Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy

Project Title:  Label-Free Single Molecule DNA Origami Sensors with Opto-Plasmonic Whispering Gallery Modes
Lead Supervisor:  Koji Masuda
Contact Email:  k.masuda@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  2D-material Sensors for Nanoscale NMR Spectroscopy
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Isaac Luxmoore
Contact Email:  i.j.luxmoore@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Acoustically Induced Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) Assisted Energy Efficient Spin Torque Memory Devices
Lead Supervisor:  Professor R. J. Hicken
Contact Email:  r.j.hicken@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Advancing Single-Molecule Synthetic Biology: Precise Control of Enzymatic Nucleic Acid Synthesis Towards Next-Generation De Novo DNA Writers with PCR Scalability
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Frank Vollmer
Contact Email:  f.vollmer@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Biointerface Engineering: Optimise Soft and Hard Tissue Interface Regeneration for Biomechanical Functions
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Contact Email:  j.chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Design and development of advanced, low carbon concrete composite structural elements with non-conventional shape.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Raffaele Vinai
Contact Email:  r.vinai@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Digital design tools for low carbon concrete construction with flexible auxetic formworks
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Prakash Kripakaran
Contact Email:  p.kripakaran@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Dynamic behaviour of auxetic foams.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Julian M Londono Monsalve
Contact Email:  J.Londono-Monsalve@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Integrated optical metasurfaces for multifunctional infrared spectroscopy and miniaturised sensing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Calum Williams
Contact Email:  C.Williams15@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Metamaterial-based design for vibration mitigation
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Maria Rosaria Marsico
Contact Email:  m.r.marsico@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  MOFs derived nanocomposites for efficient electrochemical energy storage and conversion
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Yongde Xia
Contact Email:  y.xia@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Quantum batteries for sustainable technology (theory)
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Charles Andrew Downing
Contact Email:  c.a.downing@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Spin current propagation through epitaxial antiferromagnetic thin films
Lead Supervisor:  Professor R. J. Hicken
Contact Email:  r.j.hicken@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Sub-diffraction sensing of biomolecular organisation using structured light
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ben Sherlock
Contact Email:  b.sherlock@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Sustainable graphene based materials for earthquake mitigation
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Maria Rosaria Marsico
Contact Email:  m.r.marsico@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  What are the effects of metamorphism on carbonatite-hosted rare earth deposits?
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Sam Broom-Fendley
Contact Email:  s.l.broom-fendley@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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Project Title:  Enhanced Human Movement Analysis with 3D Printed Strain Sensors for next-generation Wearable Technology
Lead Supervisor:  Xijin Hua
Contact Email:  x.hua@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Lightweight, Inexpensive, Flexible and Effective Spinal Orthosis enabled by 3D printed metamaterials with musculoskeletal simulation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xijin Hua
Contact Email:  x.hua@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Design and Development of Single-Phase Semiconductor Photocatalyst for Solar Fuel Generation
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Asif Tahir
Contact Email:  a.tahir@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering  

Project Title:  AI-aided computational design tool for adaptive structures for net-zero aerospace structures
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jiajia Shen
Contact Email:  j.shen3@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  AI-augmented physics-based models for lightweight structures
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Julian M Londono Monsalve
Contact Email:  J.Londono-Monsalve@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Blending Bayesian Optimisation with Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineering Design
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Gavin Tabor
Contact Email:  g.r.tabor@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Engineering 

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Project Title:  Machine Learning and Physics-Based Models for Virtual Sensing and Data Assimilation in Complex Structural Systems
Lead Supervisor:  Konstantinos Agathos
Contact Email:  k.agathos@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

Project Title: Ultra-high-throughput microfluidic screening of bacteriophages for discovery of novel biofilm treatments
Lead Supervisor: Dr. Fabrice Gielen
Contact Email:  F.Gielen@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics

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Project Title:  Electrochemical probes for the real-time monitoring of intervertebral disc nutrition and metabolism to investigate the influence of mechanical and biochemical environments on degeneration and injury
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Timothy Holsgrove
Contact Email:  t.holsgrove@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Biomarkers for real-time monitoring of intervertebral disc mechanobiology to understand mechanisms of degeneration and the progression of spinal disorders
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Timothy Holsgrove
Contact Email:  t.holsgrove@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Can social media networks inform animal learning in social groups? Developing mathematical models on how societies use their social networks to learn and adapt.
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Stuart Townley
Contact Email:  s.b.townley@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Deep Learning and GPU computing for the optimal control of radical pair reactions in quantum biology
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Daniel Kattnig
Contact Email:  d.r.kattnig@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Develop a mechanobiological model for investigating growth plate mineralisation in MSK diseases
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Contact Email:  j.chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Exploring and Exploiting Nonlinearity in Small-Scale Robots
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Contact Email:  y.liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Intelligent Multi-Modal Sensing of Early Bowel Cancer using a Pill Sensor
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Contact Email:  y.liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Investigating the role of neuropeptides in regulating feeding behaviour in an annelid worm model using an advanced high throughput imaging system.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alex Corbett
Contact Email:  a.corbett@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Multiscale modelling of bowel cancer metastasis in response to dynamic mechanical microenvironment
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Contact Email:  y.liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Multiscale modelling of bowel tumour growth and invasion in response to dynamic mechanical microenvironment
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Contact Email:  y.liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Muscle quality in low back pain
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jude Meakin
Contact Email:  j.r.meakin@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Next-Generation Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Arthritis and Treatment Evaluations
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Contact Email:  j.chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Topological Data Analysis (TDA) of complex biomedical data
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Krasimira Tsaneva
Contact Email:  k.tsaneva-atanasova@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  using optical tweezers to study microbial motility and microscale flows in 3D
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Kirsty Wan
Contact Email:  k.y.wan2@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Mathematical modelling of embryogenesis
Lead Supervisor:  David Richards
Contact Email:  david.richards@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Physics and Astronomy  

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Project Title:  Non-linear characterisation of the intervertebral disc during exposure to vibration using an experimental and computational approach
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Timothy Holsgrove
Contact Email:  t.holsgrove@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  EMG-driven neuromusculoskeletal model with advanced signal processing for Knee rehabilitation devices
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xijin Hua
Contact Email:  x.hua@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Artificial-Intelligence-Aided Design for Efficient Photocatalysis for Complex Nanostructure
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Changxu Liu
Contact Email:  c.c.liu@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Characterization, Mechanisms, and Technological Implications of Novel Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Alloys.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mi Tian
Contact Email:  m.tian@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Data-Driven Reliability-based Approach for the design of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alessandro Tombari
Contact Email:  a.tombari@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Design and development of novel anion exchange membrane water electrolysers for green hydrogen production
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xiaohong Li
Contact Email:  x.li@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Design and development of positive electrode materials for sodium-ion battery
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xiaohong Li
Contact Email:  x.li@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Electrolyte/Electrode interface engineering for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Zhenyu Zhang
Contact Email:  zhenyu.zhang@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Enhanced energy conversion efficiency from energy transducers using nonlinear methods
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Zheng Jun Chew
Contact Email:  z.j.chew@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Engineering

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  Project Title:  Green Energy Production Forecasting using hybrid Artificial Intelligent and statistical methods.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Livio Fenga
Contact Email:  l.fenga@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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 Project Title:  Maximisation of Power Flow Using Six-phase Technology in Transmission and Distribution Networks
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Farhad Namdari
Contact Email:  F.Namdari@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Mitigating wind-induced structural demand on wind turbines
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Julian M Londono Monsalve
Contact Email:  J.Londono-Monsalve@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Mitigation of Voltage Imbalance in Distribution Networks under Future Low Carbon Scenarios
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Shuhang Shen
Contact Email:  s.shen@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Multi-agent reinforcement learning control for renewable energy integration in smart grids with economic load dispatch
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Saptarshi Das
Contact Email:  s.das3@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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 Project Title:  Multi-port converter for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Mohammad Abusara
Contact Email:  m.abusara@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Optimisation of Topologies in Large Offshore Power Grids
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Shuhang Shen
Contact Email:  s.shen@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Partial Repowering and Life Cycle Assessment of Wind Farms in Seismic Regions
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alessandro Tombari
Contact Email:  a.tombari@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Production of Hydrogen from Wastewater- a Technical Feasibility Study
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mohamad Abdel-Aal
Contact Email:  M.Abdel-Aal@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Simulating the Viability of Heat Recovery from Deep Foundations
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mohamad Abdel-Aal
Contact Email:  m.abdel-aal@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Social and environmental benefits of 3rd generation solar technology
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Tapas Mallick
Contact Email:  t.k.mallick@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Traceability of Dissolved Gases in Transformer Liquids via Online DGA Monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Shuhang Shen
Contact Email:  s.shen@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Uncertainty Quantification for Computational Fluid Dynamics
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Gavin Tabor
Contact Email:  g.r.tabor@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Vibration energy harvesting for industrial smart monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Meiling Zhu
Contact Email:  m.zhu@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Whole life net zero carbon buildings:
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Matt Eames
Contact Email:  m.e.eames@exeter.ac.uk             
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Fabrication of nanostructured photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Asif Tahir
Contact Email:  a.tahir@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering  

Project Title:  Modelling the lower Mekong River to understand changing flood dynamics and risk 
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Rolf Aalto
Contact Email:  rolf.aalto@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Geography

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Project Title:  How do fire-driven changes in air quality and meteorology impact on plant productivity?
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Fiona O'Connor
Contact Email:  F.M.OConnor@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Experimental and computational modelling of hydrogen sulphide in sewer systems
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Slobodan Djordjevic
Contact Email:  s.djordjevic@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Artificial intelligence to enhance urban water management
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Guangtao Fu
Contact Email:  g.fu@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Causes of signal-to-noise errors in seasonal-to-decadal climate forecasts and their implications for climate change projections
Lead Supervisor:  Professor James Screen
Contact Email:  j.screen@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Climate extremes in the polar regions
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mark England
Contact Email:  m.england2@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Comparing Earth's climate to the climate of planets inside and outside the solar system.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Stephen Thomson
Contact Email:  s.i.thomson@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Constraining present-day aerosol sources and transport in climate models to improve estimates of the impacts of future natural aerosol feedbacks on the climate system
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Daniel Partridge
Contact Email:  d.g.partridge@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Developing a biodiversity footprinting method for listed companies
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Contact Email:  xiaoyu.yan@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Dynamic Turbulence Modelling for Convective Storms
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Georgios Efstathiou
Contact Email:  g.efstathiou@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Dynamics of hurricanes coupled to a boundary layer
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Robert Beare
Contact Email:  r.j.beare@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Early warnings of the transition to a superrotating atmospheric state and links to phase transitions
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mark Williamson
Contact Email:  m.s.williamson@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Ecological risk and the flows of global investment: intensive and extensive margins
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jing-Lin Duanmu
Contact Email:  j.duanmu@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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 Project Title:  Effects of rapid Arctic warming on mid-latitude climate and extreme weather
Lead Supervisor:  Professor James Screen
Contact Email:  j.screen@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Environmental consequences of catastrophic volcanic eruptions: geochemical and fossil evidence from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Sev Kender
Contact Email:  s.kender@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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 Project Title:  High impact weather events from fronts – weather forecasts and future projections
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jennifer Catto
Contact Email:  j.catto@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  How climate risks are priced in the bonds market?
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jane Shen
Contact Email:  j.shen@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

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Project Title: ESG metric(s) and longer-term shareholder returns
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jane Shen
Contact Email:  j.shen@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Investigating unprecedented extreme weather and climate events using large model ensembles
Lead Supervisor:  Professor James Screen
Contact Email:  j.screen@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Life cycle environmental impacts of space activities
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Contact Email:  xiaoyu.yan@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Lightning, tree mortality, and the carbon cycle of tropical forests
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Ted Feldpausch
Contact Email:  t.r.feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Geography

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 Project Title:  Markets and Information
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Todd Kaplan
Contact Email:  t.r.kaplan@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Economics (UEBS)

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 Project Title:  Modelling the hydrological functioning of beaver wetlands to deliver policy and management scale understanding
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alan Puttock
Contact Email:  a.k.puttock@exeter.ac.uk             
Department:  Geography

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 Project Title:  Optimising distribution of green infrastructure to manage flooding in sponge cities.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr James L Webber
Contact Email:  j.webber2@hotmail.com              
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Predicting weather and climate extremes using machine learning techniques

Lead Supervisor:  Dr Frank Kwasniok
Contact Email:  F.Kwasniok@exeter.ac.uk             
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Reconstructing past environments, evolution and ecology in Mesozoic invertebrates using novel geochemical and and microscopic techniques.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Clemens Vinzenz Ullmann
Contact Email:  c.ullmann@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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Project Title:  Response of debris-covered glaciers to climate change in the Himalayas
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Stephan Harrison
Contact Email:  stephan.harrison@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Geography

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 Project Title:  Seasonal prediction of the Southern Annular Mode and Antarctic sea ice
Lead Supervisor:  Professor James Screen
Contact Email:  j.screen@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Smart control of odours and corrosion in sewer pipes via continuous monitoring of toxic gases
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Slobodan Djordjevic
Contact Email:  s.djordjevic@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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 Project Title:  Solar and space data analysis for major risk space weather forecasting
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Claire Foullon
Contact Email:  c.foullon@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Timescale and environmental change across the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition – an integrated approach
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Stephen P Hesselbo
Contact Email:  s.p.hesselbo@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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 Project Title:  Topics related to climate dynamics and physical aspects of climate change e.g. ENSO, monsoons, atmospheric and oceanic circulation changes.
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Matthew Collins
Contact Email:  M.Collins@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Tracking dynamically unstable phenomena in complex nonlinear systems
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jan Sieber
Contact Email:  j.sieber@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Understanding extreme and recurrent events for deterministic dynamical systems.
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Mark Holland
Contact Email:  m.p.holland@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Understanding climate change impacts on future extratropical cyclone severity
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jennifer Catto
Contact Email:  j.catto@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Upscaling the hydraulic and hydrological benefits of large wood in river restoration
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Diego Panici
Contact Email:  d.panici@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Geography

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Project Title:  Upscaling the hydraulic and hydrological impact of river restoration with large wood
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Diego Panici
Contact Email:  d.panici@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Geography

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 Project Title:  Using Abrupt emission changes to understand aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jim Haywood
Contact Email:  j.m.haywood@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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 Project Title:  Using digital platforms to enhance sustainability in Chinese cities
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Federico Caprotti
Contact Email:  f.caprotti@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Geography

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 Project Title:  Wildfire in tropical forests: impacts on carbon cycling and composition and potential for forest restoration
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Ted Feldpausch
Contact Email:  t.r.feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Geography

Project Title:  Integrating Formal and Semi-Formal Aspects of System Development for Certification Processes
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Learning from multimodal data: a Meta-Transfer learning approach for Spatio-temporal Prediction in Urban Settings
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Man Luo
Contact Email:  m.luo@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Multi-modal Learning for Video Analysis
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Zeyu Fu
Contact Email:  z.fu@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Open source security and secure software supply chains.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Program analysis or fuzzing for improving the security, safety, correctness of software applications.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Theorem prover-based testing (using Isabelle/HOL)
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Automatic Design of Gate-Based Quantum Programs by Evolutionary Algorithms
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alberto Moraglio
Contact Email:  a.moraglio@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Characterising search landscapes in optimisation problems with machine learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Contact Email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Cyber-physical Systems for safety- or security-critical applications.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Democratising optimisation: a general framework for automatic design of evolutionary algorithms
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alberto Moraglio
Contact Email:  a.moraglio@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Digital Twin-driven Distributed Energy Management for Multi-Microgrid
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Geyong Min
Contact Email:  g.min@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Enhancing decision making in optimisation with explainable evolutionary computation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Contact Email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Explainable AI for robust, secure and reliable digital twins in industrial and infrastructure systems
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Zhong Fan
Contact Email:  z.fan@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Federated Continual Learning in Resource-constrained Wireless Edge Networks
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Jia Hu
Contact Email:  j.hu@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Formal approaches to web browser security.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Formal Methods for Blockchain
Lead Supervisor:  Diego Marmsoler
Contact Email:  d.marmsoler@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Formal modelling and verification of security or privacy in Isabelle/HOL
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Generative AI: On improving efficiency of diffusion generative models
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Guoqiang Zhang
Contact Email:  g.z.zhang@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Human-AI Collaboration in Design Engineering
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ji Han
Contact Email:  j.han2@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Investigation of Zeroth order optimization within distributed and parallel computation framework
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Guoqiang Zhang
Contact Email:  g.z.zhang@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Low-power wireless sensors for industrial smart monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Meiling Zhu
Contact Email:  m.zhu@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Nonautonomous dynamics of learning systems
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Peter Ashwin
Contact Email:  p.ashwin@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Performance Modelling and Analysis of Scalable Blockchain Systems
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jia Hu
Contact Email:  j.hu@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Quantum Machine Learning with Photonics
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Oleksandr Kyriienko
Contact Email:  o.kyriienko@exeter.ac.uk             
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Reducing spread of misinformation on social media
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Mohsen Mosleh
Contact Email:  m.mosleh@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Robust Resource Orchestration for Smart Internet-of-Vehicles
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Geyong Min
Contact Email:  g.min@exeter.ac.uk        
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Security testing or reverse engineering of software systems
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Achim D. Brucker
Contact Email:  a.brucker@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  The bullwhip effect in global supply chains
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Stephen Disney
Contact Email:  s.m.disney@exeter.ac.uk              
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Transfer learning in hyper-heuristics: leveraging optimisation experience with pre-trained models
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Contact Email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Understanding and interpretation of disaster visual data using AI/ML methods
Lead Supervisor:  Chunbo Luo
Contact Email:  c.luo@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Computer Science  

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Project Title:  Digital twins for environments using AI and computer vision
Lead Supervisor:  Chunbo Luo
Contact Email:  c.luo@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Computer Science  

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Project Title:  Generative models for graphs combining combinatorial and deep connectionist systems
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Fabrizio Costa
Contact Email:  f.costa@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Computer Science  

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Project Title:  Predictive systems for graphs with controllable abstractions
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Fabrizio Costa
Contact Email:  f.costa@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Computer Science  

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Project Title:  UI Design and Optimisation using Reinforcement Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xiaoyang Wang
Contact Email:  x.wang7@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Computer Science  

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Project Title:  Neural symbolic AI and semantic communications
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xiaoyang Wang
Contact Email:  x.wang7@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Computer Science  

Project Title:  Federated learning for data in the Health care field
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ayah Helal
Contact Email:  a.helal@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Temporal Machine learning approach on Substance Abuse data
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ayah Helal
Contact Email:  a.helal@exeter.ac.uk      
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Robust Multi-Task Optimisation with Uncertainty Quantification
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Tinkle Chugh
Contact Email:  t.chugh@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  Multi-objective Bayesian Optimisation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Tinkle Chugh
Contact Email:  t.chugh@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Computer Science

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Project Title:  The Gender Gap in Pensions in China
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Sanchari Roy
Contact Email:  s.roy3@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Economics (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Enhancing the Design of Large-diameter Piles in Liquefiable Soils through Discrete Element Modelling
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alessandro Tombari
Contact Email:  a.tombari@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Probabilistic model for human bone tissue
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Hussein Rappel
Contact Email:  h.rappel@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  PDE constrained statistical emulators for structural mechanics
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Hussein Rappel
Contact Email:  h.rappel@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  NLP-based News Analytics with Applications to Chinese Financial News Sentiment Quantification
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xiaoxia Ye
Contact Email:  x.ye@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Determinants and/or consequences of ESG performance and/or disclosures
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Grzegorz Trojanowski
Contact Email:  G.Trojanowski@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

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Project Title:  The impact of artificial intelligence on firm performance
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jiali yan
Contact Email:  J.yan@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Entangled heritage: encounters between China and the South West of Britain through communities and collections.  This is a heritage project, exploring the relationship between China and the South West region of Britain. It will utilise heritage collections
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Nicola Thomas
Contact Email:  nicola.j.thomas@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Geography

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Project Title:  Chinese philosophies of place, landscape and dwelling.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Pepe Romanillos
Contact Email:  j.l.romanillos@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Geography

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Project Title:  Gossip and intergroup dynamics
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Kim Peters
Contact Email:  K.O.Peters2@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Management (UEBS)

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Project Title:  Homomorphisms between Galois groups of finitely generated fields.
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Mohamed Saidi
Contact Email:  m.saidi@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Investigating the role of turbulence in the mass flow of the solar atmosphere
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Andrew Hillier
Contact Email:  a.s.hillier@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Statistical methods for analysing the performance of multivariate, space-time forecasts
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Christopher Ferro
Contact Email:  c.a.t.ferro@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Applying functional data analysis to the emulation of complex numerical codes
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Peter Challenor
Contact Email:  P.G.Challenor@exeter.ac.uk         
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Imaging planet formation in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks with the VLT Interferometer and Exeter's BIFROST instrument
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Stefan Kraus
Contact Email:  s.kraus@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Physics and Astronomy

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Project Title:  Digital twin for real-time monitoring and management of coastal cliffs
Lead Supervisor:  Akbar Javadi
Contact Email:  a.a.javadi@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Impact of Climate change on Buried Water Assets
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Raziyeh Farmani
Contact Email:  r.farmani@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Engineering  

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Project Title:  Predictive Water Asset Management using Machine Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Raziyeh Farmani
Contact Email:  r.farmani@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Engineering  

Project Title:  Energy harvesting and smart rail track monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Meiling Zhu
Contact Email:  m.zhu@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering           

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Project Title:  Numerical and experimental evaluation of highly optimised concrete structural elements reinforced with auxetic fabrics and honeycombs
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Prakash Kripakaran
Contact Email:  p.kripakaran@exeter.ac.uk          
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Numerical simulation of flow of toxic gases in pipes and tunnels and ventilation of underground spaces
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Slobodan Djordjevic
Contact Email:  s.djordjevic@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Simulation-optimisation for offshore windfarm with uncertainty
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Martino Luis
Contact Email:  m.luis@exeter.ac.uk       
Department:  Engineering

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Project Title:  Sustainable earthquake mitigation technologies
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Maria Rosaria Marsico
Contact Email:  m.r.marsico@exeter.ac.uk            
Department:  Engineering

Project Title:  Algorithm design and numerical analysis: multi-symplectic and structure-preserving methods
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Hamid Alemi Ardakani
Contact Email:  h.alemi-ardakani@exeter.ac.uk  
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

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Project Title:  Application on machine learning in developing baselines of marine variability
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Reynolds
Contact Email:  d.reynolds2@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

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Project Title:  Reconstructing the ancient South Asian monsoon: lessons from the past to inform the future
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Kate Littler
Contact Email:  K.littler@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Earth and Environmental Science

Project Title:  Development of digital twin of manufacturing processes
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Voicu Ion Sucala
Contact Email:  i.sucala@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

 

Project Title:  Sustainable additive manufacturing of personalised orthopaedic implants for carbon-neutral economies
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Dong Wang
Contact Email:  d.wang2@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

 

Project Title:  Development of an interactive human-robot by learning from demonstration
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Dong Wang
Contact Email:  d.wang2@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

 

Project Title:  Robotic knee brace for patients with arthritis or sport injury
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Akbar Javadi
Contact Email:  a.a.javadi@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering

 

Project Title:  Develop an intelligent microtomic system to revolutionise the biological tissue processing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Dong Wang
Contact Email:  d.wang2@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Engineering