Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in York

We have 72 Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in York

Human Interaction with Low-Speed Autonomous Vehicles

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

The University of York is embarking on ground-breaking research that focuses on data-centric engineering, digital twins, and AI, revolutionizing the way systems are designed and optimized through data. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Perin

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

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Deployable Mobile Robots for autonomous inspection applications

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

The adoption of autonomous robots for industrial inspection holds significant appeal, primarily due to their capacity to operate in various environments without concern for safety and health hazards. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BJ Jamil

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

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Plasma-based gas conversion into value-added chemicals

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Plasmas are promising technology for the conversion of gases such as CO2, CH4 or N2 into more valuable ones, e.g. CO (starting material for alcohols and hydrocarbons), H2 (clean fuel applications) and NH3 (fertilisers). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Wagenaars

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

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Controlling plasma chemistry of cold atmospheric-pressure air plasmas

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Plasma technologies already form a key part of many of today’s multi-billion pound industries such as the nanoscale fabrication of microprocessors, production of solar cells and the deposition of advanced functional coatings. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Wagenaars

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

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Full-duplex underwater acoustic systems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Acoustic signal transmission is the only feasible technology for long-range (>10-100m) underwater communication, navigation and sonar systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Machine learning in underwater acoustic communication modems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Machine learning is an approach that is useful when a practical optimisation problem is difficult to describe precisely. This approach has found multiple applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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High-frequency underwater acoustic communication for image transmission.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Communication using acoustic waves is the main underwater communication technology, since electro-magnetic waves quickly attenuate underwater. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Sonars for precise underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV) navigation.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

There is a great interest in underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs) and currently many companies develop AUVs for multiple applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

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Implementing a (tree-based) decoding for robot generation

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Implement reinforcement learning for robots in hardware to handle the reality gap

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Implementing a new locomotion controller for robots with wheels and legs

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

In most robot applications robots are entirely built with one method of locomotion either wheels or joints. However, for the most complex environments, more than one method of locomotion is required for a robot to transverse that environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A M Tyrrell, Dr EB Buchanan

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

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Semantic random-access technology for future wireless ecosystems

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

This PhD project will research into new technical innovations that can embrace today’s machine learning advances into a process of designing and managing wireless communications for emergent AI agents, where they will mimic human ability to effectively learn, fine-tune and adapt skills of conveying semantic information. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Ko

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

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Peer-sourcing AI agents for future network autonomy

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

All connected services across emergent edge-computing devices will run directly or indirectly from the future 6G wireless ecosystems (e.g., unmanned automotive/ship, digital twins, extended reality, etc.) In 2025, the 5G will cover more than 50% of total wireless media revenue and this grows up to about 80% in 2028. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Ko

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

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Generative AI in 6G and beyond networks

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

As the world anticipates the rollout of 6G networks, there's a growing need to explore innovative technologies that can empower these networks to meet the evolving demands of connectivity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Ahmadi

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

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Artificial Intelligence based Electric Vehicle Motor Design

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Electric vehicle development has been a hot topic around the world. This PhD programme will develop artificial intelligence based computational tools to accelerate electric vehicle motor design and optimization process. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Zhao

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

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We have 72 Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in York

Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in York

We have 72 Engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in York

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