Nottingham Geospatial Institute

Research theses 

Our students' theses are their highly valued legacy to the University and to the wider research community. Many have made them available in pdf format held by the University in a publicly accessible central repository - in this way their insights and knowledge can be transferred with no overhead to all.

Here, we list PhD and MPhil graduates by year, with thesis title and a link to any existing pdf. For reasons of commercial sensitivity or plain non-availability in that format, a pdf may not be available. However, in some cases it may be possible to request the loan of the original hard copy through the inter-library loans.

NGI PhD and MPhil graduates and theses
YearNameTitleAward
2019 Alshammari, Lubna Long-term peatland condition assessment via surface motion monitoring using the ISBAS DINSAR technique. PhD
2019 Habboub, Mohammed A multiple algorithm approach to the analysis of GNSS time series for detecting anomalous behaviours, geohazards and meteorological events PhD
2018 Msaewe, Hussein Alwan Mahdi Assessment of the accuracy and the contribution of multi-GNSS in structural monitoring PhD
2018 Naskou Athanasios, Konstantinos Photogrammetric computer vision methods for the automatic 3D reconstruction of virtual sports environments PhD
2018 Paternostro, Simone Integration of ARAIM Technique for Integrity Performance Prediction, Procedures Development and Pre-Flight Operations PhD
2018 Peltola, Pekka Towards Seamless Pedestrian Navigation PhD
2017 Ali, Jasim Mohammed Modelling the Spatiotemporal Change of Urban Heat Islands and Influencing Parameters PhD
2017 Bin Che Amat, Muhammad Asyran Assessment of Long-Term Deformation in Johor, Malaysia using Global Positioning System (GPS) and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) PhD
2017 Jaafar, Hasan Calisation of Structural Deformations Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Generalised Procrustes Analysis  PhD
2017 Mohammed, Jareer Precise Point Positioning (PPP): GPS vs. GLONASS and GPS+GLONASS with an alternative strategy for Tropospheric Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) Estimation PhD
2017 Gao, Yang Robust cooperative positioning using DGPS and UWB for V2X applications PhD
2017 Perrat, Bertrand Precise Location Measurement in Indoor and Outdoor Performance Sports PhD
2017 Susi, Melania Exploring The Use of Crowe Generated Geospatial Content In Improving The Quality of Ecological Feature Mapping PhD
2017 Sprinks, James Designing Task Workflows to Ensure the Best Scientific Outcomes in Citizen Science PhD
2017 Iliffe, Mark The Praxis of Community Mapping in Developing Countries   PhD
2017 Sabatini, Roberto A Novel Avionics Based GNSS Integrity Augmentation System for Manned and Unmanned Aircraft    PhD
2016 Kinley, Laura Exploring The Use of Crowe Generated Geospatial Content In Improving The Quality of Ecological Feature Mapping MPhil
2016 Ryding, Joseph Assessing New Methods for Measuring Forest Understorey Vegetation Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning PhD
2016 Stephenson, Scott Automotive Applications of High Precision GNSS PhD
2016 Rosser, Julian Constrained modelling of building interiors PhD
2016 Lee, Jae Kang An Investigation of Bridge Health Monitoring System Based on GNSS for Long Span Cable Supported Bridges PhD
2016 Evans, Hywel Construction material classification using multi-spectral terrestrial laser scanning PhD
2016 Vincenzo, Romano Ionospheric Scintillation Effects on GNSS: Monitoring and Data Treatment Development  PhD
2015 Simm, Jonathan  Flood and coastal risk management infrastructure for local UK communities: Social significance and self-help stewardship PhD
2015 Jing, Hao Indoor collaborative positioning based on a multi-sensor and multi-user system PhD
2015 Adam, Sarhat Mustafa Digital images for road surface monitoring PhD
2015 Amami, Mustafa Low-cost vision based personal mobile mapping system PhD
2014 Deng, Wenjuan A High-Performance Hardware Architecture of an Image Matching System Based on the Optimised SIFT Algorithm. PhD
2014 Wan, Kai Design and Implementation of Adaptive Wavelet OFDM Processor PhD
2014 Dimond, Mark James Journey extraction for route prediction PhD
2014 Preston, William Westwood Attack points for pedestrian navigation in augmented reality PhD
2014 Williams, Emily Simultaneous localisation and mapping for surveying applications PhD
2014 Bonenberg, Lukasz Kosma Closely-coupled integration of locata and GPS for engineering applications PhD
2013 Ye, Hao Cooperative Hotspot Warning System Based on Vehicle-Infrastructure Communication. PhD
2013 Elmas, Zeynep Gunsu Exploiting new GNSS signals to monitor, model and mitigate the ionospheric effects in GNSS PhD
2013 Abdulrahman, Farsat Heeto The use of targets to improve the precision of mobile laser scanning. PhD
2012 Abdul Rahim, Khairi Heading drift mitigation for low-cost inertial pedestrian navigation. PhD
2012 Alhamadani, Oday Y M Zeki Precise satellite orbit and clock generation for long-term monitoring of land movements using GNSS PhD
2012 Adamska, Ligia Maria Use of persistent scatterer interferometry for the enhancement of vertical land movement measurement at tide gauges around the British Coast. PhD
2011 Alshehri, Saad Abdulrahman National spatial data infrastructure collaboration for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PhD
2011 Geng, Jianghui Rapid integer ambiguity resolution in GPS precise point positioning. PhD
2011 Palmer, Duncan Position estimation using the Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) signal. PhD
2010 Hamruni, Ahmed Mohamed The use of oblique and vertical images for 3D urban modelling. PhD 
2010 Capra, Mauricio Collaborative mixed reality environments: an application for civil engineering. PhD
2010 Jones, Jonathan An assessment of the quality of GPS water vapour estimates and their use in operational meteorology and climate monitoring. PhD
2010 Leighton, Jonathan GPS and PSI integration for monitoring urban land motion. PhD
2009 Kokkas, Nikolaos An investigation into semi-automated 3D city modelling. PhD
2009 Orliac, Etienne Development of azimuth dependent tropospheric mapping functions, based on a high resolution mesoscale numerical weather model, for GNSS data processing. PhD
2009 Park, David Using linear features for absolute and exterior orientation. PhD
2008 Blake, Steven Heave compensation using time-differenced carrier observations from low cost GPS receivers. PhD
2008 Montillet, Jean-Phillipe Precise positioning in urban canyons: applied to the localisation of buried assets. PhD
2008 Taha, Ahmad Adnan Mohammad Mapping the underworld: integrated GNSS based positioning and GIS based GNSS simulation. PhD
2007 Alsubaie, M Strategies for surveyors using GPS networks. PhD
2007 Andreotti, M T Global Navigation Satellite Systems in urban and indoor environments: a new tool to visualise, understand and use multipath. PhD
2007 Qtaishat, K S M Assessing the photogrammetric performance of airborne digital cameras. PhD
2007 Warren, Mark The development of a 3-pass persistent scatterer algorithm using the Integer Ambiguity Search method. PhD
2007 Waugh, A I Current crustal motions of Great Britain determined with high precision GPS. PhD
2006 Mohd Suldi, Azman Bin Investigations into un-mitigated troposphere and multipath effects on kinematic GPS for 3-dimensional monitoring of high rise building movements. PhD
2006 Al-Motairi, E M A study of plate motion and large-scale crustal deformation of the Arabian Plate using GPS. PhD
2005 Cosser, E Bridge deformation monitoring with single frequency GPS augmented by pseudolites. PhD
2005 Edwards, Earl Peter Fitz-Gerald Digital surface modelling in developing countries using spaceborne SAR techniques. PhD
2005 Monteiro, Luis N Designing, configuring and validating the Portuguese DGPS network. PhD
2005 Strange, K L Integration of ground resistivity with GPS. PhD
2005 Vrhovski, D Simulation modelling of satellite positioning for urban road user charging. PhD
2004 Farah, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed GPS/Galileo simulation for reduced dynamic LEO satellite orbit determination. PhD
2003 Adams, J C Ground based remote sensing survey techniques for cliff modelling. PhD
2003 Asal, Fahmy Airborne remote sensing for landscape modelling. PhD
2003 Hide, Christopher Integration of GPS and low cost INS measurements. PhD
2003 Ogundipe, Oluropo The use of real-time kinematic GPS on construction plant. PhD
2003 Teferle, Felix Norman Strategies for long-term monitoring of tide gauges using GPS. PhD
2002 Al-Shahrani, Abdullah M R Towards the development of a strategy for a national spatial data infrastructure. PhD
2002 Meng, Xiaolin Real-time deformation monitoring of bridges using GPS/accelerometers. PhD
2002 Price, W F Monitoring of glulam structures by theodolite intersection. PhD
2002 Pattinson, Michael Estimation of tropospheric delay from a moving GPS receiver. PhD
2001 Baker, David Frederick The performance of hybrid GPS and GLONASS. PhD 
2001 Evans, Andrew A Long baseline OTF kinematic GPS. PhD
2001 Russell, David D DEM creation for application in precision agriculture. PhD
2001 Shukla, R Referencing of airborne imagery using direct measurement of position and altitude. PhD
2000 Booth, Simon J Monitoring changes in regional ground level using high precision GPS in the Thames Estuary and Greater London. PhD
1999 Swann, John W Advantages and problems of combining GPS with GLONASS. PhD
1998 Aquino, Marcio A regional approach to wide area DGPS. PhD
1998 Baker, Helen C GPS water vapour estimation for meteorological applications. PhD
1998 Çelik, Cahit Tăgi Crustal deformation monitoring by the Kalman filter method. PhD
1998 Chang, Leng H Establishment of a GPS geodetic network in East Malaysia (Sabah). MPhil
1998 Joy, Christopher Iain Harold GPS assisted helicopter photogrammetry for highway profiling. PhD
1998 Moon, Graham V Personal navigation systems for the blind. PhD
1998 Symons, Leighton J Global GPS networks and the determination of Earth rotation parameters. PhD
1997 Penna, Nigel T Monitoring land movement at UK tide gauge sites using GPS. PhD
1997 Roberts, Gethin Real time on-the-fly kinematic GPS. PhD
1997 Smith, Douglas G Digital photogrammetry for elevation modelling. PhD
1997 Waldram, David S The use of digital photogrammetric techniques for modelling the coastal zone. MPhil
1996 Chao, Chih Hung Jason Improved modelling of high precision wide area differential GPS. PhD
1996 Curtis, Deborah J Ocean tide loading for geodetic applications. PhD
1996 Hansen, Paul On-the-fly ambiguity resolution for GPS. PhD
1996 Hsu, Po-Hsien The use of GPS for monitoring crustal deformation. PhD
1996 Silva, A S Optimisation of surveying monitoring networks. PhD
1995 Barradell, S C Precise orbit determination and geodetic positioning using DORIS. PhD
1995 Beamson, Glen A Precise height determination of tide gauges using GPS. PhD
1995 Chang, Chia-Chyang Monitoring tide gauge heights in Western Europe by GPS. PhD
1995 Dumville, Mark A Geo-referencing Earth observation imagery. PhD
1995 Hubbard, Lisa C M Atmospheric water vapour effects on GPS measurements. PhD
1995 Monico, Joao F G High precision inter-continental GPS network. PhD
1995 Tsakiri, Maria GPS and DR for land vehicle navigation. PhD
1994 Shardlow, Peter J Propagation effects on precise GPS heighting. PhD
1994 Walsh, D M Kinematic GPS ambiguity resolution. PhD
1994 Whitmore, Guy M Coordinate reference systems for high precision geodesy. PhD
1993 Ochieng, Washington Y Wide area DGPS and fiducial network design. PhD
1992 Lowe, David Adjustment models for integrated geodesy. PhD
1991 Aquino, M H O Improving GPS positioning accuracies by orbit relaxation. MPhil
1990 Basker, Sally Determination of mean sea level using GPS. PhD
1990 Bingley, Richard Electronic theodolite intersection systems. PhD
1990 Ffoulkes-Jones, Geraint High precision GPS surveying by fiducial techniques. PhD
1990 Gerrard, Sara M E The geoid, GPS and levelling. PhD
1990 Hanna, Paul, L Inertial positioning for internal pipeline surveys. PhD
1990 Summerfield, Phillip Kinematic GPS surveying. PhD
1990 Westrop, Jane M Dynamic positioning by GPS. PhD
1990 Whalley, S Precise orbit determination for GPS satellites. PhD
1989 Fleming, Peter M High precision EDM for the monitoring of surface movements. PhD
1989 Hill, Christopher J Satellite laser ranging and some geophysical applications. PhD
1988 de la Fuente, Clive High accuracy coordinate determination using the Global Positioning System. PhD
1987 Davison, Mark Refraction effects in precise surveying measurements. PhD
1986 Howard, Paul D Very long baseline interferometry and earth rotation parameters. PhD
1986 Moore, Terry Satellite laser ranging and the determination of earth rotation parameters. PhD
1986 Thomas, Peter L Satellite altimetry and the geoid over the North-East Atlantic. PhD
1986 Yau, Wai Yin J Relative geodetic positioning using GPS interferometry. PhD
1984 Agrotis, Loukis G Determination of satellite orbits and the Global Positioning System. PhD
1984 Daffern, Colin The application of length ratios to engineering surveying networks. MPhil
1984 Grist, Simon Computing models in spatial geodesy. PhD
1984 Iliffe, John Atmospheric refraction effects on precise distance measurement. PhD
1983 Hogarth, Barrie Satellite doppler observations for a radio telescope array. MPhil
1983 Whiting, Brian M Optimization of the design of geodetic networks. PhD
1980 Deeth, Chris Electronic distance measuring instruments: calibration and use for deformation measurements. PhD
1980 McLintock, David Neil Very long baseline interferometry and geodetic applications. PhD
1979 Sykes, Dick Translocation and orbit relaxation techniques in satellite doppler tracking. PhD
1978 Gough, Richard Satellite doppler: geocentric positioning of the triangulation of Great Britain. PhD
1978 Gregory, David Shape, size and ill-conditioning of basic surveying and structural networks. MPhil
1978 Strodachs, John Surface classification and interpolation for engineering digital ground models. PhD
1977 Crane, Stephen Geodetic control networks: accuracy, reliability and systematic errors. PhD
1977 Dodson, Alan The measurement of spatial displacements by geodetic methods. PhD
1977 Field, Neil J The adjustment and strength analysis of the primary triangulation network of Nigeria. PhD
1973 Sharma, S K The simultaneous adjustment of photogrammetric and field survey observations. MPhil
1972 Wuddah-Martey, E Statistical analysis of triangular misclosures in geodetic control networks. MPhil
1970 Cross, Paul Strength analysis of large geodetic triangulation networks. PhD
1968 Wood, R A modified theodolite for analytical photogrammetry. PhD
 

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