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Supervisory Team: Dr. Katherine Plant & Dr. Katie Parnell Project description In the future, autonomous systems are poised to become widely available to assist us with our mobility throughout our day to day lives. Future autonomous technologies will effectively maintain the
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Supervisory Team: Professor John Preston, Dr Laila Ait Bihi Ouali Project description The Transportation Research Group at the University of Southampton has been involved in the monitoring and evaluation of local transport polices over a long period, which resulted in the
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Supervisory Team: Dr. Massimiliano Manfren and Prof. Patrick AB James Project description Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship working on data-driven interpretable building energy analytics. The PhD student will join a world-leading research team based within the Sustainable Energy
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Supervisory Team: Dr Sheida Afshan Project description The more frequent extreme conditions and the challenges associated with climate change mean that our structures and infrastructure need to be designed to be efficient, resilient, sustainable and capable of meeting the demands of
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Supervisory Team: Dr. Andrew Vowles and Prof. Paul Kemp Project description The world has undergone wide-scale urbanisation in recent decades, and the percentage of people living in cities is predicted to grow from 30% in 1950 to 68% by 2050. Ubiquitous
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Supervisory Team: William Powrie, Joel Smethurst, Madhu Murthy Project description Researching the totally reliable, affordable, zero-carbon, 24-hour railway The railway is at the heart of Britain’s economy and touches the lives of millions of people daily. Future success relies on it
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Supervisory Team: William Powrie Project description Researching the totally reliable, affordable, zero-carbon, 24-hour railway The railway is at the heart of Britain’s economy and touches the lives of millions of people daily. Future success relies on it becoming more resilient and
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Supervisory Team: William Powrie, David Milne, Madhu Murthy Project description Researching the totally reliable, affordable, zero-carbon, 24-hour railway The railway is at the heart of Britain’s economy and touches the lives of millions of people daily. Future success relies on it
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Supervisory Team: Joel Smethurst, William Powrie Project description Researching the totally reliable, affordable, zero-carbon, 24-hour railway The railway is at the heart of Britain’s economy and touches the lives of millions of people daily. Future success relies on it becoming
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Supervisors: Dr Jen Muggleton & Dr Michal Kalkowski Contact: jmm@isvr.soton.ac.uk Hydrant Dynamics for Acoustic Leak Detection in Water Pipes Would you like to make a difference in protecting one of earth’s most essential resources – water? Would you like to
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Supervisors: Dr Jen Muggleton & Dr Michal Kalkowski Contact: jmm@isvr.soton.ac.uk Optical Fibre Sensing for Acoustic Leak Detection in Buried Pipelines Would you like to make a difference in protecting one of earth’s most essential resources – water? Would you like
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Supervisors: Dr Jen Muggleton & Dr Michal Kalkowski Contact: jmm@isvr.soton.ac.uk Robust Acoustic Leak Detection in Water Pipes using Contact Sound Guides Would you like to make a difference in protecting one of earth’s most essential resources – water? Would you
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Supervisors: Dr Jen Muggleton & Dr Michal Kalkowski Contact: jmm@isvr.soton.ac.uk School of Engineering, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Closing date: 31 March 2022 Project details Leak2Burst – Using Acoustics to Monitor how Small Cracks Develop into Bursts in Pipelines
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About the Project Supervisors: Prof Paul Kemp, Dr Andrew Vowles Project Rationale Light plays a governing role in the life of most freshwater fish, influencing behaviours such as time of peak activity, foraging, predator avoidance, collective movement and migration. These
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About the Project Supervisory Team: Prof Paul Kemp, Dr Andrew Vowles Project description Globally, freshwater fish have economic, ecological and cultural value. Freshwater ecosystems are the most degraded of all environments, and fish are one of the most threatened groups of
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