achieve better agreement between simulations and scale model wind tunnel experiments. You will work closely with one of the world's largest aerospace companies to explore relevant problems in the aerospace industry. -
Electronics and computer science
Replacing Si with 2D materials by developing the technique to dope them
We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our team to develop a novel technique to dope transition metal dichalcogenides and investigate their commercial potential by working with our industrial partners, Intel, Graphenea and Grolltex. -
Engineering
Investigation of non-thermal plasma for CO2 conversion in Space In-situ Resource Utilisation
This project will focus on using non-thermal plasma technology to convert CO2 on Mars into oxygen. We aim to push the boundaries of space exploration. Our goal is to develop a novel, compact in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) system that could revolutionise resource generation for future space missions. -
Engineering
Investigation of neutraliser-free air-breathing plasma thruster
This project will investigate how adding metal plasma can improve the performance of air-breathing plasma thrusters, with a focus on developing an optimized neutralizer-free design for Very Low Earth Orbit environments.