Climate Change Mitigations with IoT Techniques
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Climate Change Mitigations with IoT Techniques”.
Successful applicants will receive an annual stipend (bursary) of £21,237, including inner London weighting, plus payment of their full-time home tuition fees for a period of 42 months (3.5 years).
You should be eligible for home (UK) tuition fees. There are a very limited number (no more than three) of studentships available to overseas applicants, including EU nationals, who meet the academic entry criteria including English Language proficiency.
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The Project
IoT Techniques can be applied for many fields, including Disaster Prediction and Prevention, and Climate Change Mitigations. In developing countries, it may be economically infeasible to purchase and establish a centralised system. However, with a help of IoT Techniques, a distributed system could be established with less economical burdens.
As for Climate Change, the risks would be related with rising sea level, extreme weather, unusual temperature etc. Some of these could be predicted with frequent monitoring of weather data. These data would be assessed, and a warning would be issued, if the system find some risks.
For this PhD, the student is expected to design, set up a part of such a system, and perform simulations to establish a proof of concept.
Please contact Dr Itagaki at Take.Itagaki@brunel.ac.uk for an informal discussion about the studentships.
Eligibility
Applicants will have or be expected to receive a first or upper-second class honours degree in an Engineering, Computer Science or a similar discipline. A Postgraduate Masters degree is not required but may be an advantage.
Skills and Experience
Applicants will be required to demonstrate the following skills;
- Basic knowledge in Geology and Meteorology – enough to understand the mechanisms of Climate Change and its effects.
- Knowledge in network communication technologies, including wireless communication.
- Experience in electronic circuit building.
- Programming skills in MATLAB and C language family.
You should be highly motivated, able to work independently as well as in a team, collaborate with others and have good communication skills.
How to apply
There are two stages of the application:
1.Applicants must submit the pre-application form via the following link
by 16.00 on Friday 5th April 2024.
2.If you are shortlisted for the interview, you will be asked to email the following documentation in a single PDF file to cedps-studentships@brunel.ac.uk within 72hrs.
- Your up-to-date CV;
- Your Undergraduate degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) essential;
- Your Postgraduate Masters degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) if applicable;
- Your valid English Language qualification of IELTS 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in each section) or equivalent, if applicable;
- Contact details for TWO referees, one of which can be an academic member of staff in the College.
Applicants should therefore ensure that they have all of this information in case they are shortlisted.
Interviews will take place in April/May 2024.