Intelligent product-service systems in smart cities: Advancing co-design and systems engineering practices

Application details
Reference number: WS12
Start date of studentship: 1st October 2019
Closing date of advert: 28th January 2019
Interview date: TBC

Supervisors
Primary supervisor: Dr Melanie King
Secondary supervisor: Dr Mey Goh & Dr Ehsan Sabet

Loughborough University
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Full Project Detail
This project aims to advance co-design, software and systems engineering practices in complex and multi-disciplinary project environments: specifically, Product-Service Systems (PSS) for smart cities. The research will adopt a systems-of-systems perspective and utilise novel quantitative and qualitative methods. Evidencing what works (or does not work) and why is particularly challenging due to; the variety of specialist and multi-disciplinary roles required on projects, the pace of technological change in Internet of Things (IoT) environments and complex human factors in socio-technical systems. What works in one project, organisational context or city may not work well in others, for example, studying how requirements are generated and stakeholders are managed within agile co-design and development environments that incorporate non-specialists (i.e. citizens) and other end-users of intelligent products and services. Another key area for investigation is the incorporation of business stakeholder and policy maker requirements into the process of refining designs and prototype solutions for real-world intelligent product-service systems in our future cities.

The successful candidate will be supervised by three academics specialising in Systems of Systems Engineering, Engineering Design and Engineering Management.

Find out more
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/meme/pg-research/
And
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/meme/research/research-groups/engineering-systems-systems/

Entry requirements
Applicants should have, or expect to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in engineering, computer science or a related subject. A relevant Master’s degree and/or experience in one or more of the following will be an advantage: systems engineering, software engineering; agile development practices, Internet of Things environments.

Contact details
Name: Dr Melanie King
Email address: [Email Address Removed]
Telephone number: (01509) 227198

How to apply
All applications should be made online at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/apply/research/. Under programme name, select ‘Electronic and Electrical Engineering’

Please quote reference number: WS12