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• Spontaneous facial micro expression recognition and analysis using varying resolutions

  Author: Sharma, P., Sept 2022

  Supervisor: Yogarajah, P. (Supervisor), Taggart, L. (Supervisor) & Coleman, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• ‘Political prisoner resistance and the blanket protest’: a case study on political imprisonment, power relations and performative masculinity in Northern Ireland

  Author: Byrne, C., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Payne, B. (Supervisor) & Moore, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The Characterisation of Road Surface Friction as a Factor in Vehicle Safety

  Author: Sanders, P., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Woodward, D. (Supervisor), Rodgers, W. (Supervisor) & Millar, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An evaluation of g-C3N4 and BiVO4 for photocatalytic water treatment and disinfection

  Author: Singhal, A., Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Dunlop, P. (Supervisor), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Supervisor) & Byrne, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Unobtrusive recognition of activities of daily living using thermal sensor data for monitoring a smart environment

  Author: Burns, M., Jan 2022

  Supervisor: Nugent, C. (Supervisor), Mc Clean, S. (Supervisor) & Morrow, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Individual difference factors and linguistic complexity in sequential bilingual acquisition

  Author: Logue, S., May 2022

  Supervisor: Gerard, J. (Supervisor), Sevdali, C. (Supervisor) & Folli, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Video-based automatic detection of agitated behaviours

  Author: Marshall, F., Sept 2022

  Supervisor: Zhang, S. (Supervisor) & Scotney, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Computational approaches in biomarker discovery for treatment response and comorbidity in type-2 diabetes

  Author: Villikudathil, A., Nov 2022

  Supervisor: McClean, P. (Supervisor), Bjourson, T. (Supervisor) & Shukla, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Advanced modelling of travelling fire for structural design: experimental, numerical and analytical investigations

  Author: Charlier, M., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Hewitt, N. (Supervisor), Nadjai, A. (Supervisor) & Vassart, O. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Machine learning and patterning recognition in a new sensor system for chemical-biological detection and biomedical applications

  Author: Shah Mansouri, T., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Maguire, P. (Supervisor), Wang, H. (Supervisor) & Mariotti, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Novel nanomaterials for next-generation solar cells

  Author: Dsouza, S. D., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Maguire, P. (Supervisor) & Mariotti, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• 3D-printing and characterization of PEEK bioactive composites for craniofacial applications

  Author: Manzoor, F., Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Mancuso, E. (Supervisor), Golbang, A. (Supervisor) & Dixon, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Phase change and alternative materials for domestic thermal energy storage

  Author: Nair, A. M., Nov 2022

  Supervisor: Griffiths, P. (Supervisor) & Huang, M. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Healthy bodies, healthy eyes?: quantifying the impact of modern lifestyles on children’s eye health

  Author: Howell, C., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Doyle, L. (Supervisor), Mc Cullough, S. (Supervisor), Saunders, K. (Supervisor) & Murphy, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An evaluation of the prevalence of refractive error and the relationship between relative peripheral refraction and eye growth in children

  Author: Leighton, R., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Saunders, K. (Supervisor), Mc Cullough, S. (Supervisor) & Breslin, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Data analytics to augment decision making in cardiac care

  Author: Rjoob, K., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Bond, R. (Supervisor), Mc Gilligan, V. (Supervisor) & Peace, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Using multiwalled carbon nanotubes to impart electrical conductivity, particularly in the electrostatic dissipation (ESD) range, to injection moulded polyether ether ketone (PEEK) components

  Author: Li, S., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Ilhagger, A. (Supervisor), Archer, E. (Supervisor) & Harkin-Jones, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The role of environmental/dietary mercury exposure in autoimmune response associated with T helper 17 (Th17) axis

  Author: Jurek, J., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Naughton, V. (Supervisor), Mc Sorley, E. (Supervisor), Allsopp, P. (Supervisor), Yeates, A. (Supervisor), Mulhern, M. (Supervisor) & Strain, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Analytics, visualisation and machine learning of general practitioner prescribing using open health data

  Author: Booth, F., Sept 2022

  Supervisor: Mulvenna, M. (Supervisor) & Bond, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Education of therapeutic radiographers in the European Union: competencies, professional mobility and patient care

  Author: Couto, J., Sept 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Fadden, S. (Supervisor), Hughes, C. (Supervisor) & Mc Clure, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Performance study and validation of the downdraft biomass gasification process for combined heat & power plants from under-utilised biomass and bio–waste

  Author: De Priall, O., May 2022

  Supervisor: Brandoni, C. (Supervisor) & Huang, Y. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Design, modelling and development of filtration processes for household water treatment systems

  Author: Afkhami, A., Aug 2022

  Supervisor: Dunlop, P. (Supervisor), Dixon, D. (Supervisor) & Ternan, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Usability engineering methods for assessing the human-machine interface of automated external defibrillators

  Author: Torney, H., May 2022

  Supervisor: Bond, R. (Supervisor), Finlay, D. (Supervisor) & Magee, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Extraction, characterisation, and exploitation of marine derived bioactive peptides for enhancing health

  Author: Sharkey, S., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: O'Harte, F. (Supervisor), Allsopp, P. (Supervisor) & Hollywood, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Digital storytelling: Co-creative media and community engagement on the land border of Ireland

  Author: O'Connell, A., May 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Kevitt, P. (Supervisor) & Fitzpatrick, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Contesting marriage inequality on the hill and beyond: a discourse-historical inquiry of the valleys of struggle within equal marriage mobilization in Northern Ireland

  Author: Tsang, K., May 2022

  Supervisor: Bloomer, F. (Supervisor) & Michael, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Applying a hybrid gricean theory to examine Ciaran Carson’s translation of implied meaning in Dante’s Inferno and Rimbaud’s poetry

  Author: Rainey, A., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Sewell, F. (Supervisor) & Barr, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Emerging from the Margins: The Poetry of Chronic Illness, containing off-kilter (a poetry collection) and A Critical Examination of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry of Chronic Illness (a collection of essays)

  Author: Conn, S., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Cracken, K. (Supervisor) & Sewell, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Resisting homonormativity in queer filmmaking practice

  Author: Gaffney, K., May 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Collum, V. (Supervisor) & Akser, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Intersectionality and sexual and gender-based violence: applicability and benefits for international criminal law

  Author: Martin Beringola, A., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: O'Rourke, C. (Supervisor) & Hansen, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An exploration of religious privilege among lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, and heterosexual counsellors in Northern Ireland

  Author: Graham, A., Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Long, M. (Supervisor) & Irwin, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Theorising Youth Sector Peacebuilding: Youth Workers’ Orientations Within the Politics of Peacebuilding

  Author: Hamilton, A., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Lasslett, K. (Supervisor), Hammond, M. (Supervisor) & Mc Ardle, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Thermal protective performance of turnout gear at high heat flux intensity

  Author: Bhutta, R., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Choi, S. (Supervisor) & Zhang, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Understanding type 1 diabetes development: current risk factors and novel targets

  Author: Ratajczak, W., May 2022

  Supervisor: Atkinson, S. (Supervisor) & Kelly, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• State policies of reparations for victims of the political conflict in Northern Ireland

  Author: Abernethy, H., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Collins, C. (Supervisor) & Brown, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Pathways Towards Integrated Cross Border Marine Spatial Planning

  Author: Ansong, J., 1 May 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Elduff, L. (Supervisor), Ritchie, H. (Supervisor) & Rafferty, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Development of new therapeutic approaches based on GPR120 and GPR55 activation for type 2 diabetes

  Author: Owolabi, A., May 2022

  Supervisor: Flatt, P. (Supervisor) & Mc Killop, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Early life vitamin D status: implications for child neurodevelopment

  Author: Beggan, L., 2022

  Supervisor: Mulhern, M. (Supervisor), Mc Sorley, E. (Supervisor), Yeates, A. (Supervisor), Strain, S. (Supervisor) & Gallagher, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Studies of vitamin B12, folate and the metabolically related B-vitamins, and their relationship with bone health, in older adults

  Author: Clements, M., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Nulty, H. (Supervisor), Hoey, L. (Supervisor), Ward, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Variable speed heat pump compressor for demand side management and network stability

  Author: Abid, M., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Hewitt, N. (Supervisor) & Huang, M. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Empowering music teachers to teach composition skills through the use of music technology: a study of post-primary music teachers in Northern Ireland

  Author: McQueen, P., Aug 2022

  Supervisor: Lyons, F. (Supervisor), Bates, J. (Supervisor) & Mc Cully, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The smart city: spatial planning, partnership, governance

  Author: Ratajczak, L., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Berry, J. (Supervisor) & Blair, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• A corpus study of clitic placement with infinitives in the diachrony of French

  Author: Olivier, M., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Folli, R. (Supervisor), Sevdali, C. (Supervisor), Folli, R. (Supervisor) & Sevdali, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Using the eye to predict risk for cardiovascular disease: the living lab

  Author: Moore, J., Dec 2022

  Supervisor: Nesbit, A. (Supervisor), Moore, T. (Supervisor), Mc Laughlin, J. (Supervisor) & Spence, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Help-seeking & mental health in the northwest of Ireland: exploring the experiences, impact and outcomes for young people aged 16-25 years

  Author: Lynch, L., May 2022

  Supervisor: Long, M. (Supervisor), Moorhead, A. (Supervisor) & Hawthorne-Steele, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An investigation into the laser-based powder bed fusion process for Ti6Al4V components

  Author: Harkin, R., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Fadden, S. (Supervisor) & Quinn, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Mining complex business processes for compliance checking and end-state prediction

  Author: Tariq, Z., Nov 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Chesney, I. (Supervisor), Mc Clean, S. (Supervisor), Charles, D. (Supervisor) & Taylor, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Private equity infrastructure investment in emerging economies

  Author: Alnaseem, N., Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Haran, M. (Supervisor), Davis, P. (Supervisor) & Mc Cord, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Development of DNA-based tools to study cutibacteria in skin health and disease

  Author: McLaughlin, J., Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Dowell, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Alternative therapeutic options for cutaneous melanoma using nanoparticles for enhanced delivery

  Author: Khan, T., May 2022

  Supervisor: Callan, B. (Supervisor), Mc Hale, A. (Supervisor) & Callan, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis