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About the Project
Steve Hill, Nigel Linge, Nigel Mellors (CSE), Will Swan (SOBE)
Industrial partner: Salford Electronics
Behavioural monitoring, itemised billing, carbon trading, smart grid, building information management and retrofit are all key agendas at present yet all of these have at their core a need for the ability to monitor a building and in some cases, the occupants within it. Therefore a starting point with all of these is an in-building network that can provide sensing and control functions.
However, building such a network brings new research challenges:
There is clear evidence that battery powered sensors soon become ineffective when people lose the motivation to replace batteries. Therefore any in-building network must not be reliant on batteries. This brings into play energy scavenging/harvesting techniques which allow sensors to be completely autonomous.
Communication between sensors/actuators will need to be wireless in order to achieve the goals of retrofit. Whilst the concept of wireless sensor networks has existed for some time, the research challenge here is to develop new energy efficient wireless protocols and to explore the use of lower radio frequencies. Many existing approaches to wireless systems in the home have focused on high bandwidth networks whereas, for building sensing and control, the requirement is for low data rates. Lower frequencies will penetrate deeper into buildings.
The intention is that the Salford Energy House will provide and environment in which to carry out technical trials and to evaluate the performance and sustainability of the sensing system.
Our industrial partner is Salford Electronics who have been working with the University on an EU project (Dehems) to develop a range of sensors to monitor gas consumption within houses. This experience plus their general expertise in electronics design, and specifically wireless based monitoring systems will be invaluable to the research and provide a route to impact after the work is completed.
Award:
The successful student must have a first degree (1st or 2.1 classification) in a relevant subject and be from the UK/EU.
The studentship includes fees paid at home/EU rate and a stipend of £13,500 per annum for three and a half years.
The award will commence on or shortly after 1st October 2011.
How to apply:
The application form should be completed online at:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/how_apply/
The closing date for applications is 30th September 2011
Enquiries should be made to Catriona Barkley [Email Address Removed]
For detailed information about any of these projects please contact the named supervisor(s).
Industrial partner: Salford Electronics
Behavioural monitoring, itemised billing, carbon trading, smart grid, building information management and retrofit are all key agendas at present yet all of these have at their core a need for the ability to monitor a building and in some cases, the occupants within it. Therefore a starting point with all of these is an in-building network that can provide sensing and control functions.
However, building such a network brings new research challenges:
There is clear evidence that battery powered sensors soon become ineffective when people lose the motivation to replace batteries. Therefore any in-building network must not be reliant on batteries. This brings into play energy scavenging/harvesting techniques which allow sensors to be completely autonomous.
Communication between sensors/actuators will need to be wireless in order to achieve the goals of retrofit. Whilst the concept of wireless sensor networks has existed for some time, the research challenge here is to develop new energy efficient wireless protocols and to explore the use of lower radio frequencies. Many existing approaches to wireless systems in the home have focused on high bandwidth networks whereas, for building sensing and control, the requirement is for low data rates. Lower frequencies will penetrate deeper into buildings.
The intention is that the Salford Energy House will provide and environment in which to carry out technical trials and to evaluate the performance and sustainability of the sensing system.
Our industrial partner is Salford Electronics who have been working with the University on an EU project (Dehems) to develop a range of sensors to monitor gas consumption within houses. This experience plus their general expertise in electronics design, and specifically wireless based monitoring systems will be invaluable to the research and provide a route to impact after the work is completed.
Award:
The successful student must have a first degree (1st or 2.1 classification) in a relevant subject and be from the UK/EU.
The studentship includes fees paid at home/EU rate and a stipend of £13,500 per annum for three and a half years.
The award will commence on or shortly after 1st October 2011.
How to apply:
The application form should be completed online at:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/how_apply/
The closing date for applications is 30th September 2011
Enquiries should be made to Catriona Barkley [Email Address Removed]
For detailed information about any of these projects please contact the named supervisor(s).
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