Engineering and The Built Environment -PhD

LSBU is the top modern university in London for world-leading and internationally excellent research in General Engineering, which includes The Built Environment and Architecture research - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. The wide range of research activities in our School, together with the mix of academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows and visiting professors, allows us to offer a stimulating and diverse environment. Research themes Research in the area of engineering and the built environment is carried out by specialist centres. Most academic staff belong to one or more of these and research students can expect to join a small team working on particular problems. Research themes include: Efficient and Renewable Energy in Building Research areas where we are able to offer supervision include: Passive low energy design and building physics, climate change impact and adaptation of existing buildings Building services, energy efficient and renewable energy technologies Refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, cooling, and energy storage technologies Electrical building services including lighting, power and control Environmental and architectural acoustics Life cycle assessment, maintenance and asset management. Structural engineering, structural analysis and simulation, Transport engineering Water systems and management Sustainability development Urban resilience Ageing research in the built and human environments Green construction Energy and resource efficiency Monitoring energy demands Energy assessment, measurement and performance of buildings Renewable energy in cities, communities and districts Disaster resilience A member of staff, expert in the chosen field, is directly responsible for guiding and supporting your research programme. As a research student you'll become part of our thriving academic community. A PhD, by definition, is an original contribution to knowledge. A research degree is different from a taught course. Research students are expected to self-direct their learning with support from a supervisory team. Read more about research in the School of the Built Environment and Architecture. Part funded PhD studentship. This PhD research programme studentship is being offered by Dr Haydar Aygun at School of Built Environment and Architecture, London South Bank University Academic staff : LSBU People Finder PhD research programme title : A low carbon, Artificial Intelligence based engineering system to monitor environmental noise. Keywords : AI, Noise, Environment, Acoustic-Monitoring, Modelling Background and rationale: Currently there are not any time efficient and low carbon acoustic system to monitor adverse changes in the built environment. There is a need for an engineering system to monitor adverse changes in the built environment. Traditional environmental noise monitoring systems measure sound levels, store the data on internal memory card. Then the data is transferred to computer for analysing environmental noise parameters. They are expensive, time consuming, and contribute to carbon emission, especially for long term measurements. The costs of such a system are prohibitive, especially for developing countries. There is a need for a low cost, time efficient, and low carbon engineering system utilising artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms to monitor environmental noise remotely. Aims: This PhD programme aims to design, build, and test an intelligent low-cost and low carbon noise monitoring system using green technology. The low carbon system will be capable of monitoring environmental noise for a longer period. Methods: There is a growing need (regulation-driven) to monitor airports with a low cost, robust, and simple system. The AI and machine learning algorithms will be mitigating most of the laborious work. The expected research impact will show how such a system could be implemented around a noisy environment such as an airport to monitor environmental…

IELTS score of at least 6.5 at postgraduate level.

International students: £18,200 per year

UK students: £5,190 per year

UK/Home: £5,190 per year

International: £18,200 per year

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