Research
This section covers the research degrees available (MSc by research and PhD) together with the academic groupings and areas currently under investigation within the School.
At ECS, we perform research in a number of fields. Our work is organised through five Research and Teaching Groups. The School participated in RAE08 and received detailed feedback in January 2009. Of the research output assessed, all (100%) was identified as being of International Quality and over 70% was recognised as Internationally Excellent or World Leading (3* and 4*). The School was particularly praised for its research impact and the panel singled out our excellent research support and training arrangements.
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Algorithms and Complexity
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Academic staff
Here you will find a list of staff associated with the Algorithms and Complexity RTG. -
Research activities
The group is broad-based with differing research foci within the general area of algorithms and complexity including computational complexity, proof complexity, descriptive complexity, (algorithmic) graph theory, exact algorithms, randomised algorithms, approximation algorithms, finite model theory, constraint satisfaction, interconnection networks, universal algebra and mathematical logic.
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Electronics
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Academic staff
Here you will find a list of staff associated with the Electronics RTG. -
Research activities
We work in the areas of molecular electronics, microsystems technology, electronic systems and communications.
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Energy
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Academic staff
Here you will find a list of staff associated with the Energy RTG. -
Research activities
Research within the group ranges from the study of artificial joints to the design and development of renewable energy generators for wind turbines.
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Innovative Computing
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Academic staff
Here you will find a list of staff associated with the Innovative Computing RTG. -
Research activities
Research in the group is concerned with methods for representing, processing, communicating and reasoning about information, and the role of the human, in both natural and engineered computing systems.
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Mechanics
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Academic staff
Here you will find a list of staff associated with the Mechanics RTG. -
Research activities
The group researches in a range of areas relating to civil engineering, computational mechanics and design and manufacturing.
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Research degrees
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Overview
ECS has a vibrant community of postgraduate students registered for research degrees. -
Application process
This page will guide you through our application process for research degrees. -
Suggested PhD topics
Here you will find a selection of possible PhD topics.
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Research in the School is often undertaken in close collaboration with industry. We have a strong record of successful technology transfer through KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships) projects. Investigations not funded solely by industry are supported through EPSRC, Royal Society, BIS and EU grants. We are keen to welcome and support bright junior researchers, who wish to apply for EPSRC and Royal Society Fellowships, through our ECS Fellowship Scheme.
Each year Research Day is held in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences where PhD students and Research Associates present their projects and latest results to all members.
A selection of our recent research papers......
- Cameron, Peter J. & Gadouleau, Maximilien 2012. Remoteness of permutation codes. European Journal of Combinatorics 33(6): 1273-1285.
- Davies, R.J., Thatcher, K.E., Mathias, S.A. & Yang, J. 2012. Deepwater canyons: An escape route for methane sealed by methane hydrate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 323–324: 72-78. (View publication online)
- Zachary, S. & Dent, C. J. 2012. Probability theory of capacity value of additional generation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability 226(1): 33-43. (View publication online)
- Gonnet, P., Dimopoulos, S., Widmer, L. & Stelling, J. 2012. A Specialized ODE Integrator for the Efficient Computation of Parameter Sensitivities. BMC Systems Biology 6: 46, (View publication online)
- Simpson, R.N., Bordas, S.P.A., Trevelyan, J. & Rabczuk, T. 2012. A two-dimensional Isogeometric Boundary Element Method for elastostatic analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 209-212: 87-100. (View publication online)
- Douillard T, Chevalier J, Descamps-Mandine A, Warner I, Galais Y, Whitaker P, Wu JJ & Wang QQ 2012. Journal of the European Ceramic Society (View publication online)
- Greaves, P.G., Dominy, R.G., Ingram, G.L., Long, H. & Court, G.L. 2012. Evaluation of dual-axis fatigue testing of large wind turbine blades. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science online. (View publication online)
- Sleiman, A., Rosamond, M.C., Alba Martin, M., Ayesh, A., Al Ghaferi, A., Gallant, A.J., Mabrook, M.F. & Zeze, D.A. 2012. Pentacene-based metal-insulator-semiconductor memory structures utilizing single walled carbon nanotubes as a nanofloating gate. Applied Physics Letters 100: 023302 (View publication online)
- Zhuang, X., Heaney, C.E., & Augarde, C.E. 2012. On error control in the element-free Galerkin method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 36(3): 351-360. (View publication online)
- Xu, Y., Elgh,F., Erkoyuncu, J. A., Bankole, O. Goh, Y., Cheung, W. M. Baguley, P., Wang, Q., Arundachawat, P., Shehab, E., Newnes, L. & Roy, R. 2012. Cost Engineering for Manufacturing: Current and Future Research. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 25(4-5): 300-314. (View publication online)
Postgraduate study opportunities
