Research Topics

Postgraduate research opportunities with Professor Andrew Ball

2021-22

PhD

• A Convolutional Neural Network Model Predicting the Thermal Behaviours of Machines for Fault Diagnosis (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• A Physics Model based Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) for Dynamic Visualisation and Rotor Monitoring (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• A smart diagnosis robot based on an active acoustic arrays (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Application of Thermoacoustic Stirling Cycle for Electricity Generation Using Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Autonomous Abnormality Assessment (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Characterisation of Heterogeneous Mixtures Using Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Coded Excitation Methodologies For Ultrasonic Testing Techniques Exhibiting Poor Signal To Noise Performance (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Control of Flow Unsteadiness on Swept Wings - Studies of Flow Physics Due to Embedded Synthetic Jet Actuators (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Development of Heat Exchanger Design Strategies for Oscillatory Flows (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Development of Micro-Thermoacoustic Cooler for Heat Transfer Management in Electronics (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Experimental Studies of Multiphase Flow in Inclined Pipes (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Processes in Thermoacoustic Devices (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• In-bed smart sensor with deep learning for elderly home-care (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Innovative Big Data Analytics in Space Science: Insights of Big Data – Big Data Fuelling Big Data (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Input volume reduction methodologies for predictive behavioural classifiers. (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Lubricity monitoring of a bearing-rotor system with accurate demodulations (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Modelling nonlinear vibration responses of rotor systems with bearing clearances and misalignments (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Modelling System Behaviours (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Non-linear systems approaches to detection of deviant events. (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Predictive analytics for applied process monitoring (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Studies of Heat Transfer in Anisotropic Materials (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Sustainable Refrigeration/Air Conditioning Driven by Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)
• Unsteady Vortex Dynamics and Vortex Breakdown (PhD full-time 2021-22 entry)

2022-23

PhD

• A Convolutional Neural Network Model Predicting the Thermal Behaviours of Machines for Fault Diagnosis (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• A Physics Model based Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) for Dynamic Visualisation and Rotor Monitoring (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• A smart diagnosis robot based on an active acoustic arrays (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Application of Thermoacoustic Stirling Cycle for Electricity Generation Using Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Autonomous Abnormality Assessment (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Characterisation of Heterogeneous Mixtures Using Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Coded Excitation Methodologies For Ultrasonic Testing Techniques Exhibiting Poor Signal To Noise Performance (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Control of Flow Unsteadiness on Swept Wings - Studies of Flow Physics Due to Embedded Synthetic Jet Actuators (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Development of Heat Exchanger Design Strategies for Oscillatory Flows (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Development of Micro-Thermoacoustic Cooler for Heat Transfer Management in Electronics (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Experimental Studies of Multiphase Flow in Inclined Pipes (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Processes in Thermoacoustic Devices (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Innovative Big Data Analytics in Space Science: Insights of Big Data – Big Data Fuelling Big Data (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Input volume reduction methodologies for predictive behavioural classifiers. (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Lubricity monitoring of a bearing-rotor system with accurate demodulations (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Modelling nonlinear vibration responses of rotor systems with bearing clearances and misalignments (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Modelling System Behaviours (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Non-linear systems approaches to detection of deviant events. (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Predictive analytics for applied process monitoring (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Studies of Heat Transfer in Anisotropic Materials (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Sustainable Refrigeration/Air Conditioning Driven by Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)
• Unsteady Vortex Dynamics and Vortex Breakdown (PhD full-time 2022-23 entry)

2023-24

PhD

• A Convolutional Neural Network Model Predicting the Thermal Behaviours of Machines for Fault Diagnosis (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• A Physics Model based Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) for Dynamic Visualisation and Rotor Monitoring (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• A smart diagnosis robot based on an active acoustic arrays (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Application of Thermoacoustic Stirling Cycle for Electricity Generation Using Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Autonomous Abnormality Assessment (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Characterisation of Heterogeneous Mixtures Using Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Coded Excitation Methodologies For Ultrasonic Testing Techniques Exhibiting Poor Signal To Noise Performance (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Control of Flow Unsteadiness on Swept Wings - Studies of Flow Physics Due to Embedded Synthetic Jet Actuators (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Development of Heat Exchanger Design Strategies for Oscillatory Flows (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Development of Micro-Thermoacoustic Cooler for Heat Transfer Management in Electronics (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Experimental Studies of Multiphase Flow in Inclined Pipes (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Processes in Thermoacoustic Devices (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Innovative Big Data Analytics in Space Science: Insights of Big Data – Big Data Fuelling Big Data (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Input volume reduction methodologies for predictive behavioural classifiers. (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Lubricity monitoring of a bearing-rotor system with accurate demodulations (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Modelling nonlinear vibration responses of rotor systems with bearing clearances and misalignments (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Modelling System Behaviours (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Non-linear systems approaches to detection of deviant events. (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Predictive analytics for applied process monitoring (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Studies of Heat Transfer in Anisotropic Materials (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Sustainable Refrigeration/Air Conditioning Driven by Solar Energy (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)
• Unsteady Vortex Dynamics and Vortex Breakdown (PhD full-time 2023-24 entry)

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