United Kingdom - University of Salford PhD Studentship in Game based Technology in Construction Engineering

The Salford Centre for (Construction) Research and Innovation Research (SCRI), which is 6* at the School of the Built Environment at University of Salford and Salford Think Lab are sponsoring a doctoral studentship in order to explore game based technology to support construction design and engineering.

The doctorate will explore game based technologies, such as virtual world, game artificial intelligence, to support construction design and engineering in a collaborative environment.

Research topics include:

  • Application of artificial intelligence in construction simulation
  • Human behavioural modelling in construction and building design
  • Construction design and engineering in virtual world
  • Digital prototyping and construction simulation

Project Supervisors:
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Song Wu and Prof. Terrence Fernando. The candidate will work with SCRI team and research team in Think Lab and will be able to use the state of art equipment, such as high end workstation and virtual reality facility Think Lab.

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UK - Institute of Petroleum Engineering PhD Studentship for IWsT Design and Justification

The Intelligent Well systems Technology group is looking for a PhD student to work in the area of modelling and evaluation of advanced downhole hardware used in hydrocarbon production. The studentship is available to UK/EU/Overseas candidates. It includes fees and an appropriate stipend. The Institute is committed to equality of opportunity.

The successful candidate will be involved in development of methodologies for the:

  • Design,
  • Control using real-time, downhole data,
  • Optimisation and
  • Economic justification of intelligent wells.

These will be done through assessing the value added by this technology to different real reservoir and well cases. The group is funded by a number of Upstream Oil Industry operating and service companies. They evaluate the progress of the work via regular meetings held in Edinburgh at four monthly intervals.

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