Engineering (brain) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 67 Engineering (brain) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Making Sport Safer: Investigating Protective Metamaterials in Helmets to Prevent Brain Injury

Sheffield Hallam University Materials and Engineering Research Institute

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SU Urquhart, Dr EC Carter, Prof RS Saatchi

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

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Brain Decoding Models across Subjects

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

A brain decoding model aims at predicting what sensory stimulus is received (e.g. visual stimuli, different images), which mental state is experienced (i.e. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Arvaneh

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

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Computational neuroscience: Statistical signal processing for multivariate neuronal data, Neural computing with Spiking neural networks.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Healthcare Engineering

How does the human brain work? As you read this text, the pixels on your screen are converted into a series of spike trains passing along the neural pathways in your brain, allowing you to understand the content. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Halliday

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

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EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scholarship - Can MIND networks derived from brain MRI shed fresh light on perinatal development?

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Brain connectivity is central to neurodevelopment and later cognition and mental health (Morgan et al., BP:CNNI 2018). We recently proposed a new method to construct structural brain networks from MRI data, called Morphometric Inverse Divergence (MIND). Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Morgan

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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A multilevel computational framework for brain diseases

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

A large part of computational brain science is concerned with generating models of the brain that can help us understand its function. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J L Liu

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

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Real-Time Brain Injury Prediction and Protection Framework for Intelligent Vehicles

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

The advancement of intelligent vehicles (IVs) has significantly improved their collision avoidance capabilities under normal driving conditions, yet the complete prevention of accidents remains elusive. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Yu

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

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Measuring the brain's energy dynamics to establish crucial biomarkers for mood disorders

Brighton & Sussex Medical School Post-graduate Research

The brain is one of the most metabolically active organs in the body, consuming a disproportionately large amount of energy compared to its size. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Asllani, Dr A Colasanti

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Modelling brain function using HiP-CT Synchrotron Imaging (Fully Funded PhD)

University College London Department of Mechanical Engineering

Lead supervisors: Dr Liwei Guo, Dr Claire Walsh and Prof. Peter Lee. Eligibility: Open to UK students and international students. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Guo, Dr C Walsh, Prof P Lee

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

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Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Automatic Segmentation of Brain Tumours and other Intracranial Structures

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Preoperative manual segmentation of Brain tumours is an extremely time-consuming task and adds an enormous amount of Neurosurgical workload. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HA Abbasi

22 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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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

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New Drugs for Brain Tumours: A Locoregional Implant Brain Tumours

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Next-generation temozolomide derivatives for the treatment of high-grade glioma have been developed at the University of Bradford. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Wheelhouse, Prof A Paradkar, Dr S Shnyder

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

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High-bandwidth Implantable Brain Processing: From Theory to Practice.

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

I am looking for a talented and motivated PhD student to work on high-bandwidth implantable brain processing techniques (i.e. >1000 recording channels using Utah Arrays) for future generation implantable brain machine interfaces (iBMIs). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Zamani

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

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Generative AI for Non-invasive MRI Enhancement in Brain Tumour Diagnosis

Atlantic Technological University Research

The Postgraduate Research Programme MedAgriTech AI eXcellence (MATX) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Each project will include an enterprise placement of minimum 12 weeks duration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Unnikrishnan, Dr MMcC McCann, Dr I Overton

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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A 3D-Printed Blood-Brain-Barrier-on-a-Chip for Agrochemical Permeability Studies – CASE Studentship

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) tightly regulates the flow of material between the bloodstream and the brain. One of the big problems faced by a range of sectors, from pharmaceuticals to agrochemicals, is understanding how compounds interact with and cross this barrier. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Forth, Dr D Dickens

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Brain-inspired See-Think-Act Intelligent Machines

University of Birmingham School of Computer Science

There is an ongoing revolution in developing autonomous intelligence machines to greatly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of sensory perception, decision-making, and active control. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J L Liu

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

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