We are now recruiting for students intending to start in autumn 2022. If you are interested in starting before then, please enquire at find-cdt@bristol.ac.uk
We have a range of PhD and EngD projects and industrial sponsors for applicants to choose from. Projects fall into three broad themes:
Applications are open for the following projects:
EngD studentship
- Eddy-Current Inspection of Complex Geometries in Carbon Fibre Composites University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Rob Hughes & Prof Paul Wilcox – Industrial Sponsor: EtherNDE
EngD students will receive a generous further top-up from their sponsor company of at least £5,000 a year.
PhD studentships
- Measuring the Crystallographic Orientation and Elastic Constants of Multigrain Material University of Nottingham – Supervisors: Prof Richard Smith & Prof Matt Clark
- Electromagnetic Inspection of Additive Manufacturing Process University of Manchester – Supervisors: Dr Wuliang Yin & Prof Anthony Peyton
- Characterisation of Microstructures in Polycrystalline Metals, Ultrasonic Measurements on Complex Geometries, Ultrasonic Resonances Imperial College London – Supervisors: Dr Bo Lan & Prof Mike Lowe
- Industrial implementation of new techniques for inspection of rough defects Imperial College London – Supervisors: Prof Mike Lowe & Prof Richard Craster
- Classification of Non-Sharp Defects Using Array FMC Data University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Jie Zhang, Dr Nicolas Larossa and Dr Alexander (Sasha) Velichko
- Quantitative Volumetric Imaging Using 2D Ultrasonic Arrays University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Alexander (Sasha) Velichko & Prof Anthony Croxford
- Combined Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic NDT University of Manchester – Supervisors: Dr Wuliang Yin, Dr Michael O’Toole & Prof Anthony Peyton
- Smart Metallurgy University of Nottingham – Supervisors: Prof Richard Smith & Prof Matt Clark
- SRAS++ University of Nottingham – Supervisors: Prof Richard Smith & Prof Matt Clark
- Automated Hybrid Eddy Currents and Ultrasound In-process Inspection of Additive Manufactured Components, and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and Interpretation – University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Dr Ehsan Mohseni & Prof Gareth Pierce
- In-process Calibration of a Robotic NDE System used for High-temperature In-process Inspection – University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Yashar Javadi & Prof Gareth Pierce
iCASE studentship
We currently have an iCASE studentship available, aligned to the CDT, with the project title:
‘Automated analysis approaches for Structural Health Monitoring on aerospace primary structure with ultrasonic and electromagnetic sensor arrays’
Please download this PDF for details of the project and how to apply:
