3.5 Years July 2021
Current LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) methods present important limitations and gaps, including:
• Lack of reasoning and decision support capabilities, such as exploring “what if” scenarios for the evaluation of alternative design options and devising adapted strategies, thus promoting active control of buildings and districts.
• Lack of alignment with domain models, e.g. BIM (Building Information Modelling), GIS (Geographical Information Systems), and LCA data structures.
• Lack of full support of temporal information, including sensor network data, to address maintenance, operation, deconstruction, disposal and recycling stages.
The proposed Doctoral research aims to develop a new generation of life cycle assessment methods and tools that are model-based, continuously learn from real-time data, while informing effective operation and management strategies of buildings and districts.
The research will be conducted in a successful research group led by Prof Yacine Rezgui based in the school of Engineering.
The successful PhD candidate will be immersed in a supportive research environment and will acquire state-of-the-art knowledge in lifecycle assessment methods and tools, as well as skills in forecasting and optimization techniques applied to energy and carbon modelling.
Candidates should hold or expect to gain a first-class degree or a good 2.1 (or their equivalent) in Engineering or a related subject (including Architecture or Computer Science).
Desirable skills include: Building Information Modelling and Energy modelling
Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the English language (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent)
Applicants should submit an application for postgraduate study via the Cardiff University webpages (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/programmes/programme/engineering ) including;
• an upload of your CV
• a personal statement/covering letter
• two references (applicants are recommended to have a third academic referee, if the two academic referees are within the same department/school)
• Current academic transcripts
Applicants should select Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), with a start date of July 2021
In the research proposal section of your application, please specify the project title and supervisors of this project and copy the project description in the text box provided. In the funding section, please select "I will be applying for a scholarship / grant" and specify that you are applying for advertised funding, reference YR-SCH-2021
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