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Prof J Thompson
Prof R Cheung
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
There are significant recent trends in wireless base station design towards smaller size and power consumption, (e.g. pico-cells and femto-cells), alongside an expansion of the number of frequency bands becoming available for communication in the GigaHertz range. A CASE award PhD studentship is available to develop novel antenna materials, designs and structures for future wireless communication systems. The emergence of new materials, for example, carbon nanotubes or graphene can offer high conductivities and potentially useful atenna properties, especially for small base station platforms. The project will study theoretically and experimentally how new materials can be used to design novel antennas that can reduce physical size, support multi-band operation and provide beam-forming capability in order to develop more energy efficient communication systems.
Funding Notes
Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and hold (or be expected to gain) either a 1st class Honours degree (or the international equivalent) or an MSc with distinction. Candidates should be eligible for full funding by EPSRC. Enthusiastic and self-motivated candidates are sought with a solid background in Physics and/or Electronic Eng. A good grasp of electronic material properties and/or radio frequency engineering along with experience in programming and computational modelling would be advantageous. It is expected that the successful candidate would be paid at EPSRC standard rates (£14,280 for 2012) plus a £3000 per year CASE top-up.
Project supervisors
Career overview
Professor John Thompson is a Professor of Signal Processing and Communications and the Head of the Research Institute at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh. They hold a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. Professor Thompson is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) and a Fellow of the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP). They are also a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (MIEE). Their research is primarily focused on imaging, data, and communications within the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
Research interests
Professor Thompson's research focuses on signal processing and communications within the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. They are involved in the Imaging, Data and Communications research institute, contributing to advancements in these areas. Specific research topics include the development of innovative signal processing techniques and communication systems.
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