[UK] University of Kent PhD Studentships 2009 at the Department of Electronics

Published on May 22 2009 // Europe, PhD, Postgraduate, Scholarships in UK

The Department of Electronics has a number of fully funded studentships available for 2009/10 across its range of postgraduate programmes and subjects:

Four of these studentships are associated with EPSRC Research projects.
The remaining seven studentships are directly funded via Kent University Studentship routes, DTA awards and/or EU funding.

Three of these studentships have specific projects associated with them, while the remaining four can be chosen from a wide ranging list of projects.

Projects

EPSRC Funded Research Projects:

Bodyworn Antennas
Output Feedback Control for Uncertain Variable Structure Systems with Resets
Oxyfuel Flame Imaging
Intelligent Flame Detection Incorporating Burner Condition Monitoring and On-Line Fuel Tracking

DTA / University Funded Projects:

A Multi-Parameter Assessment of Upper Limb Movement throughout Rehabilitation
Autonomous and Intelligent Healthcare System (SYSIASS)
NOBA (NOmad Biometric Authentification)

Other PhD Opportunities:

Emotional Engineering and Affective Computing for 3D Social Virtual Worlds: A Biometric Approach
User Experience and Social Engagement with Computer Games among Older People
Ageing-Adaptive Face Recognition
Biometric Liveness Detection and its Evaluation
Person Recognition from High-Resolution Skin Texture
Interactive Face Recognition
Monitoring of Particulate Emissions through Digital Imaging and Light Scattering
Digital Imaging Based Characterisation of Biomass Particles in Power Generation
Reconstruction of Radical Emissions in a Combustion Flame through Stereoscopic Tomography
Tomographic Reconstruction of Soot Volume Fraction and Emissivity of a Sooting Flame using Multiple Cameras
Monitoring and Characterisation of Gas Turbine Flames through Stereoscopic Imaging and Two-colour Techniques
Body-Worn 4G and Healthcare Systems
Frequency Selective Wireless Control in Smart Buildings
Wearable RFID Tag Design
Biometric/Signature Variation due to Capture Device
Bar-Code Biometric Templates
Signature Ageing and Stability

Details of all the projects can be viewed at:

http://www.ee.kent.ac.uk/postgraduate/pg_studentships.aspx

All studentships cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate plus a maintenance grant which is equivalent to that offered by the Research Councils.

The Department is engaged in high-quality research with significant national and international impact while offering excellent opportunities for graduate studies over a wide range of projects.

Applications are invited from students from the disciplines of Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Maths or a related discipline.

Application process

Applicants should apply online at