Acoustics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 33 Acoustics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Recent developments in low cost VR displays have led to a resurgence of research into binaural 3-D audio. Whilst a good 3-D audio experience can be given using the state of the art technologies, there are still many problems to be solved. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Kearney

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Use of auditory cues to enable sport and physical activity in blind and visually impaired people

University of Salford School of Health and Society

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Collins, Dr B Fazenda

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Personalised music production for aural diversity through citizen science

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Cox, Dr A Hart

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Live Sound for aurally diverse audiences

University of Salford School of Arts and Media

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Hart, Dr B Fazenda

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Individualised remixing of the sonic environment

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Shirley, Dr C J Hughes

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Environmental noise assessment accounting for aural and personal diversity

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Torija Martinez, Dr R Bendall

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Autistic Listening: A mixed methods approach to positive and negative experiences

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Davies, Dr S Gregory

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Aural diversity in machine listening models of auditory attention

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This project is part of the Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA). Closing date for October 2024 start. 21 April 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Cox, Prof S Vadera

21 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Noise Control of Railway Slab Track

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Professor David Thompson, Dr Wenjing Sun . Project Description. An exciting PhD opportunity is available at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton in conjunction with Alstom on the control of noise from railway slab track. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D J Thompson

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Combining laser and ultrasound based molecular delivery strategies for enhanced drug delivery

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Overview. This project addresses the critical area of delivering therapeutics to the skin. If successful, the approach will have direct and positive consequences for the treatment of a range of skin diseases, but may also be viewed as a more generic means of drug delivery for treating a much wider range of disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Campbell, Dr R Hickerson

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Improvements in headphone based 3-D audio using adaptive binaural signal processing and robust head-tracking

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Design of immersive binaural surround systems requires an understanding of the perceptual cues for sound source localisation. Any source at a given angle of incidence to the head will create subtle time and level difference cues at the ears and is subject to spectral shaping due to the pinnae. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Kearney

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Influence of listener movement on tonality and spatial quality in adaptive immersive surround sound systems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Whilst there is a significant body of work that focuses on the spatial quality and tonality of immersive surround sound systems for a sweet spot position, these qualities under a dynamic listening scenario (i.e. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Kearney

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Real-time Networked based Musical Interaction in virtual immersive environments

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

There is a high demand for making and consuming live music over networked based systems. Virtual recording studios, performance venues and rehearsal spaces are within our technological grasp, bridging gaming technologies, low latency networking and immersive audio strategies. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Kearney

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Nanoporous materials such as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are having their applications in mechanical energy absorption. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Sun

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computational Acoustics: Predicting, Simulating and/or Auralising how the world sounds

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Research Group: Acoustics Research Centre

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Hargreaves

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We have 33 Acoustics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Acoustics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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