All PhD research projects

Research projects at City, University of London

Alison Coutts asks what influences nurses when they make career decisions? in her PhD Professional Education PhD

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Role of smartphone applications in glaucoma eye drop adherence

Investigating the feasibility and acceptability of using a chatbot to improve adherence to glaucoma medication.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences

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Status: Ongoing project

Self-harm and suicide in males

The first part of the PhD will be to assess the effects of psychosocial interventions for self-harm compared to comparison types of treatment in males versus females.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Health Services Research and Management

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Sensing for diagnosis of dementia

This project supports fundamental research in sensing targeted specifically at the diagnosis of dementias and the quantitative measurement of disease progression.

School: School of Science & Technology

Department: Department of Engineering

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SESAMO - Security and Safety Modelling

SESAMO is a 3-year project starting on the 1st of May 2012, with the goal of integrating security and safety assessment together into methods and tools for model-driven development of embedded systems

School: School of Science & Technology

Department: Department of Computer Science

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Status: Completed project

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Silicon Photonics

New PhD students are sought to continue work on the development of slot waveguides, high-speed modulators, polarization diversity designs, efficient solar cells and improved coupler designs in silicon

School: School of Science & Technology

Department: Department of Engineering

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Smarter and safer railway journeys

This project is for Sensor technology and helps to keep trains out of trouble, engineers safer and customers happier. We will create a self-sensing pantograph that fits onto existing electric trains.

School: School of Science & Technology

Department: Department of Engineering

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Status: Ongoing project

Sonic Tehran

Sonic Tehran is an interdisciplinary project exploring Tehran as a sounded space and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The project asks how sound shapes, and is shaped by, the urban environment.

School: School of Communication & Creativity

Department: Department of Performing Arts

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Structure from Motion

To investigate the potential adaptive use of motion parallax in long-standing one-eyed (monocular) individuals for 3D object perception and action control.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences

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Studies to understand the pathogenesis of myopia and the effectiveness of interventions to treat myopia

Investigating interactions between light and near work on myopia development and structural changes within the eye, and meta-analysis of various interventions for slowing myopia progression.

School: School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department: Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences

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Status: Ongoing project