underwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 35 underwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Application of Satellite Medium Access Control Principles to Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Acoustic waves are widely accepted as the most suitable means of communicating underwater, since radio waves suffer from severe attenuation through water. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P D Mitchell

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

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CURIOSITY: Cryosphere and Underwater Remote Inspection using Optic-fibre based Sustainable noise-InTerferometrY

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

The project aims to combine passive acoustic noise interferometry and distributed acoustic sensing of seafloor cables embedded with machine learning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Belal, Dr C.S. Spingys, Prof A. N. G. Garabato

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Multistatic and bi-static localisation of underwater targets

University of Adelaide Defence Trailblazer

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents. Industry partner and funding body Saab Australia Defence Trailblazer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Maclean

29 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Passive propulsion in vortex wakes

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Melike Kurt, Nicholas Townsend, and Gabriel Weymouth. Project description. Dead fish can generate propulsion force in the wake of a cylinder and whales can save energy by following large ship wakes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kurt

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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State estimation for fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of redundant robotic systems

The University of Manchester Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

CRADLE is an EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership that brings together the industrial experience that Jacobs have in applied robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) with the research expertise at the University of Manchester in this field. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L ZHANG, Dr M Marinho, Dr K Groves

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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MultiModal Subsea Cable Tracking (MuST)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

The successful applicants will join Heriot-Watt University and the National Robotarium, a world-leading research and development facility, which will translate cutting-edge research in robotics and related research fields into technologies to create disruptive innovation in an expanding global market, delivering sustainable economic benefit to Edinburgh, the UK and beyond. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Petillot, Dr IC Carlucho

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK 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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Digging into anthropogenic vibrations: investigating the impacts of noise on the physiology and behaviour of benthic and infaunal invertebrates

University of Liverpool Faculty of Science and Engineering

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Thomson, Dr L Roberts

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Beger, Dr JF Firth, Dr R Salguero-Gómez

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

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The application of machine-learning to establish baselines and assess change in sensitive marine habitats

University of the Highlands and Islands Scottish Association for Marine Science

This is an exciting and unparalleled opportunity to join an international team of researchers using automated (machine-learning) based image analysis to map benthos on the Greenlandic shelf and shelf edge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Wilding, Dr J Marlow, Dr J Halpin, Dr N Zwershke

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Beam steering systems for remote sensing applications (Fraunhofer and Heriot-Watt University)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

This project seeks to investigate novel beam steering techniques for use in remote sensing applications. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Reid, Prof R Thomson

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Seaweed Ecosystem Services: Evaluating the Role in Coastal Erosion Mitigation, Carbon Sequestration and Nutrient Reuptake from Anthropogenic Sources

Atlantic Technological University Research

This PhD project is part of the Postgraduate Research Training Programme COASTAL CONNECTIVITY, which offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CM McEleney , Dr DM McCrudden, Dr S O'Reilly

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Space-based quantum sensing for maritime applications

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

The exciting progress of quantum sensing in laboratory experiments have prompted a worldwide effort to develop robust portable systems that can be used in real-life applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Lellouch, Prof M Holynski

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Flexible Electrochemical Multi sensors For online Water Quality Monitoring

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

Solid-state electrochemical sensor technologies with IoT systems have significant importance in many fields such as medical, biological, agricultural, and environmental pollution monitoring systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Manjakkal

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

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New Vibration Speaker Development

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

The Gel Audio™ Loudspeaker Technology that I co-invented produced high quality sound over a surface through the hydrogel. It was also developed and incorporated into an audio product called the Woweeone. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Harris, Dr RS Salehiyan, Dr M Dorris, Dr K Goh, Mr SP Papadopoulos

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

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We have 35 underwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

underwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 35 underwater PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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