If you’re a Masters degree holder and seeking Fully Funded PhD Programs, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland has several online applications open for PhD programs. Explore the PhD opportunities across diverse research areas and submit your application soon.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in ROBUST MULTIVARIATE JOINT MODELS: CREATING AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR ICU PATIENTS
Summary of PhD Program:
Whilst invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) is a lifesaving therapy for critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), it does pose substantial risks, in particular, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), one of the most common hospital-acquired infections for MV patients. With an estimated attributable mortality of 10%, development of preventative strategies for VAP is crucial to ultimately improve the survival prognosis of ICU patients (Klompas 2022).
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in SPACE/TERRESTRIAL COMMS AND SECURITY
Summary of PhD Program:
In space communication infrastructures (satellite/UAV/High-altitude platform systems) there can be a wide variety of open integration options with terrestrial network platforms, introducing distinct research challenges in performance, energy efficiency and security and privacy in different scenarios. Network resources provided by global satellite communication systems can be simultaneously shared by multiple regional terrestrial networks, and hence, a PhD project on this topic will address key research questions on how we can engineer novel secure/resilient and high performing solutions against potential attacks whilst optimising the system performance.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY HARDWARE
Summary of PhD Program:
We need to ensure that the hardware that will underpin future comms infrastructure is secure and trustworthy. Cyber vulnerabilities in hardware cannot be easily patched (unlike software). PhD projects on this topic will address the open research challenge of how to deliver trusted and resilient hardware for future fully virtualised communications systems. Research into post-quantum cryptography and linking advanced cryptographic approaches (e.g identity-based encryption) and hardware security to achieve hardware-rooted security could provide verifiability, anti-tampering, anti-counterfeiting properties to future communication infrastructures.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in TRUSTWORTHY AI FOR SECURE FUTURE OPEN NETWORKS
Summary of PhD Program:
In recent years, AI has been proposed as a powerful tool for automating network management and orchestration operations. In the context of future open NoN-environments, interconnected or integrated network components contributed from homogeneous or heterogeneous operators (terrestrial, space, cloud/edge hyperscale providers…) are expected to be managed through distributed AI-based network intelligence with their own local operation policies and resolve possible AI-conflicts.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI-ASSISTED PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY
Summary of PhD Program:
Traditional approaches in research of the physical layer of communication systems and their security rely on rigorous mathematical modelling of the system and environment. Such approaches rely on various simplifications that undermine the fidelity of the models and the efficiency of the designs in highly dynamic wireless environments. As the complexity of the environment, and the demand for more efficient and adaptable/reconfigurable physical layers, increases in the context of 5G and 6G, traditional approaches become less effective.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in REAL-TIME PATIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
Summary of PhD Program:
Discrete event simulation (DES) is a method used to model the operation of a system as a sequence of events in discrete time [1]. It is often used to model healthcare systems because it can represent complexity and randomness in patient ow as a network of activities (e.g., triage, treatment) and queues (e.g., waiting for triage, waiting for treatment, waiting for a bed to become available) [2]. Once a model is developed, it can be used for scenario analysis, e.g. it could assess the impact of putting a hospital on ambulance divert on patient waiting times.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in SIGNS, SIMULATION AND CYBER TWINS
Summary of PhD Program:
This project seeks to examine the pedagogical value of examining digital spaces within the boundaries and frameworks of archaeology. By examining the intersection between digitised society, digital twinning, the hyperreal, and heritage this project will expand the scope of current archaeology exploring new possibilities for archaeology practice.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in QUANTUM VISUALISATION WITH SINGLE PHOTON EMITTERS
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project aims to harness the capabilities of solid-state emitters for integration with photonic devices and connecting them through an optical channel known as a waveguide. When coupled with the waveguide, emitters can interact with guided electromagnetic modes, exchanging energy and information. The term ‘cooperativity’ signifies the extent of their interaction with the guided mode and the mode’s capability to mediate interactions between distant individual emitters [1-3]. The research objective is to investigate the degree to which cooperative interactions among waveguide-coupled emitters enable them to withstand external decoherence effects in solid-state hosts.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A SALINE INTRUSION IN A TIDALLY INFLUENCED COASTAL AQUIFER
Summary of PhD Program:
This project compliments the work of the EPSRC funded SALINA project, a collaboration between Queens University and Imperial College London and its associated collaborators. It will directly investigate at laboratory scale, using both experiment and simulations, the influence that the tidal cycle and extreme tidal events has on the movement a saline intrusion interface within an aquifer.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in APPLICATION OF ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION GEOPHYSICAL DATA
Summary of PhD Program:
The growth in windfarm planning to meet net-zero sustainability targets means that large swaths of continental shelf offshore the UK are experiencing a renaissance in the collection of geophysical data. The shallow geology of the UK continental shelf is complicated by the the nature of landscape processes over the last ~500,000 years, meaning that it needs detailed investigation before windfarms can be sited, which requires the building of ground models from geological data.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE TIMES FOR PEATLAND RESTORATION
Summary of PhD Program:
Upland areas, covered by blanket bog, form the principal source of water for many towns and cities across Britain and Ireland, with approximately 85% of all drinking water derived from peatlands worldwide consumed in here1. Recent surveys have revealed that almost all catchment areas providing this water are degraded by human activity and now provide raw (untreated) water with elevated levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC)2. The cost of DOC removal has led water companies to use peatland restoration to improve raw water quality.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in THE RE-WIND MODEL
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project offers the opportunity to work with the Re-Wind Network and the spin-off company BladeBridge to develop a UK wide geospatial supply chain approach for wind blade repurposing, containing embedded design options and their environmental, economic and social impacts. As such the project is closely linked to the Re-Wind Network which includes researchers from Georgia Tech (USA), Queen’s University Belfast (UK), University College Cork and Munster Technological University (Ireland), and our spin-off company BladeBridge. The goal of the US-Ireland funded Re-Wind Project was to compare sustainable end–of–life (EOL) reuse and recycling strategies for composite material wind turbine blades using a Geographic Information Science (GIS) platform coupled with environmental, economic and social Life–Cycle Assessments (LCA).
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in INVESTIGATION OF BASALT REINFORCED DIGITAL PRINTED (BRDP) STRUCTURES
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to explore innovative reinforcement methods for digitally manufactured concrete structures using basalt composites. 3D concrete printing, a groundbreaking technology within digital concrete manufacturing, is driving a paradigm shift in the traditionally low-tech construction sector. The emergence of digital concrete manufacturing offers unparalleled flexibility, speed, and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional methods. As the construction industry accounts for 13% of global expenditure but has an annual growth rate of only 1%, digitalization will boost productivity and open new possibilities for architects, engineers, and construction professionals.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in SEISMIC EVALUATION OF THE FLEXIARCH USING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM)
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will investigate the seismic performance of the FlexiArch bridge system using data from Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) including accelerations to estimate the natural vibrating frequencies and, potentially, the use of Computer Vision techniques to monitor the hinge formation under the different modes.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in INNOVATIVE WAYS OF SEEING CITIES THROUGH CINEMA: SPATIAL MAPPING AND DATA DIGITISATION OF DUBLIN FILM LOCATIONS
Summary of PhD Program:
This doctoral study focuses on cinematic architecture in urban/rural Ireland with an intension to map and study Dublin film locations using contemporaty analytical tools including GIS (geographic information systems), 3D scanning and filmmaking. Cinema and architecture in the city is a growing area of research, and this project will establish Dublin’s role as a cinematic city.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
