Fully funded four-year PhD studentships are available to UKRI eligible students.

Fully funded four-year PhD studentships are available to UKRI eligible students.

Duration of study: Full time - four years fixed term

Starting date: As early as possible

Application deadline:  Dependent on the type of studentship

Internal to the department: 15^th of February 2023 (or until filled)

Eligibility: UKRI eligibility criteria:

Funding: The studentship covers Home tuition fees and an annual stipend of £19,062 (2022-2023), increasing annually with inflation. Additional support will cover consumables, books, professional memberships and travel to workshops and conferences.

Applications are invited for PhD studentships, to work within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL.

Background: The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) at UCL, was founded in 1885 as the first department of electrical technology in England. It was founded by Professor Sir Ambrose Fleming FRS, inventor of the thermionic valve and, hence, the founder of the discipline of electronics. That same pioneering tradition of innovation and excellence continues to underpin our work. We push in new directions across research, education and entrepreneurship, building on our long-established links with industry. The department is a world leading research powerhouse as recognised by the last Research Evaluation Framework where we were ranked 2nd in the UK with over 97% of our output recognised as world leading and internationally significant. Our research spans the range of the subject from fundamental materials investigations through the creation of novel devices and sub-systems to large-scale systems studies. This enables us to provide an exciting and unparalleled range of opportunities to motivated young researchers wanting to start their careers as doctoral students.

We are looking for students in all our five research groups:

· Sensor Systems and Circuits (Radar, Sensors, control systems, Robotics, AI)

· Photonics (Silicon Photonics, Terahertz, Spectroscopy, Future Wireless Systems, Quantum technologies)

· Optical Networks (Future Internet, Data Centres, Machine Learning, Non-linear optics, Quantum Coms)

· Information and Communication Engineering (Wireless, Spectrum, Network, AI, Internet of Things)

· Electronic Materials and Devices (Quantum Technologies, Novel Electronic Materials, Memristors, Nanotechnologies, Diamond Electronics)

Please contact the academics within the research group (more details will be found on each hyperlinks) to find more information and details on possible research projects. Note that for some studentships the project will be defined and will be found on a UCL centrally advertised post. Please discuss this possibility with your potential supervisor

Qualifications required: Applicants should be outstanding academically, with an undergraduate degree (Minimum of an upper second) or equivalent in physics, communications or electronic & electrical engineering with a clear aptitude and enthusiasm for research.

The research within our Department can range from fully experimental to fully theoretical modelling.

The ideal candidate would have some or all of the following skills and knowledge

· Experience of experimental work in electronics, physics measurement, optics or photonics characterisation and high-speed optical communications

· Experience in developing computer models for different engineering problems or physical phenomena.

· Experience in using software tools for modelling electromagnetic, and physics problem (e.g. ADS, CST studio, HFSS, Comsol Multiphysics, Lumerical)

· Scientific computer programming (e.g.,MATLAB, C++, Python, Java)

· Experience in developing artificial intelligence solutions for diverse applications through the use ofTensorFlow, PyTorch and others

Additional information: The student will typically work closely with researchers within the Department and be part of larger projects as well as integrating a larger cohort of PhD student within the Department and the four Centre for Doctoral Training hosted with us. The Department has a long history of success in training outstanding PhD graduates. A large number have won major international awards and prizes of prizes and are now themselves research leaders in major academic and industrial research laboratories around the world.

How to apply: Please discuss with supervisor or send an email to [Email Address Removed] as the application process is dependent on the scheme of funding.

Contact: Please express your interest in applying for the studentship to Ms Lola Mason ([Email Address Removed] ), and note the eligibility criteria.

For informal enquires please send a CV, including a list of any publications and a cover letter to the supervisor(s) you are interested to work with. The potential supervisor will be happy to answer any queries about the project.

For information on the PhD programme within the department, please contact the Departmental Graduate Administrator at [Email Address Removed]

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