We have 20 University of Reading, School of the Built Environment PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) often tends to go hand in hand for its propensity to mimic human cognitive functions such as problem solving, pattern recognition and respond to certain actions accordingly. Read more

Supervisor: Dr U Madanayake

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Climate change adaptation in construction organisations

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

The effects of climate change, including extreme weather conditions, temperature increases, and floods, are increasingly evident worldwide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Fuertes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Walking, Observing, Connecting, Belonging: Propositional Map Making in the City

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

This research project focuses on the development of a new form of map I have termed the Propositional Walking Map (PWM). This form of map may act as a stimulant to critical evaluation of the everyday, to wellbeing in the city and, more generally, to new ways of assimilating the city. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O Froome-Lewis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Speculative space: Architectural imaginaries and utopian practice through science fiction

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

This research project looks at how the representation of architecture and built environments in sf might be used to inform and enact spatial alternatives within the present. Read more

Supervisor: Ms A Butt

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Net zero housing retrofits - assuring a sustainable low-carbon transition in the domestic sector

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

The UK has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The UK's 29 million houses represent 14% of total emissions (CCC, 2019), with nearly 90% of these built more than 20 years ago before stricter energy efficiency standards came into force (Ince & Marvin, 2019). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Mohareb

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Post-Oil Imagination: creative practices as prefigurative actions towards post-fossil fuel worlds

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

This research project investigates how oil capitalism is contested at the scale of creative practice. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Plaza

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Impacts of oversizing on the performance of energy and environmental systems

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Heating, cooling, and ventilation systems in buildings are often sized at capacities exceeding the demand for these services. This can result in inefficient operation, higher initial and operational costs, and larger environmental impacts. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Shahrestani

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Decarbonisation of heating and cooling systems for net zero carbon future

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Decarbonisation of heating and cooling in buildings can be achieved through switching fuels and transferring the demand from Natural Gas to low-carbon electricity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Shahrestani

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Organisational implications of robotics and automation in construction supply chains

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Over the next 20 years around 50% of construction work could be automated using new and emerging technologies to support advancing automation in the construction sector. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Dowsett

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Process and information modelling for managing risk in infrastructure projects

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Infrastructure projects are critical to foster countries’ economic development, prosperity and growth. It has been reported that till 2030, there will be a need to invest on average 3 trillion USD annually to keep pace with population growth. Read more

Supervisors: Prof I Dikmen, Dr T Lees

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Controlling airborne infectious disease transmission in indoor environment

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

Infectious disease pandemics are brutal killers in human history. The recent COVID-19 outbreak in China has killed over 2.4K people globally, and more than 78K people are infected across 28 countries (As of 22th Feb 2020). Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Shao

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Decarbonisation of the Food System

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

As the world transitions to a low carbon economic system, dramatic changes will be required across the all sectors. The food system, which is currently estimated to be responsible for 20-30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is one where particular urgency is required. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Mohareb

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Modular and industrialised solutions for building retrofit

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

More than 85% of the 2050 building stock is already built and almost all will require some form of retrofit/renovation in order to meet global carbon emissions reductions goals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Fuertes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Human-centric, data-driven model predictive control strategies for buildings

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

There is significant potential for big data and data science (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Jones

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Managing Risk in Projects with Digital Twins

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

A digital twin is a virtual representation that serves as the real-time digital counterpart of a physical object or a system, such as a built asset or a socio-technical system. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Dikmen

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We have 20 University of Reading, School of the Built Environment PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Reading, School of the Built Environment PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 20 University of Reading, School of the Built Environment PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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