Postgraduate research opportunities Advanced solutions for radar or radio frequency sensors in autonomous systems
ApplyKey facts
- Opens: Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Deadline: Wednesday 31 December 2025
- Number of places: 1
- Duration: 36 months
- Funding: Equipment costs, Home fee, Stipend, Travel costs
Overview
This PhD aims to develop novel processing/systems solutions for Radar/radio frequency sensors in autonomous systems such as Uncrewed Aerial or Maritime Vehicles. Solutions to be investigated will include agile waveform design/sensing and artificial intelligence/machine learning based solutions for actionable insight extraction.Eligibility
We are looking for you to have a 2:1 in MSc or BSc Electronic & Electrical Engineering or Physics.
Project Details
In the recent years uncrewed systems have become widely used in battlespace scenarios, with a wide range of capabilities and levels of autonomy. In this fast paced scenario there are a number of technical challenges still to be addressed such as navigation in GPS denial areas, anti-spoofing, countermeasure deployment and radar imaging. These advanced capabilities are currently limited by the limitations of the systems, where weight, power and dimension of sensing are constrained.
In this project future uncrewed systems will be targeted, and their sensing and autonomous capabilities will be investigated and enhanced. The solutions that will be investigated include system level approaches as well as algorithmic solutions and aimed at testbed demonstration of the capabilities by the end of the PhD. The project will benefit from the interaction with an industrial partner leading in the Defence sector.
Funding details
This project is funded under the Research Excellence Award (REA) of the University of Strathclyde and an industrial partner.
Home students
To be eligible for a fully funded UK home studentship you must:
- Be a UK national or UK/EU dual national or non-UK national with settled status / pre-settled status / indefinite leave to remain / indefinite leave to enter / discretionary leave / EU migrant worker in the UK or non-UK national with a claim for asylum or the family member of such a person, and
- Have ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or British Overseas Territory, at the Point of Application, and
- Have three years residency in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territory or EEA before the relevant date of application unless residency outside of the UK/ EEA has been of a temporary nature only and of a period less than six years
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Apply
Interested applicants should contact Professor Carmine Clemente (carmine.clemente@strath.ac.uk) with covering letter and CV.
Number of places: 1
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