We have 350 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

The objective of energy harvesting is to convert electromagnetic waves into usable direct currents that can be stored. A promising innovation in this field is the use of two-dimensional artificially engineered reconfigurable surfaces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

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

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Phased Array Antenna Systems for MM-Wave/THz Communications

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

With the escalating need for greater data traffic and the proliferation of connected devices, millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) and Terahertz (THz) frequencies have become pivotal elements, opening numerous possibilities in diverse wireless communication scenarios. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

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

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Intelligent Metamaterials/Metasurfaces for 5G/6G Wireless Networks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Within the framework of 5G/6G infrastructure, advancements in addressing solutions and service extensions pave the way for innovative technologies like Intelligent Metamaterials and Meta surfaces systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NOP Ojaroudi Parchin

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

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Soft Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage Device Development

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Hybrid energy storage offers multiple advantages in electrochemical energy storage especially for portable electronic gadgets and autonomous systems due to its high energy and power density. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Manjakkal

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

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Development of Stretchable Conductive Layers For Wearable Devices

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Flexible and wearable electronic devices require the development of, highly conductive , mechanically, electrochemically stable (against oxidation/reduction with various fluids), weightless and a sustainable (recyclable and biocompatible materials), and conductive electrodes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LM Manjakkal, Prof AH Hussain

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

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Secure V2V Communication for self-driving NETworks

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The project aims at designing an integrated end-to-end VANET (+ UAV) Simulation Framework which gets feedback from relevant traffic applications that actually simulate a realistic VANET environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof LM Maglaras, Prof B Buchanan

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

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On-the-go EV charging methods

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The promise of electric cars is tempered by the pragmatic reality that they are limited in range and hampered by a lack of charging infrastructure. Read more

Supervisors: Prof LM Maglaras, Dr Z Tan

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

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Novel E2E mechanisms for mobile devices

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Using several messenger applications like Signal where data are not backed up or stored reduces the chance of messages being accessed, but the main problem of the data being created and consumed in cleartext on end devices remains. Read more

Supervisor: Prof LM Maglaras

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

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Trusted Evidence Gathering and Timeline For Law Enforcement

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

A current weakness in many evidence gathering infrastructures is the handling of digital evidence bags, and how they are handled through criminal investigations and for insurance purposes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Leimich

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

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Digital Twin-based IoT Framework for Offshore Wind Supply Chain Management

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Offshore wind energy holds a vital role in generating sustainable energy resources by harnessing vast and consistent amounts of energy. Read more

Supervisors: Prof BC Canberk, Prof LM Maglaras

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

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Large Language Models (LLMs) for Cryptographic and Cybersecurity Threat Model Building

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

LLMs can be applied to cryptography and cybersecurity by taking weakly structured definitions in written English and then matching these to formal models. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr LL La Spada

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Developing a coordinated control for hybrid ac/dc microgrids with renewable sources-battery storage under dynamic generation and load conditions

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Due to the ongoing high penetration of renewable energy sources into the grid, the energy landscape is going through a major transformation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Ahmad, Dr F Kahwash

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

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Substitution Boxes for Image Encryption Applications using Choas

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Substitution Boxes (S-Boxes) are used to substitute message symbols with predefined values to enhance diffusion in cryptographic systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Ahmad, Prof B Buchanan

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

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Reliable Guided Conversational AI

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Formal dialogue models have been developed over the last several decades to shed light on the conversational practises of people in a wide range of communicative contexts. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Wells

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

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Advancing the state of the art in Argument Mining

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Argument mining is the automatic identification and extraction of argumentative structure from within real world textual resources such as Web pages, Internet discourse, legal documents, or newspaper articles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Wells

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We have 350 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

We have 350 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Edinburgh

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