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Doctor of Education
Established in 1997, the EdD is a five-year part-time programme designed to meet the needs of professionals working in areas related to education, training...
Wave turbulence in discrete nonlinear dispersive systems (PROMENTD_U22SCIO)
The theory of wave turbulence describes the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium states of continuous systems possessing many dispersive interacting waves. It...
Nonlinear capillary waves in Plateau borders (PARAUE_U22SCIO)
Solitary-wave solutions have been studied extensively over the years for the problems of gravity water waves, gravity-capillary waves, in two and three...
Higher homological algebra and fractional Calabi-Yau algebras (GRANTJ_U22SCIO)
Calabi-Yau algebras are very important in mathematics: as well as turning up naturally in representation theory and topology, they are noncommutative examples...
Designing a future UK landscape to assist British bird conservation (WARRENR_U22SCIO)
Supervisory Team: Dr Aldina Franco, Prof James Pearce-Higgins (External team member BTO)
This PhD provides the student with the opportunity to design...
Mapping participation in energy, climate change and net zero (PALLETTH_U22SCIEC)
Public participation is now seen as essential to shaping innovations for sustainability that meet social needs, draw on the best available knowledge, meet...
Decolonising the environmental sciences: histories, practices, futures (MAHONYM_U22SCIEC)
Debates about how to decolonise science have recently taken on a renewed urgency, and are particularly pertinent to the environmental sciences. Processes like...
A geological analogue for the future: the rapid climatic warming 56 million years ago (CHAPMANM_U22SCIO)
Rationale and Significance:
One of the most extreme global warming events in the geological past occurred 56 million years ago. This...
Deformation before and after large earthquakes for seismic hazard assessment (BIEL_U21SCIEC)
Secondary Supervisors: Dr Jessica Johnson, Dr Zoe Mildon, Dr Andreas Rietbrock
Scientific background:
In earthquake science, a fundamental yet...
Development of enhanced graphene-based membranes for water treatment (MELENDI-ESPINAS_U22SCIO)
Supervisory team member: Dr Zoraida Gonzalez
Applications are invited to the School of Engineering, University of East Anglia, for a PhD in the field...
Investigation into mechanisms of energy gains/losses in FPV: performance modelling (KAPLANIE_U22SCIO)
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems have experienced within the last decade exponential growth reaching a cumulative global installed capacity of 1.1GW in...
Novel rechargeable solid-state zinc-air battery by additive manufacturing (HUIO_U22SCIO)
Applications are invited to the School of Engineering, UEA, for a PhD in the field of additive manufacturing and electrochemistry for energy...
Detection of volatile organic compounds using graphene-based optical fibre sensors (HERNAEZM_U22SCIEC)
Applications are invited to the School of Engineering, University of East Anglia, for a PhD in the field of optical fibre sensors based on nanostructured...
Digital manufacturing of rationally designed ice-phobic and ice-shedding surfaces (ASKOUNISA_U22SCI)
Ice accretion is detrimental to a number of areas from airplanes to wind turbines and power cables. Currently, methods to remove ice are either...
Development of a new monitoring system for wind drivetrain faults diagnosis (ABDI-JALEBIS_U22SCIEC)
Primary/2nd Supervisor: Eleni Kaplani
Primary/2nd Supervisor: Oscar Hui
2nd Supervisor: Chris Atkin
This project will support further...
An explainable AI platform development for breast cancer risk prediction from mammograms (ZEBINT_U22SCIEC)
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting women worldwide and the fifth leading cause of cancer death. Survival of breast cancer patients in the...
Probiotics and Pathogens - A Microbial Tug of War for the Host (GILMOUR_Q22DTP)
Primary Supervisor: Dr Matthew Gilmour -
Bacteriophages as key players in bacterial adaptation to the human gut (ADRIAENSSENS_Q22DTP)
Primary Supervisor: Dr Evelien Adriaenssens -
Evolution and engineering of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (WILKINSON_J22DTP1)
Primary Supervisor: Prof Barrie Wilkinson -
Feasting on Iron (BUTT_U22DTP1)
Many species of bacteria use iron as an electron donor for lithotrophic growth and make significant contributions to biogeochemical mineral cycling. This...
How does a bacterial pathogen use natural products to infect plants? (TRUMAN_J22DTP)
Primary Supervisor: Dr Andrew Truman -