PhD Studentship in Design of Millimetre-Wave Systems - studying the software defined mmWave Transceiver System from National Instrument

Applications are invited for a 3-year full PhD Studentship starting in February 2019 to undertake research in the design of millimetre-wave (mm-wave) system for future wireless systems. The studentship will include both theoretical and applied research in the well-equipped Antennas Lab with over 50 years experience at Queen Mary University of London.

Millimetre-wave technologies are increasingly used for various applications (5G, Radar, Satellite, biomedical applications, etc.). The objective of the PhD project is to study the software defined mmWave Transceiver System from National Instrument (http://www.ni.com/sdr/mmwave/). The PhD student will contribute to the development and proof-of-concept validation of advanced techniques for millimetre-wave communications, and will closely work with a team whose members are working on the EPSRC funded research project – GBSense (http://gbsense.eecs.qmul.ac.uk).

The student will be based in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk) at Queen Mary University of London, and will be a member of the Whitespace Machine Communication Lab (http://wmc.eecs.qmul.ac.uk) in the Antennas and Electromagnetics research group (http://antennas.eecs.qmul.ac.uk), which has enjoyed a distinguished reputation for innovation for 50 years.

Candidates should have a first-class honours degree or equivalent, or a good MSc Degree, in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or Mathematics. Candidates must be confident in FPGA programming and Communication Systems Design. Previous experience in mm-wave systems or NI USRP, or Sparse Signal Processing will be a key advantage.


Informal enquiries can be made by email to Dr Yue Gao ([Email Address Removed]).

This studentship is available to candidates of all nationalities. It is funded by Queen Mary University of London for 3 years will cover student fees and a tax-free stipend starting at £16,777 per annum.

To apply, please follow the online process (www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply) by selecting ‘Electronic Engineering’ in the ‘A-Z list of research opportunities’ and following the instructions on the right-hand side of the web page.

Please note that instead of the ‘Research Proposal’ we request a ‘Statement of Research Interests’. Your statement should answer two questions: (i) Why are you interested in the topic? (ii) What relevant experience do you have? Your statement should be brief: no more than 500 words or one side of A4 paper. In addition we would also like you to send a sample of your written work. This might be a chapter of your final year dissertation, or a published conference or journal paper. More details can be found at: www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd/apply.php

The closing date for the applications is 31 December 2018.
Interviews are expected to take place during the week of 07 January 2019.