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.
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
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
Characterisation of composite materials using 2D ultrasonic arrays
University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Sasha Velichko & Dr Robert Hughes – Industrial sponsor: NDEvR
Enhanced Remote Visual Inspection and Retrieval in Access-Restricted Marine Applications
University of Strathclyde – Supervisor: Dr Gordon Dobie – Industrial sponsor: BAE Systems Marine
Enhanced Robotic Localisation and Inspection of Complex Marine Welds
University of Strathclyde – Supervisor: Dr Gordon Dobie – Industrial sponsor: BAE Systems Marine
Optimising the frequency of NDE for integrity assessment
University of Bristol – Supervisors: Dr Sergio Cantero Chinchilla, Prof Paul Wilcox & Prof Mahmoud Mostafavi
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
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
‘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
