remote sensing PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research Group. Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group in collaboration with the Exeter Biomechanics Research Team (ExBiRT), University of Exeter.

Energy harvesting for remote sensing applications

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: IRIS Centre

Dr I S Nandhakumar

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisory Team. Dr Iris Nandhakumar, Professor Steve Beeby. Project description. The Internet of things (IoT) is generating a great deal of interest in relation to next-generation smart network monitoring systems.

Investigation of the topographic control for geohzards prone zone ecosystem functional properties by multiple remote sensing sensors

University of Warwick
School of Life Sciences

Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance

Dr X Geng

Application Deadline: 29 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Overview. With 71% of the earth’s surface covered by water, hydro-hazards, including floods, droughts, onshore and offshore landslides and storm surges, can pose direct threats to lives and impact livelihoods by damaging and destroying critical lifeline infrastructure (e.g.

Time-domain characterization of Terahertz surface scattering and inhomogeneous media for communication and remote sensing

University of Birmingham
School of Physics and Astronomy

Dr M Navarro-Cia, Dr C Constantinou

Application Deadline: 1 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The frequency range between 0.1 and 3 THz holds promise for a myriad of applications such as high-speed communication and remote sensing.

Development of Computer Vision System for Remote sensing and processing of satellite images

University of Bradford
Faculty of Engineering and Informatics

Research Group: Visual Computing

Prof R Qahwaji

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Remote sensing applications require the processing of satellite or drones images to detect regions of interest, and develop a variety of applications such as prediction of natural hazards, tracking of certain events, processing and visualisation of big data sets, etc.

SEESALT: Novel ways to ’SEE’ coastal ’SALT’ marshes using low-cost drones and sensors

Aberdeen University
Department of Geography and Environment

Dr D Green, Dr D Mauquoy

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Saltmarshes are found extensively along low wave energy coastlines resulting from fine sediment accumulation and vegetation establishment.

Computer Vision and Remote Sensing – Terrain Feature Classifications

University of Reading
Department of Computer Science

Dr H Wei, Prof J Ferryman, Prof X Hong, Dr G DiFatta

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The research is mainly concerned with automated image understanding and processing of remotely. sensed data, such as multispectral/hyperspectral images, as well as LIDAR data, which provide height information of terrain.

Developing prioritisation strategies for the protection of blue carbon stores in Kenya

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Applied Sciences

Dr R Briers, Dr M Huxham

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. This project aims to explore and develop strategies for the prioritisation of protection of blue carbon stores within Kenyan coastal ecosystems.

Optimized Sampling Approaches for Compressive Sensing in Multi-Dimensional Datastreams (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)

University of Liverpool
EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms

Prof K Chen, Dr Y Zheng

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

This studentship has been developed by the University of Liverpool in partnership with Sivananthan Laboratories, a small business specializing in state-of-the-art night vision, electron microscopy and hyperspectral imaging technologies.

PhD - Advanced optical systems for terabit free-space communications (Huawei Technologies Sweden AB)

Heriot-Watt University
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

Prof D Reid, Dr M P J Lavery

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Next generation mobile communications networks, such as 6G will revolutionise the way we interact with technology, enabling super high-speed connections to our mobile devices.

TITUS: Telexistence In Through-life engineering Services PhD

Cranfield University
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

Dr J Ahmet Erkoyuncu

Application Deadline: 29 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Telexistence provides a means to complete maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities remotely that have the risk of causing physical injury and harm to the maintainer, or the by the same method, exceed the normal human capabilities of the individual with physical augmentation able to deal with increased loads without additional human manpower.

Water Quality Monitoring Technology & Robotics

Brunel University London
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Dr G Troisi, Dr X Du

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

AquaeyeTM is an autonomous floating aquatic sensor platform with adaptable payload to sense a range of parameters (environmental conditions, chemical and biological hazards) for a variety of applications such as alerting oil spills and toxic algal blooms in bathing waters, pollution and fuel spills in inland waterways, marinas, harbours, shipping lanes and coastal waters.

PhD: Atmospheric monitoring for next generation cable free optical communication technologies (British Telecom)

Heriot-Watt University
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

Prof D Reid, Dr M P J Lavery

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Cable-free optical communication systems are vital for building the communication networks of the future. Traditionally wireless connections have been based on radio or microwave systems.

Real-Time Signal Processing Algorithms for Computational Millimetre-wave Radars

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr O Yurduseven

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Millimetre-waves (mmW) can penetrate through most materials that are opaque at optical wavelengths, yet they are non-ionizing and thus harmless to living tissue at low power levels.

CCTV surveillance and narrative in the smart city

Brunel University London
Film & TV

Dr R Bloomberg

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project looks at the proposals for and practice of ubiquitous CCTV coverage in urban areas. It might understand these practices as amounting to a kind of documentary film studio.