University of Reading Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 35 University of Reading Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Decarbonisation of heating and cooling systems for net zero carbon future

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Decarbonisation of heating and cooling in buildings can be achieved through switching fuels and transferring the demand from Natural Gas to low-carbon electricity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Shahrestani

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

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Controlling airborne infectious disease transmission in indoor environment

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Infectious disease pandemics are brutal killers in human history. The recent COVID-19 outbreak in China has killed over 2.4K people globally, and more than 78K people are infected across 28 countries (As of 22th Feb 2020). Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Shao

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

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Decarbonisation of the Food System

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

As the world transitions to a low carbon economic system, dramatic changes will be required across the all sectors. The food system, which is currently estimated to be responsible for 20-30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is one where particular urgency is required. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Mohareb

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

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Modular and industrialised solutions for building retrofit

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

More than 85% of the 2050 building stock is already built and almost all will require some form of retrofit/renovation in order to meet global carbon emissions reductions goals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Fuertes

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

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Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Heart failure has a serious impact on our society and once diagnosed has a poor survival rate. In the United Kingdom, there are about 1.5 million people living with the after-effects of a heart attack. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Boateng

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

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Human-centric, data-driven model predictive control strategies for buildings

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

There is significant potential for big data and data science (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Jones

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

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Managing Risk in Projects with Digital Twins

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

A digital twin is a virtual representation that serves as the real-time digital counterpart of a physical object or a system, such as a built asset or a socio-technical system. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Dikmen

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

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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CI Jones

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

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Neural and behavioural correlates of speech production in Parkinson's disease

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Speech is a complex task requiring highly coordinated movements of a large group of respiratory, laryngeal and articulatory muscles and involves precise integration with auditory and somatosensory feedback to plan and execute speech movements. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Mollaei

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

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School ventilation and indoor environment quality

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Children are a particularly vulnerable section of society. They are physiologically less able to regulate their temperature and are more vulnerable to exposure to air pollution than adults. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Yao

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

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Adaptive thermal comfort in office buildings: an Adaptive Predict Mean Vote model

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

In recent years, adaptive thermal comfort studies played a positive role in sustainability in buildings. The exploration of thermal adaptation in different regions, different types of buildings, and different demographic groups are the research trend internationally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Yao

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

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Development of a collaborative robot – human-robot collaboration

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Robots work effectively in factories. For example, in car factories, huge robotic arms pick up car parts and join them to the skeleton of the car, working at less than millimetre and millisecond precision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi

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

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Effect of dietary vitamin B supplementation on brain synaptic activity

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of B vitamins (e.g., B6, B12 and folate) for optimal physiological and neurological functioning. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof C Williams

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

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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Prof F Hwang

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

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Animats - neural culture-controlled robots for closed-loop neuroscience

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

The project will continue research started at the University of Reading on animats - robotic platforms controlled in real time by activity of biological neuron cultures - and will investigate the methods for implementing efficient conditioning protocols. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Dr E Delivopoulos

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

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We have 35 University of Reading Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Reading Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 35 University of Reading Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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