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rail PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 23 rail PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Using AI to predict the effect of climate change on earthworks

  Research Group: School of Civil Engineering
Background. Recent experience and future climate projections show increasingly wet winters and increasingly dry summers. The resulting wetting and drying cycles are causing increased shrinkage and swelling of earthworks. Read more

Effect of sea level rise, coastal erosion, and flooding risk on track

  Research Group: School of Civil Engineering
Background. With the events at Dawlish and sea water levels at Skegness predicted to rise 35cm by 2050, and coupled with the recent effects of storms such as Babet, coastal issues will become more prevalent in the future. Read more

Human factors for digital transport operations

Transport control environments in rail, highways / cities and ports are now underpinned by a range of digital sensors, and an array of different inputs and outputs (eg CCTV, social media, direct feeds into in-vehicle control systems). Read more

Effect of long wet days and seasons, or intense and heavy rainfall on track, drainage and geotechnical

  Research Group: School of Civil Engineering
Background. Modelling strongly suggests that these weather effects will become more severe by 2080, particularly instances of Storm Babet and the incident at the Bradway Tunnel highlight this, and the subsequent impact on services/users. Read more

Lasers for quantum-enabled position, navigation, and timing technologies

Start date. 1 October 2023. Duration. 3.5yrs. Description. National infrastructure systems are dependent upon the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), such that 5 days of outage would cost the UK >£5bn [1]. Read more

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