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University of Sheffield, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 42 University of Sheffield, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Generative AI and flexible cognitive robots for discrete manufacturing

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Background. Current Human-Robot collaborations are driven by kinaesthetic teaching which requires humans to guide the robot end effectors to do a task. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Ward, Dr J Oyekan

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Multimodal Control of Prosthetic Limbs/Paralysed Muscles

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

This project aims to enhance the quality of life of patients with amputees, spinal cord injury, stroke and brain injury by developing advanced control strategies for artificial limbs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Arvaneh

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

Self-assembling Robots for Living Metamaterials and Novel Fabrication Methods

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Background. LEGO-like millimetre-sized electronic parts that self-assemble and become a robot - such a scenario has been a dream for engineers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Robust control of distributed parameter systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

A distributed-parameter system is a dynamical system with an infinite-dimensional state space. Such systems are usually described by partial differential equations (PDEs). Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Selivanov

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

Macroscopic traffic control and optimisation

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Traffic flows are the bloodstreams of a developed country. A failing transportation system impedes economic growth and deteriorates human lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Selivanov

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

Control of multi-agent systems using continuum mechanics modelling

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

A multi-agent system is a group of interacting dynamical systems. Famous examples are robot swarms, smart grids, traffic flows, communication networks, and transportation systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Selivanov

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

Multi-modal learning for in-process monitoring: Towards AI-driven manufacturing automation

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The University of Sheffield, in conjunction with the EPSRC-funded Made Smarter Connected Factories, is pleased to announce the availability of a funded Ph.D. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Tiwari

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing digital twin and digital product passports for high-value electric machines to support their end-of-life decisions

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

In support of the research activities of the EPRSC-funded Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, the University of Sheffield is offering a funded PhD scholarship to undertake research in the development of digital twin and digital product passports for high-value electric machines to support their end-of-life decisions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Tiwari

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Are you interested in Machine Learning and Signal Processing methods and their applications to autonomous systems and surveillance? We have a PhD project funded by the UK Government Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at the University of Sheffield, a leading World University and a Russell Group University in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

30 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Distributed Algorithm Wireless Sensor Networks

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is a group of a spatially distributed and dedicated sensors communicating via a wireless medium and cooperatively monitoring the physical conditions of the environment such as temperature, sound, speed, pressure, humidity, etc. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LS Su

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

Control Theory for Security-Sensitive and Safety-Critical Networked Feedback System

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

In a world rapidly adopting intelligent systems, ensuring the safety of critical control systems has become paramount. From self-driving cars, surgical robots to high-precision temperature control of warehouses, any breach of safety constraints in these systems may lead to catastrophic consequences. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LS Su

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

Magnetically Controlled Degradable Ingestible Robots for In-body Medical Operations

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Background: . Recent advances in microrobot technology have opened up great possibilities for the use of robots in the body. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Constrained control and set invariance

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Invariant sets play an important and fundamental role in the design of control systems. An invariant set is a region of a dynamic system’s state space that has the following property. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Trodden

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

Advanced brain-computer interface

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

A brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a direct communication pathway between a human brain and an external device. Using appropriate sensors and data processing algorithms, a BCI maps patterns of brain activity associated with a volitional thought onto signals suitable for communication and control. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Arvaneh

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

Active Wearables for Efficient Living

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

There has been a surge in the use of wearables for sensing health indices such as blood pressure or body stress, to replace or augmenting physical capability [1-4]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Damian

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

Optimal Control of Dynamical Systems with Hysteresis

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Hysteresis describes the phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it. Hysteresis loops arise in many engineering fields and pose interesting challenges to the control of the underlying systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YN Nie

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

Optimal Control of Next Generation Aircraft

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Green aviation and Net-zero targets call for significant reductions in the use of conventional fossil fuel as the energy source for aviation activities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YN Nie

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

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Optimization-based control explores the use of optimization algorithms for feedback control of dynamical systems. For example, model predictive control (MPC) is a widely used optimization-based control method, allowing systematic and optimal handling of constraints, nonlinearities and uncertainties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YN Nie

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

Efficient and Reliable Numerical Solution of Dynamic Optimization

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Dynamic optimization is integral to many aspects of science and engineering, commonly found in trajectory optimization, optimal control (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YN Nie

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

Digital Twin Control of Manufacturing Operations

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The future of machining lies in the fully autonomous machine tool. New technologies must be developed that predict, sense and action intelligent decisions autonomously. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Ward

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

Self-folding Origami ”Robots” for Cognitive Smart Materials

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Background: . With the development of smart materials capable of sensing and changing states, the realisation of 'robots' that are paper-like materials but that can fold themselves up, start moving, and adapt to the situation while sensing their environment is becoming a reality. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita

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

Automatic Object and Behaviour Recognition in Video/ Image Sequences

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Smart CCTV systems have been subject on an increased interest during the last decades. There are many reasons for this interest, such as the need of processing quickly, in an automatic way huge amounts of video data. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

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

Application of predictive control to fast systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Predictive control is relatively unwieldy and therefore does not lend itself to applications requiring fast sample rates. However many recent developments have looked at how the algorithm can be implemented both more efficiently in time and with relatively simple coding requirements. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JA Rossiter

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

Wireless Sensor Networks for Localisation in Indoor and Outdoor Environments

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The aim of this project is to develop scalable and efficient techniques and algorithms for localisation in different environments, based on data in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

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

Vehicular Traffic Flow Modelling, Prediction and Control

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

This research will address many issues related with efficient, reliable and quick exchange of information and data over sensor networks for intelligent vehicular traffic systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

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

Using Brain Computer Interface to Improve Cognitive Performance

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a non-invasive technique commonly used to measure brain activity. In this project, we aim at using EEG Biofeedback (brain-computer interface (BCI)) for improving cognitive performance (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Arvaneh

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

Sequential Monte Carlo Methods for Bayesian Inference in Complex Systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

This project will focus on the development of Bayesian inference methods such as sequential Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for filtering and smoothing of states and parameters of complex nonlinear systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

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

Predictive control of non-linear and/or robust systems

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Predictive control is by now a well established methodology whereby one bases the design of the control law on the optimisation of system predictions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JA Rossiter

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

Predictive and optimization-based control of smart grids: theory and algorithms

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Model predictive control (MPC) has long been identified as a leading candidate technique for control in future power networks and smart grids, because of its ability to handle constraints and optimize the performance or economy of the system. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Trodden

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

Multiple Object Tracking and Decision Making

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

This research is aimed at developing scalable Bayesian approaches able to solve complex and high dimensional problems with multiple objects and multi-sensor data. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Mihaylova

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

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