Current research students

Research Students - School of Computing and Digital Technology

Student	Programme	Subject Area	Director of Studies
Islah Ali-MacLachlan	MPhil, Part Time	Identification of stylistic features within Irish traditional flute playing	Dr Jason Hockman
Muadh Al-Kalbani	MPhil, Full Time	Scene understanding for automated classifications of food items	Dr Ian Williams
Dalia El Banna	PhD, Full time	Assessment of QoE of audio/video streaming over IP networks using flexilink: a proposed real-time Ethernet protocol for future internet	Professor Cham Athwal
Michael Bickerton	PhD, Part Time	Bridging the gap between musicians and technology	Professor Sharon Cox
Matthew Cheshire	MPhil, Full Time	The derivation of musical semantic descriptors via large scale capture of music production data	Dr Ryan Stables
Alan Dolhasz	PhD, Part Time	Estimation of global and local scene properties for context-driven object insertion	Dr Ian Williams
Sean Enderby	PhD, Full Time	Perceptual control of audio through harmonic excitation	Professor Cham Athwal
Oluwaseyi Oginni	PhD, Full Time	To create a real-time, low latency network infrastructure using a software defined networking based approach	Dr Peter Bull
Mathew Randall	PhD, Part Time	Supporting interaction between real and virtual content in visual effects using on-set previsualisation	Professor Cham Athwal
Samuel Smith	PhD, Full Time	Optimal 3D surface detection using texture features	Dr Ian Williams
Yangyang Song	PhD, Full Time	Design of a Wide Area QoS oriented network management protocol for real-time interactive video/audio transmission over Flexilink	Leo Wang
Spyridon Stasis	PhD, Full Time	Development of perceptually relevant parameter spaces for dynamic range compression	Dr Ryan Stables
Xueyang Wang	PhD, Full time	Non-negative matrix factorisation (NMF) based sound source separation using music informatics features.	Dr Ryan Stables
Dominic Ward	PhD, Full Time	Application of auditory models and automatic music mixing systems	Professor Cham Athwal
Xiangyu Zhu	MPhil, Full Time	Evaluation of hardware efficient filter designs for low-latency audio sigma-delta analogue to digital connections	Leo Wang

Research Students - Built Environment

Student	Programme	Subject Area	Director of Studies
Almabrok Alakhal	PhD, Full Time	The Changing Pattern of Libyan Urban Form	Professor Peter Larkham
Abdul-Rasheed Amidu	PhD, Part Time	Expertise development in commercial valuation practice	Professor David Boyd
Veronica Barry	PhD, Full Time	A place for food: a critical exploration of the role of food in healthy planning in the UK	Professor Peter Larkham
M. Selcuk Cıdık	PhD, Full Time	The use of BIM (Building Information Modelling) in interdisciplinary design team collaboration in construction projects	Professor David Boyd
Emmanuel Esezobor	PhD, Full Time	Sustainability in construction project management; public sector projects in West Africa	Professor David Boyd
Sivagayinee Ganeshamoorthy	PhD, Full Time	Impact of Building Information Modelling (BIM): transformation of project team roles	Dr Niraj Thurairajah
Abigail Jackson	PhD, Full Time	"No Place like a rented home?" Examining the effects of eviction and security of tenure on social wellbeing and community engagement in the private rented sector	Julian Sidoli del Ceno
Mohammad Mayouf	PhD, Full Time	Incorporating building operation in design in BIM (Building Information Modelling)	Professor David Boyd
Amanda Mundell	PhD, Part Time	Community understanding of material planning considerations	Professor Peter Larkham
Abigail Robson	PhD, Full Time	Building Information Modelling (BIM) and contractor costing in the supply chain	Professor David Boyd
Julian Sidoli del Ceno	PhD by submission of published works	Law, Dispute Resolution and the Built Environment	Prof David Edwards
Antony Taft	PhD, Part Time	How to ensure a smooth transition to new collaborative working practices be enabled when BIM is introduced within an SME Construction Design Organisation	Professor David Boyd

Research Students - Engineering

Student	Programme	Subject Area	Director of Studies
Joshua Adegoke	PhD, Full Time	Optimisation of energy supply chain in Nigeria for hydrogen fuel production	Dr Manjit Srai
Ardavan Amini	PhD, Part Time	Enterprise systems tools and applications	Professor Hanifa Shah
Shiva Babu	PhD, Full Time	Modelling and evaluating technologies used within the creation of knowledge based engineering-driven virtual product development	Professor Craig Chapman
Mohit Bhardwaj	PhD, Full Time	A systematic approach to governance for enterprise systems implementation	Professor Craig Chapman
Maxim Filimonov	PhD, Full Time	Logic modelling of systems interaction for design automation purposes	Dr Pathmeswaran Raju
Timothy James	PhD, Part Time	Influence of waste water sequestration of CO2 from flue gases using microalgae	Dr Lynsey Melville
Vahid Javidroozi	PhD, Full Time	An analysis of business process change to integrate systems and services in the context of smart city development	Professor Hanifa Shah
Jens Lahr	PhD, Part Time	An investigation into the parameters controlling fill levels of piston cooling galleries in diesel engines	Dr David Ashman
Sahdia Maryam	MPhil, Part Time	Addressing the viability of Fuel Cell (FC) Hybridisation for road transportation	Dr Manjit Srai
Sri Laxmi Palle	PhD, Full Time	Interactive augmented reality for knowledge representation and product design	Professor Craig Chapman
Roshni Paul	PhD, Full Time	Anaerobic Digestion of algae biomass	Dr Lynsey Melville
Mohammad Rabbani	PhD, Full Time	Optimum design of artificial hip joints	Professor Hanifa Shah
Joshua Stimson	PhD, Full Time	Optimisation of Monochromator Crystal Configuration for Next Generation Synchrotron Energies	Professor Michael Ward
Vibhor Trehan	PhD, Full Time	Modelling and representation of design engineering components for automation	Professor Craig Chapman
Daniel Underwood	PhD, Part Time	Model Based Requirements Management	Dr Pathmeswaran Raju
Venkatesh Vijay	PhD, Full Time	Enhanced distance learning experience through three dimensional knowledge representations	Professor Mel Lees
Andy Williams	PhD, Part Time	Quantification of plausibility cross-checks between physically related measurements in safety related machine control systems	Dr Manjit Srai
Light Zaglago	PhD, Full Time	Investigating the impact of culture on knowledge management in design manufacturing automation industries	Professor Craig Chapman

Research Students - Computing

Student	Programme	Subject Area	Director of Studies
Fatima Abdallah	PhD, Full Time	Making Sense of Data in Smart Environments	Professor Sharon Cox
Lamya Abdullah	PhD, Full Time	Security information systems for mitigating cyber threats	Professor Ali Abdallah
Salameh Abu Rmeileh	PhD, Full Time	e-health monitoring: autonomous smart space with decision support	Dr Esther Palomar
Aliyu Lawal Aliyu	PhD, Full Time	Secure Controller framework for Software Define Network (SDN)	Dr Peter Bull
Diana Haidar	PhD, Full Time	Big Data Analytics for Supporting Risk Mitigation Decisions	Dr Iffat Gheyas
Andrew James McKeown	MPhil, Full Time	An investigation into the efficiency of broad-band power line communication within a residential setting	Dr Tony Wilcox
Stephen Murphy	PhD, Part Time	Improving Adoption of Open Source Software in SMEs	Professor Sharon Cox
Asma Patel	PhD, Full Time	Date structures in context modelling for behavioural analysis	Dr Esther Palomar
Xiaomei Tao	PhD, Part Time	Enhancing electronic tutoring systems by responding to affective states	Dr Martyn Ratcliffe
Margarita Velasco-Olvera	PhD, Full Time	Adaptation for replace-ability in web services interoperability	David While
Thomas Wagner	PhD, Full Time	Sharing threats to mitigate cyber attacks	Professor Ali Abdallah