Civil Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and Swansea PhD Scholarship: Physics Informed Machine Learning in High-speed Railway infrastructure safety analysis

29 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Swansea University

Department

Central

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering
Engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

1 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Funding providers: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) DTP and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering

Subject areas: Civil Engineering

Project start date: 

• 1 July 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-June) 

Project supervisors: 

• Dr Yue Hou ([email protected] )

Aligned programme of study: PhD in Civil Engineering

Mode of study: Full-time

Project description: 

The comfortability of high-speed railway (HSR) is crucial as it directly affects passengers’ willingness of selection. In current engineering practice, the normal way is to analyse it through Newmark integration method based on the monitored data of vibration, acceleration, substructure deformation, etc. Recently, with the development of machine learning, data-driven method has become a powerful tool for civil engineers. Especially, Physics Informed Machine Learning (PIMM) can be used as a comprehensive analysis considering both physics-based analysis, i.e. the HSR dynamics, and the data-based analysis, i.e. deep learning methods. This project aims to analyse the HSR comfortability using PIMM and will validate the applicability and test the accuracy on real HSR engineering projects. 

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Candidates must hold an Upper Second Class (2.1) honours degree in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline. If you are eligible to apply for the scholarship (i.e. a student who is eligible to pay the UK rate of tuition fees) but do not hold a UK degree, you can check our comparison entry requirements. Please note that you may need to provide evidence of your English Language proficiency. 

Specific Requirements

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations . 

Additional Information
Benefits

This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend of £18,622 at UKRI rate.

Additional research expenses will also be available. 

Eligibility criteria

Candidates must hold an Upper Second Class (2.1) honours degree in Engineering or similar relevant science discipline. If you are eligible to apply for the scholarship (i.e. a student who is eligible to pay the UK rate of tuition fees) but do not hold a UK degree, you can check our comparison entry requirements. Please note that you may need to provide evidence of your English Language proficiency. 

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations . 

Selection process

Please visit our website for more information.

Website for additional job details

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/civil-engineering-…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Swansea University

Country

United Kingdom

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/civil-engineering-…

Contact

State/Province

Swansea

City

Swansea

Website

http://www.swansea.ac.uk

Street

Singleton Park

Postal Code

SA2 8PP

STATUS: EXPIRED