PhDs in Mechanical Engineering in resilient railways, sponsored by Network Rail.

Award Summary

100% home tuition fees covered and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate).

Overview

The research addresses the broad areas of infrastructure resilience and design in the face of climate change and the implications for disruption management. Specifically, the following topics are offered:

1) Measuring effective climate change adaptation and resilience of railway infrastructure

2) Human Factors and User-Centred Design for Intelligent Infrastructure systems

3) Human Factors and resilience modelling for rail disruption management

PhDs will join Newcastle University’s Future Mobility Group, with secondments and field work with the relevant Network Rail teams. Opportunities to interact with the National Research Hub for Decarbonised, Adaptive and Resilient Transport Infrastructrures (DARe) will also be available https://dare.ac.uk

Number Of Awards

Three

Start Date

16th September 2024

Award Duration

3.5 Years

Application Closing Date

1st July 2024

Sponsor

Network Rail

Supervisors

Professor Roberto Palacin

Dr David Golightly

Eligibility Criteria

You must have, or expect to gain, a minimum 2:1 Honours degree or international equivalent in a subject relevant to the proposed PhD project (mechanical / civil engineering, ergonomics / human factors, psychology, computing emphasising HCI).

 Applicants whose first language is not English require an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in all sub-skills.

 The studentship covers fees at the Home rate (UK and EU applicants with pre-settled/settled status and meet the residency criteria). International applicants are welcome to apply but will be required to cover the difference between Home and International fees.

How To Apply

You must apply through the University’s Apply to Newcastle Portal  

Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’. 

Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study: 

·                    Search for the ‘Course Title’ using the programme code: 8090F 

·                    Research Area: Mechanical and Systems Engineering 

·                    Select ‘PhD Mechanical Engineering (full time)' as the programme of study 

You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section: 

·                    A ‘Personal Statement’ (this is a mandatory field) - upload a document or write a statement directly in to the application form 

·                    The studentship code ENG142 in the ‘Studentship/Partnership Reference’ field 

·                    When prompted regarding your research proposal - select ‘Write Proposal’. You should then type in the title of the research project from this advert. You do not need to upload a research proposal.   

Contact Details

[email protected] (Phd 1)

[email protected] (PhD 2,3)