Dr Matteo Carpentieri, Prof A Robins
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
University of Surrey.
The mechanisms controlling air quality in cities with tall and very tall buildings are poorly understood in atmospherically neutral wind-flow conditions, and much less well understood when the atmosphere is in a state of atmospheric inversion or convective conditions, which arise much more commonly. This is of particular concern for cities in Asia with very tall buildings and poor air quality such as Shanghai. While there is growing use of air quality sensors within urban environments, the complexity of cities means that it is difficult to diagnose mass transfer processes, influences of atmospheric stability on pollutant dispersion and the location and nature of sources of pollution. Therefore, wind tunnel investigations are required to provide high quality data suitable for developing models and parameterisations of pollutant dispersion. The project will be primarily experimental, using the EnFlo NERC National Facility stratified-flow wind tunnel at the Univ. of Surrey.
The work will be highly relevant to companies, government departments and research organisations requiring knowledge and understanding of the physics of air flow and pollutant dispersal, and dealing with hazardous gaseous substances in urban or industrial contexts. Besides the extensive training opportunities available within the SCENARIO DTP, the students will benefit from collaboration with a large research project such as MAGIC (www.magic-air.uk), in partnership with Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge.
More details are available on the project description at http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home/available/desc/entry2017/SC201710.pdf
To apply, please refer to the SCENARIO website at http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home/available/
Funding Notes
The project is part of the SCENARIO Doctoral Training Partnership and is potentially fully-funded, subject to selection based on candidate excellence in February 2017. Under Research Council UK rules, funding is available for UK students or EU students who have lived in the UK for the past 3 years. Other EU students are eligible for fees-only funding. Funding is not available for international students.
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