Apply for these research projects to secure fully-funded studentships
We are now recruiting for students intending to start in autumn 2023. 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. Applications are open now for the projects listed below:
EngD studentships
EngD students will receive a generous further top-up from their sponsor company of at least £5,000 a year.
Improving Ultrasonic Imaging using Machine Learning
University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Prof Charles Macleod, Dr Katy Tant – Industrial Sponsor: Rolls Royce
Advanced NDT methods for inspecting and monitoring nuclear waste storage containers
University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Jie Zhang, Prof Bruce Drinkwater, Dr Nicolas Larrosa – Industrial Sponsor: Sellafield
This project is open only to Home students
Next Generation Smart Pigs for Industrial Pipework
University of Strathclyde – Supervisor: Dr Gordon Dobie – Industrial sponsor: Cokebusters
Feasibility Study into the Use of Augmented Reality for Non-Destructive Testing
University of Manchester – Supervisor: Prof Anthony Peyton – Industrial sponsor: Jacobs
A numerical 3D modelling code for simulation of crack morphology UT data
Imperial College London – Supervisor: Dr Peter Huthwaite – Industrial Sponsor: Baker Hughes
Guided Wave inspection of pipe sections covered by support structures
Imperial College London – Supervisor: Prof Mike Lowe – Industrial sponsor: EDF
Machine Learning for Reliable Automated Inspection of Aerospace Composites
University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Dr Ehsan Mohseni & Prof Gareth Pierce – Industrial sponsor: Spirit Aerosystems
PhD studentships
An AI based ultrasonic array inspection of surface breaking defects resided on corroded and uneven surfaces
University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Jie Zhang & Prof Tony Mulholland
Advancing quantitative imaging routines for NDE
Imperial College London – Supervisor: Dr Peter Huthwaite
Combined Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic NDT
University of Manchester – Supervisors: Dr Wuliang Yin, Dr Michael O’Toole & Prof Anthony Peyton
Development of instrumentation for optical generation and detection of ultrasound for adaptive Laser Induced Phased Arrays
University of Strathclyde – Supervisor: Dr Theodosia Stratoudaki
High temperature focused EMAT arrays
University of Warwick – Supervisor: Dr Rachel Edwards
In-process ultrasonic inspection of additively manufactured components with complex geometries
University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Dr Katy Tant, Dr Charles Macleod
Industrial implementation of new techniques for inspection of rough defects
Imperial College London – Supervisors: Prof Mike Lowe & Prof Richard Craster
Measuring the Crystallographic Orientation and Elastic Constants of Multigrain Material
University of Nottingham – Supervisors: Prof Richard Smith & Prof Matt Clark
Modelling Ultrasound Waves in Additively Manufactured Metallic Components
University of Bristol & University of Strathclyde – Supervisors: Prof Tony Mulholland & Dr Katy Tant
NDE of Li-ion batteries
Imperial College London – Supervisors: Dr Bo Lan, Dr Frederic Cegla
SRAS++
University of Nottingham – Supervisors: Prof Richard Smith & Prof Matt Clark
‘2D optics’ with guided waves using magnetostrictive patches
University of Warwick – Supervisor: Dr Oksana Trushkevych
Ultrasound For Sensing Strain In Concrete
University of Warwick – Supervisor: Dr Oksana Trushkevych
