EngD position: Construction Management and Engineering
Are you aware of the digital challenges for the underground, and ready to innovate with infrastructure data? And, are you ready to make an impact on practice, while also using scientific design approaches? Then, this EngD position must be something for you!
An Engineering Doctorate is an official-accredited degree as professional technological designer. During this in-depth program, you become a specialist while following a tailored post-master education programme. Further, you work with the external organization Allinq Group to develop a high-level and creative solution for the Universal Test Trench problem.
The sector (e.g., represented in COB) therefore advocates for increasing the amount of information shared about the underground between contractors and network owners. Various stakeholders in the sector support the idea that data from trial trenches and recently deployed utility lines should be shared. Existing (GNSS) and new (LiDAR/photogrammetry) technologies seem to have pushed this idea toward developing a centralized approach to sharing utility data. However, what data should be shared, how it needs to be modelled, stored, and visualized remains unclear.
This culminates in the following goal of this EngD, which is to:
Develop a unified approach to storing, exchanging, and visualizing (test) trench information between stakeholders in the utility construction sector.
We wonder: Can we develop a data model to capture the geometries and semantics of test trenches? Which registration technologies should this model be able to support? And how can data be visualized to support utility engineering activities?
Information and application
Don’t wait, and apply for this two-year track that combines a paid post-master study with gaining work experience in an attractive and forward-looking mid-sized Dutch contractor. Take this opportunity and apply for this nice applied design project within the ZoARG | ReDUCE (Reduction of Damage to Utilities and Careful Excavation) research unit of the Construction Management and Engineering cluster of the ET faculty.
You can apply through the button ‘apply’. Please include
- an application/motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest, qualifications and motivation
- a detailed CV (resume).
You can apply until 13 September 2024.
The first interviews will take place on 23, 24 and 26 September 2024,.
For more information please contact Léon olde Scholtenhuis (l.l.oldescholtenhuis@utwente.nl)
About the organisation
The Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) engages in education and research of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Industrial Design Engineering. We enable society and industry to innovate and create value using efficient, solid and sustainable technology. We are part of a ‘people-first' university of technology, taking our place as an internationally leading center for smart production, processes and devices in five domains: Health Technology, Maintenance, Smart Regions, Smart Industry and Sustainable Resources. Our faculty is home to about 2,900 Bachelor's and Master's students, 550 employees and 150 PhD candidates. Our educational and research programmes are closely connected with UT research institutes Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Center and Digital Society Institute.
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