Research topics
Before applying for PhD
The Management of Projects Group has a large PhD community. This means that doctoral researchers benefit from working in a very dynamic inter-disciplinary environment. However, places are competitive, dependent on the quality and fit of your proposed research project.
Please read what information is required and how to proceed if your proposal is accepted.
Topics available
PhD, MPhil, MSc
by research and EngD topics
currently available, listed in Supervisor order.
Supervisor: Dr Paul Chan
Supervisor: Dr Peter Fenn
- Alternative dispute resolution ADR: techniques and procedures (MSc by research)
Supervisor: Dr Paul J Gilbert
- Exploring cost-effective carbon reductions in the chemical industry (PhD)
- Dematerialisation Optimising material efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and waste associated with the supply and demand for a range of industrial products/materials (PhD)
- Sustainability assessment of using bio-derived shipping fuels (PhD)
Supervisor: Dr Richard Kirkham
- The applications of Modern Portfolio Theory to multi-asset management efficiency in complex property portfolios (PhD)
- The application of clustering techniques to physical representation in built asset performance benchmarking systems (PhD)
- Sustainable Prisons: The influence of penal architecture on operational efficiency and community integration (PhD)
- Urban Design: Crime and the perceptions of safety in residential housing schemes (PhD)
Supervisor: Dr Richard Kirkham, Mr Paul Gardiner
Supervisor: Mr David Ling
- The planning, evaluation, financing and implementation of light rail projects: a critical review of experience in the UK and in other OECD countries. (MSc by research)
- The provision, impacts and funding of concessionary public transport fares for elderly and disabled people. (MSc by research)
- The influence of highway geometry and traffic conditions on vehicle speeds and driver behaviour. (MSc by research)
- Facilitating independent mobility for elderly and disabled people in the context of changing social expectations, economic circumstances and demographic trends. (MSc by research)
- The implications of the Disability Discrimination Act on the development and evaluation of projects for the improvement of public transport infrastructure (MSc by research)
- Comparative analyses of transport provision, land-use patterns and travel conditions in cities in developing and developed countries (MSc by research)
Supervisor: Dr Carly E McLachlan
Supervisor: Dr Joao Quariguasi
- Overcoming the barriers to remanufacturing in the UK (PhD)
- Information management in closed-loop supply chains (PhD)
- Measuring value of information in Installed Base Management. (PhD)
Supervisor: Prof Robert Whalley, Dr Alaa Abdul-Ameer, Dr Richard Kirkham
- The Dynamics of Oil Well Drilling Operations (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- A Comparison of Multivariable Design Methods (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- Long Gas Pipeline Flow Dynamics (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- The Regulation of Large Scale Ventilation Systems (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- Computation of the Series Transfer Function Matrix (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- Automotive Transmission System Modelling (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- Ship Propulsion System Modelling and Control (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-Site PhD) (PhD)
- Least Effort Multivariable System Control (British University in Dubai/UoM split-site PhD) (PhD)
- CAD for Multivariable System Regulation (British University in Dubai/UoM Split-site PhD) (PhD)