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PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact details:
School:
Dr. Edward Jones
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
College of Engineering & Informatics
NUI Galway
E-mail: edward.jones@nuigalway.ie
Tel. +353 91 492 720
College of Engineering & Informatics
(Discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Research Centre / group affiliation:
National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science
Research group / centre website:
http://ncbes.eurhost.net/bioelectronics.aspx
PI website / link to CV:
http://www.eee.nuigalway.ie/Staff/ejones.html
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
If you are already involved in relevant scholarly activities relating to Brazil, please mention them here.
The host research group is concerned with the application of signal processing and communications
technology in a range of biomedical applications, including breast cancer detection, and low-power
wearable technology for health monitoring.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Breast Cancer Detection using Advanced Radar Technology
This project is concerned with the development of advanced technology for early detection of
breast cancer. The focus of the project is on the combination of low-power radar with sophisticated
computer-based imaging and classification techniques to detect tumours at an early stage of
development. The objective of the project is to improve on existing approaches for cancer screening
based on X-ray mammography, which have a number of limitations, and a particular interest of the
host research group is detection of tumours in younger women. The project will involve
collaboration with appropriate clinical groups in University Hospital Galway, as well as research
groups internationally.
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Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
NUI Galway projects should emphasise features that are not typically available in Brazil – specific equipment,
multi-disciplinarity, aspects of structured programme, links with industry, placements, links with other research
groups etc.
The host research group has a growing reputation in this field. They have access to relevant clinical
collaborators in University Hospital Galway, including the National Breast Cancer Research Institute
(http://www.nbcri.ie), as well as international collaborations with leading groups in this field,
including University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Calgary.
The project will be hosted in NUI Galway’s recently-opened School of Engineering, the largest in the
country. This €40m building is equipped with state of the art laboratory facilities and a range of
specialist development and test equipment.
http://www.nuigalway.ie/new-engineering-building/
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
As above
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering
Computer Science (particularly with expertise in signal or image processing)
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)/Physical Sciences (Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geosciences)
Health and Biomedical Sciences / Clinical, Pré-clinical and Health Sciences
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Computing
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Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Agricultural Production
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals, Minerals Technology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technologies for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters
Bioprospecting and Biodiversity
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
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New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): Y
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): N
Suitable for either/Don’t know: N/A