PhD projects pages
On this page you can find a selection of current and past PhD projects in the Applied Optics Group.
Current PhD projects
| Student
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Project title
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Supervisors
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Sponsors
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| Fernando Perez-Cota
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Nano scaled transducers for detection of Brillouin scattering in transmission on biological cells
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Matt Clark, Kevin Webb and Richard Smith
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Conacyt
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| David Jung
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Endoscopic, Spectroscopic Imaging of the Middle Ear
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John Birchall, Chung See, John Crowe and Mike Somekh
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| Son Nguyen
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Effects of moisturizers on human skin impedance measurement in vivo
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Barrie Hayes-Gill and Steve Morgan
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| Paul Marrow
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Advanced spatially resolved acousto-spectroscopic imaging
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Steve Sharples, Matt Clark and David Wright
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Rolls-Royce
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| Oluwatosin Bandele
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Multi-channel & multi-hop free space optical communication
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Andy Phillips and Malcolm Woolfson
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| Alex Johnstone
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Microfluidic Systems for Neuronal Cultures
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Noah Russell and Tomas Bellamy
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| Victoria Ageeva
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Endoscopic CHOTs for on-wing inspection
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Matt Clark, Theodosia Stratoudaki and Richard Smith
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| Sidahmed Abayzeed
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Plasmonic Detection of Bioelectrical signals
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Chung See, Richard Smith, Kevin Webb and Mike Somekh
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| Qimei Zhang
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Ultrasound modulated optical tomography using contrast agents
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Steve Morgan and Melissa Mather
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| Solomon Idinyang
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Development of automated liquid handling system for micro-volume injection
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Noah Russell and Sara Goodacre
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| James Williams
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Linguistic Theory and Neuronal Computation
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Noah Russell and Derek Irwin
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| Jiri Hromadka
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Developing of multiparameter fibre-optic sensor system
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Sergyi Korposh and Matt Clark
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| Matthew Butler
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Motion artifact reduction for reflection mode photoplethysmography
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Paul Rodmell, Barrie Hayes-Gill and John Crowe
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| James Carpenter
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Low bandwidth laser Doppler blood flowmetry
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John Crowe and Barrie Hayes-Gill
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| Mina Mossayebi
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Use of plasmonic and photonic structures to enhance optical trapping
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Eric Larkins and Amanda Wright
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| Aishah Mustapha
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Optical and ultrasound techniques for probing and modulating the nano-mechanical properties of live cells
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Amanda Wright and Melissa Mather
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| Junaid Ahmed
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Ultrasound modulated tomography for high sensitivity, high spatial resolution 3D imaging
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Steve Morgan and Melissa Mather
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| Victoria Ciampani
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Matt Clark and Kevin Webb
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| Jethro Coulson
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SRAS Technology Development
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Steve Sharples, Mike Somekh and Chung See
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Renishaw
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| Tiva Eftekhar Khansari
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Research into the optimisation of spectral quality to improve plant growth and development
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Barrie Hayes-Gill, John Crowe and Erik Murchie
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| Rafael Fuentes
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Nanoparticle acoustic transducers
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Matt Clark, Richard Smith and Steve Sharples
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| David Gomez
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Fibre optic sensing in intelligent textiles
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Steve Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill and Sergiy Korposh
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| Anas Hashmi
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Differential ultrasonic calorimeter for accurate measurement of thermal losses in machinery
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Alexander Kalashnikov and Roger Light
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| Mohamad Anas Helal
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Simulation and design of external cavity lasere diodes for industrial applications
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Eric Larkins, Andy Philips and Steve Bull
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| Francisco Ulises Hernandez
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Development of optical fibre sensors for novel endotracheal tubes
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Steve Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill and Sergiy Korposh
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| Nitzan Herzog
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Fast neurmodulatory switching in neuronal culture
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Noah Russell and Mark Fromhold
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| Colin Horne
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Modelling of the electrically stimulated ANF
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Alexander Kalashnikov, Bernhard Seeber and Chris Sumner
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| Carmel Howe
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Novel sensor technology for detecting neural activity
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Noah Russell and Mark Fromhold
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| Rohan Nandkumar Kakade
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Noise analysis of advance microscopy
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Andy Phillips, Mike Somekh and John Walker
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| Chong Liu
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A combined optical and electrical textile for non-invasive physiological monitoring
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Barrie Hayes-Gill
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| Mohammed Hossein Mani
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Synchronisation of vascular ultrasonic scans with heart activity using ECG signals
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Alexander Kalashnikov and Barrie Hayes-Gill
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| Afamefuna Maduka Mbah
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Novel and hybrid fibre and wireless optical access networks performance evaluation
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Andy Phillips and John Walker
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| Shiemaa Sidahmed Sidahmed
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Heart rate monitoring on babies who need to be resuscitated
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Barrie Hayes-Gill, Alexander Kalashnikov and Roger Light
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| Mitra Soorani
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Needle size diagnostic tool
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Matt Clark, Kevin Webb, Sergiy Korposh and Jon Aylott
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| Nutthawut Suchato
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Ultrasonic instrumentations for automated assessment of corrosion in sea vessels
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Alexander Kalashnikov and Steve Sharples
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| Bo Tan
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Non-destructive testing for thermal barrier coating
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Steve Sharples, Matt Clark and Xianghui Hou
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| Ross Thomson
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Human Factor Medical Devices
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Jennifer Martin and Sarah Sharples
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| Sinead Tobin
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Nano ultrasonics ...
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Matt Clark and Richard Smith
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| Wan Suhaimizan Wan Zaki
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Design and Development of textile based fibre optics sensor for biomedical applications
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Steve Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Shen Sun and Sergiy Korposh
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| Nicholas Wells
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Bioinspired nano network signal extraction & insertion
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Andy Phillips, Chung See and Melissa Mather
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| Zhuge Yan
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John Walker
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| Fan Zhang
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Modelling of ultrasound modulated optical tomography
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Steve Morgan and John Crowe
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| Pieter Smid
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Adaptive Optics in Microscopy
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Amanda Wright, Melissa Mather
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Previous PhD projects and theses
| Student
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Project title
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Thesis
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Year
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| Rikesh Patel
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Ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a modulated light camera
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PDF
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2014
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| Samuel Achamfuo-Yeboah
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Design and implementation of a CMOS Modulated Light Camera
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PDF
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2012
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| Rob Ellwood
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The effect of microstructure and fatigue on the acoustoelastic response of aerospace materials
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PDF
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2012
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| Wenqi Li
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Laser ultrasonic method for determination of crystallographic orientation of large grain metals by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS)
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PDF
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2012
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| Ahmet Arca
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The design and optimisation of nanophotonic devices using the Finite Element Method
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PDF
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2010
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| Roger Light
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Design and implementation of an integrating modulated light camera
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PDF
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2008
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| Mengxiong Li
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5 GHz Optical Front End in 0.35um CMOS
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PDF
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2007
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| Graham Stabler
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High resolution wide field surface plasmon microscopy
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PDF
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2005
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| Steve Sharples
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All-Optical Scanning Acoustic Microscope
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PDF
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2003
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