Sensing and Measurement is perhaps the most fundamental scientific capability required and utilised by society: it impacts on all areas of life from integrated atomic clocks for GPS location, through the myriad of chemical and physical sensors found in science, industry, environmental monitoring, consumer goods, biomedicine, food, energy and transport.

• Nanofabrication and microfabrication
• Chemical, biomedical sensing, lab-on-a-chip, lab-in-a-pill
• Time and frequency measurement
• Quantum sensing and radiation measurement
• Electromagnetic sensing from radio-frequency, through THz and visible to ultraviolet
• Optical sensing, spectroscopy and imaging
• Microscale imaging
• Magnetometry
• Measurement of gravity and acceleration
• National-standards measurement

Key elements

• Multidisciplinary research spanning Physics, Engineering and Chemistry
• University-focused and Industry-focused research projects available including CASE conversion
• Training in fundamentals and applications of sensing and measurement
• Research-focused training in world-leading research groups from day one
• Entrepreneurial, creativity and transferrable-skills training
• Extended research visits with leading international partners including the Universities of Stanford, Duke, Twente, Tokyo, Ottawa and Caltech
• PhD research within the Colleges of Science and Engineering at Glasgow University and Edinburgh University
• Projects available for 2018 / 2019 entry can be viewed here
• Further details of the PhD in Intelligent Sensing and Measurement Programme can be found here

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have a good first degree (2:1 or better) in an appropriate Physical Science or Engineering.

Funding of stipend and fees is available for UK and EU candidates. Additional information for non-UK applicants is at: www.ed.ac.uk/studying/international

Now Recruiting for 2018-19

Applicants will normally be interviewed in small groups in the month following each deadline.

Further Information

For further information contact the CDT Director, Prof Andy Harvey at i-sensing-measurement@glasgow.ac.uk, tel 0141 330 8606 or Deputy Director, Prof Ian Underwood at Ian.Underwood@ed.ac.uk, tel 0131 650 5631

Applications

Please apply by submitting a CV with a covering letter as soon as possible to Prof Ian Underwood at i-sensing-measurement@glasgow.ac.uk.