PhD Studentship: Developing a Fire Resilience Assessment Methodology for the Built Environment
Physical and Environmental Sciences,Materials Science,Mathematics and Statistics,Mathematics,Engineering and Technology,Civil Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Chemical Engineering
Short info about job
Company: University of Edinburgh
Department: School of Engineering
Hours: Full Time
Type / Role: PhD
Phone: +44-1439 2886077
Fax: +44-1526 8472351
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Detail information about job PhD Studentship: Developing a Fire Resilience Assessment Methodology for the Built Environment. Terms and conditions vacancy
Principal Supervisor: Angus LawAssistant Supervisor: David Rush, Grunde JomaasResearch Institute: IIERelated Discipline: Civil & Environment
Contact email:[email protected]For interested applicants to request further details
Fire events can have catastrophic consequences for people, properties, businesses and the environment. Buildings that are fire resilient minimise the disruptions caused by a fire event and ensure that normal operations can be resumed as rapidly as possible. Current building regulations do not explicitly consider resilience and it is, therefore, often ignored during building design.
This project will create a methodology to assess, categorise, and identify improvements to, buildings based on their resilience to fire events. The goal of this project is to provide the research to support this methodology. The project will have three phases:
- Phase 1. Capture and refine (or propose) an overarching framework for the Fire Resilience Assessment Methodology. This will be conducted by undertaking consultation with BRE and associated stakeholder groups.
- Phase 2. Conduct a gap analysis of the areas of knowledge required to support and implement the overarching framework. This will be conducted using an exemplar project/building and allow areas of future research to be identified.
- Phase 3. Investigate the most critical knowledge areas required to support the implementation of the Fire Resilience Assessment Method. The topic of this research will depend on the outcome of phase 2, and will likely focus on the development of fundamental knowledge and data generation.
Once the scope and the potential implementation approach have been established, the student will conduct an exemplar analysis (i.e. a stress test) of the methodology to identify and improve the implementation procedures, and identify where current knowledge is insufficient to deliver the fidelity of analysis required. The student will then conduct subsequent targeted research to improve this knowledge base, and generate the necessary information and proof of concept evidence to successfully implement the methodology.www.breeam.comwww.fire.eng.ed.ac.uk/research
Funding
The standard stipend in Engineering is £15.6k per year in 2016, with annual increments. Any stipend will be at this rate, unless stated below.
Applications are welcomed from self-funded students, or students who are applying for scholarships from the University of Edinburgh or elsewhere
Funding is available for this project:
Tuition fees + stipend are available for Home/EU students (International students can apply, but the funding only covers the Home/EU fee rate)
Eligibility
All adverts will list our standard entry requirements:
- a 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent).
- the University’s English language requirements.