Off Site Manufacturing Resilience Modelling for Sustainable Transformation (Advert Reference: FAC17/ABE/GOULDING)

Off Site Manufacturing (OSM) continues to make a significant contribution to Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). This inertia has been supported by a number of innovative solutions, including: Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA), new construction systems and typologies, advanced materials and biomimicry, adaptive business models, and new approaches of applying generative design. This PhD will 1) evaluate technical feasibility (processes, materials, technologies and systems) and integration requirements needed to support new business models; 2) develop evidence-based scenarios to support agile solutions (for processes, materials, technologies and systems), with specific emphasis on organisational systems, delivery strategies, and sustainable transformation strategies; and 3) develop a new OSM capability-driven resilience model based on sustainable transformation methodologies for organisational systems and delivery strategies.

This PhD offers candidates a unique opportunity to work with academia and industry to develop new complementary strategies to support AEC solutions in OSM. The real challenge here is to generate defendable scenario-driven solutions which support the resilience model to ensure this is ‘fit-for-purpose’, and has exclusive justifiable value proposition streams for business exploitation. Given this, applicants with experience in OSM, DfMA, process methodologies or transformation modelling will be a distinct advantage.

Eligibility and How to Apply:

Please note eligibility requirement:
• Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
• Appropriate IELTS score, if required.

For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/

Please ensure you quote the advert reference above on your application form.
Deadline for applications: Monday 26 June 2017
Interview date: Monday 17 July 2017
Start Date: Monday 2 October 2017

Northumbria University is an equal opportunities provider and in welcoming applications for studentships from all sectors of the community we strongly encourage applications from women and under-represented groups.