Degree project
Do you want to do your degree project with us? We offer many exciting degree subjects linked to our research. We have many knowledgeable supervisors and subject readers at the department who are happy to help and guide you!
Here we list available degree projects at the department, but you can also browse our website for research areas, subjects and ongoing projects and reach out to our researchers.
If you want to get ahold of a specific researcher you are also welcome to contact us in the study administration for help.
Available degree projects within renewable energy production
Underwater communication for wave power parks
Project description
Due to a large potential of ocean waves [1], wave energy has a potential to contribute to a future renewable electricity production. Many researchers and engineers across the globe are striving to find an efficient way to convert the energy of waves to a useful electric energy. At the Division of Electricity of Uppsala University, wave power research started in 2002. The concept developed, studied and tested experimentally at Uppsala University consists of a buoy resting of the sea water surface and connected to the translator of a linear generator moored on the seafloor.
In the experimental setup it is often required a reliable communication between the measurement system installed on the buoy with the measurement system placed next to the generator. Since the direct communication through the wire is not possible due to complex motion of the buoy and the risk of a quick rupture and damage of the communication cable and due to the hostile saline environment the radio communication underwater is not possible, a new communication system should be suggested and tested. The new communication system will be based on sonar principles using piezoelectric transducers similar to that in submarine communication [2].
Goal
The goal with the master thesis project is to develop, build and test system for underwater multi nodal communication between buoy and generator: for the data transmission above / below the sea water and synchronization of digital clocks of both measurement systems of the buoy and generator.
References
[1] T. W. Thorpe, “An overview of wave energy technologies: status, performance and costs - moving towards commercial viability,” IMECHE Seminar, London, UK, no. 30 November, pp. 1–16, 1999.
[2] Ali, Mohammad & Jayakody, Dushantha Nalin & Perera, Tharindu & Sharma, Abhishek & Srinivasan, Kathiravan & Krikidis, Ioannis. (2019). Underwater Communications: Recent Advances.
Supervisors and contact: Robin Augustine (Robin.Augustine@angstrom.uu.se), Irina Temiz (Irina.Temiz@angstrom.uu.se)
Thesis projects in microwaves in medical engineering
We are offering the following thesis subjects within the research area of microwaves in medical engineering. The projects are conducted within the MMG research group at the Division of Solid-State Electronics (Department of Electrical Engineering).
If you have any questions you are very welcome to contact: robin.augustine@angstrom.uu.se
Read more about MMG's research
Research Area | Provisional Title |
Medical Engineering | Artificial tissue emulating phantom devices incorporating advance body dynamics for Fat-IBC performance evaluation |
Medical Engineering | Preliminary comparative investigation of novel TENG-based pulse-wave pressure sensors in estimating features of the cardiac waveform signal in volunteers or artificial phantoms for burn care. |
Underwater Communication | Underwater communication network for off shore power grid monitoring |
Robotics | Exoskeletons |
Microwave Communication | Antenna design for hostile environment |
Microwave Electronics | Rectifier design for Microwave Energy harvesting |
Brain Machine Interface | SNN-based neuromorphic Brain Machine Interfaces for bionic arms |
Non-Invasive Intra-Cranial Pressure Monitoring | Design and evaluation of microwave-based non-invasive Intra Cranial Pressure Monitoring systems |
Intra-Body Communication | Performance of Fat-IBC in animal models |
Desktop Application | Development of a desktop application for the Fat IBC model using the de-embedding algorithm |
Software Modelling | Object-oriented software model for the biological tissue layers |
Master thesis projects in thin film technology
The Thin Film of Advanced Electronic Materials (FTE-TF) group has the following master thesis projects available.
Read more about us and our research on our website
Topic | Description | Contact |
Ferroelectric nitrides for neuromorphic electronics | Ferroelectric materials can be used to build programable resistors that are essential for hardware implementation of neural networks. This project aims at fabrication of ferroelectric capacitors using thin films of nitrides. Part of the work is also electrical characterization of the devices. | Tomas Kubart |
Plasma synthesis of photocatalytic TiO2 | TiO2 has many exciting applications. One of the challenges is to grow TiO2 in anatase phase. In this project, plasma assistance will be investigated as a way to achieve crystalline TiO2 at low growth temperatures. | Daniel Fernandes |
Master thesis projects in ionic and optoelectronic sensors
The research group on Ionic and Optoelectronic Sensors (FTE-IONS) at the Division of Solid-State Electronics have several openings for master thesis. The topics include:
- Multiplexed electrokinetic sensor for surface protein profiling of EVs
- Single vesicle protein profiling
- Electrokinetic chip and fluidic integration
- Microfluidic mixer for electrokinetic sensor
- AFM and Electron microscopy for size-based EV profiling
For further details, please contact Apurba.dev@angstrom.uu.se