Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
453 research degree projects
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Engineering
I thought you were driving! Human-automation teaming in future vehicles
We are on the cusp of a revolution in vehicle automation. The imminent introduction of Level 3 automation into our cars will see control fully transferred to the vehicle for the very first time, albeit in a limited set of circumstances. -
Engineering
Aerodynamic interaction between next generation aircraft engines and wings
A PhD studentship is now available in the area of aircraft aerodynamics and aeroacoustics (aerodynamically generated noise). The studentship provides a unique opportunity to work on a relevant engineering problem at the Airbus Noise Technology Centre (ANTC), part of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton. -
Electronics and computer science
Formal verification of AI interfaces
The field of computing is facing a conundrum caused by a clash in two opposing trends: on the one hand, the growth and proliferation of machine learning (ML) in software, and on the other hand, ever-growing concerns that, with ML models being a black-box technology, the safety, security and explainability of software that uses ML diminish. -
Electronics and computer science | Engineering | Mathematical sciences
AI-enhanced fluid-structure modelling to aid maritime decarbonization
The marine and maritime sectors face an urgent need for green energy solutions and effective decarbonization strategies. Our project focuses on the development of AI-enhanced numerical tools to help address these challenges. -
Electronics and computer science | Biological sciences
Rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance
This PhD project will develop a new sensor technology to diagnose bacterial infections rapidly. -
Electronics and computer science
AI-based multi-modal 3D environment model reconstruction
In this project, several PhD students are working on a pipeline for modelling and rendering of the full environment including 3D geometry, semantic objects and material attributes from multi-modal inputs such as video, audio and text. -
Electronics and computer science
Space-Time-Modulated metasurfaces for advanced wave engineering applications
Advance the frontiers of active and polychromatic metasurfaces and metamaterials by exploring the theoretical, simulation, and experimental implications of space-time modulation. -
Engineering
High-resolution multi-physics topology optimisation
In this project we aim to develop a technology enabling high-fidelity, high-resolution, robust 3D topology optimisation for multi-physics problems including thermos-fluid and fluid-structure interaction. -
Electronics and computer science | Engineering
Skill acquisition in Lifelong Robot Learning with Large Language Models
This project aims to explore how Large Language Models (LLMs) can be harnessed to continuously acquire new skills to solve novel tasks as opposed to mastering a predefined and fixed set of tasks. In particular, methods for incrementally learning skill representations jointly from textual descriptions and spatio-temporal information of action sequences will be developed and evaluated on learning visuomotor robotic tasks in a household environment. -
Engineering | Electronics and computer science | Physics and astronomy
Smart acoustic control technologies
This PhD opportunity focuses on the development of Smart Acoustic Control Technologies, which bring together acoustic and structural design with advanced sensing, actuation, control, and signal processing technologies including machine learning. The developed smart systems offer significant potential to push the boundaries of noise and vibration control design and performance.