School of Engineering & Computing

The School makes available, opportunities for research studentships on MRes/PhD programmes of study over the range of its academic provision. Admission is usually made in the autumn, any funded opportunities will be advertised on the web site when they become available. We are committed to providing a systematic programme of support and development to equip our students with the skills essential for research professionals working in a broad range of organisations.

All postgraduates are members of the University's Graduate Centre this provides skill-enhancement programmes complementary to training received at School level and also fosters a sense of a postgraduate community that goes beyond School boundaries. The School provides each full-time research student with an office space, telephone, a PC as well as a second computer room dedicated to postgraduate use, plus the required access to laboratories and technical support. We promote integration between thesis work and other departmental research, and encourage students to become members of our wider research community. e.g., research students play an active part in School seminars, to which we invite internal and external speakers.

For a full list of the School's research projects past and present follow this link

Research activities within the School are divided into the following subject areas:

Computing & Creative Technology

• Collaboration & Virtual Enterprises
• Emotion Contingent Software Applications e.g. games
• Systems & People e.g. human computer interaction design, usability
• Assistive Technologies e.g. for disabled people
• Software Engineering for Large Complex Systems e.g. reuse, product lines, information visualisation, project management

Communication, Network and Electronic Engineering

• Multi-agent & Grid Systems
• Networking & Distributed Systems & Applications
• Security Biometrics
• Secure Communication Systems
• Sensors and Embedded Technology
• Bespoke Integrated Circuits and Electronic Systems

Energy Systems Engineering

• Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics
• Fault Tolerant Systems
• Asset Health Monitoring And Management
• Demand-Side Energy Management
• Integrated Small-Scale Energy Production Devices
• Photo-Voltaic Conversion and Combined Heat and Power
• Renewable Energy Sources e.g. Wind and Wave/Hydro Power,
• Advanced Materials For Energy Production.

Applied Statistics and Mathematics

• Financial Modelling
• Health Statistics
• Astrodynamics
• Chaos & Non-linear Systems
• Rotorcraft Flight Dynamics

Further Information

For further information please contact:
Professor David Harrison
E: dha2@gcal.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)141 331 3745