Our post-graduate research community benefit from our expertise in computational mechanics, wide network of industrial collaborators nationally and internationally, and our links to professional societies. Postgraduate students work within a vibrant research environment supervised by staff members and have the opportunity to present their work at international conferences.
Current PhD students:
Muhammad Umair Najeem, Microstructure Informed Modelling and AI for Reliability Predictions
Research Topic: The research project investigates how test data generated with state-of-the-art metrology and failure characterisation methods and systems can be deployed and used together with physics-of-failure and AI/Machine Learning modelling techniques to provide a microstructure-informed diagnostic and prognostic model-based methodology that can inform the reliability performance of microelectronic packaging and assembly designs. The research project is supported through the EU MSCA Doctoral Network programme MIRELAI ()
Expected Completion Date: November 2026.
Supervisory Team: Dr Stoyan Stoyanov, Dr Razia Sulthana, and Dr Stewart McCracken (industrial partner supervisor, MCS Ltd, Edinburgh)
Sheikh Hassan, Advanced Reliability Modelling for Electronic Components and Assemblies
Research Topic: The project has focus on the development of compact model methodologies and time-efficient reduced-order modelling methods for thermo-mechanical analysis using Krylov-subspace-based model order reduction (MOR) techniques applied and non-linear material models. The developed modelling methods enable simulating the behaviour of advanced semiconductor packages and predicting the associated stress-induced electronic material degradation and damage.
Expected Completion Date: November 2024.
Supervisory Team: Dr Pushparaj Rajaguru and Dr Stoyan Stoyanov
Aderonke Bella, Model Order Reduction Techniques for Electro-Thermal Analysis of Power Electronic Modules
Research Topic: Develop model order reduction (MOR) approach for electro-thermal finite element analysis of power electronic modules that is beyond current state-of-art in terms of computational efficiency and accuracy of the numerical modelling approximation.
Expected Completion Date: May 2024.
Supervisory Team: Dr Pushparaj Rajaguru and Dr Stoyan Stoyanov
Past PhD students include
Nneka Daniel, Physics of Failure (PoF) Based Approach to Lithium-ion Battery Prognostics, 2022. Nneka’s aspiration is to pursue a career outside academia where she can apply her knowledge and expertise in Li-ion battery technology.
Aditi Rawal, Diagnostic and Prognostic Methodology for Monitoring Silk Fade in Museum Environment, 2021. Aditi has undertaken her PhD programme in part-time mode while working as a Senior Lecturer in Business Computing and Risk Management at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.
Georgios Tourloukis, Mathematical Modelling and Condition Based Monitoring of 3D Inkjet Printing Process, 2019. After completing his PhD, George moved to Delaware, USA, where he became a free-lancer and developed his own machine learning tutorial blog.
Mominul Ahsan, Computational Data Analysis and Prognostics for Smart Testing of Electronic Products, 2019. After completing his PhD, Mominul worked initially as a research assistant at the University of Manchester and subsequently was appointed at the at University of York as Associate Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science.
Kenneth Nwanoro, Finite Element Modelling for Reliability of Power Modules, 2019. After completing his PhD, Kenneth joined Lancaster University as a Senior Research Associate.
Mohammad Shahjalal, Electro-thermal modelling of power electronics components, 2018. After completing his PhD Mohammad joined the Warwick Manufacturing Group. Subsequently he moved to roles in the industry, initially at Dynex Semiconductors and more recently as Senior Engineer at TAE Power Solutions.
Mani Sekaran Santhanakrishnan, Topology optimisation for fluid flow and heat transfer applications, 2018. After completing his doctorate, Mani moved onto an academic position at Cranfield University researching aircraft-engine integration and aero-performance.
Pushpa Rajaguru, Reduced order Modelling & Numerical Optimisation Approach to Reliability Analysis of Microsystems and Power Modules, 2014. After completing his PhD, Pushpa joined the faculty staff at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ as a Lecturer in Industrial Mathematics.
Xiaoxin Zhu, Computer Simulation of Electromigration in Microelectronics Interconnects, (2014). After completing his PhD, Xiaoxin was appointed as an Associate Professor at Xiotong University, Xian, China.
Catherine Tonry, Computational Electrohydrodynamics for Fabricating Polymer Microstructures, (2014). After completing her PhD, Catherine was appointed to the lecturing staff at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.
Asif Malik, OPISA: Optoelectronics Packaging Interfaces for Sub-Micron Alignment, 2014. After completing his PhD, Asif moved to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where he was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Higher Colleges of Technology.
Thamo Sutharassan, Prognostics and Health Management of Light Emitting Diodes, 2012. After completing her PhD, Thamo worked initially as a Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Associate at the University of Hertfordshire and after that was appointed a Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth.
Yasmine Rosunally, Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools for Monitoring Degradation in Aged Structures, 2012. After completing her PhD, Yasmine became Lecturer in Computing at the University of West London. In 2015 she moved to the University of the West of England where she is currently appointed as Senior Lecturer in Information Science.