Built Environment 2025 PhD Projects

In the Built Environment group, we have excellent architectural technology, computing, engineering and construction lab facilities. The group houses leading UK research centres exploring a wide range of topics such as Digital Design and Architectural Technology, Sustainable Construction, Transport, Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures, Energy and Building Performance, Interactions between Buildings and People, Timber Engineering and Wood Science, Smart City Strategies, Net Zero Strategies and much more.

Funded

The influence of particle characteristics on the field-scale geomechanical behaviour of soils (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Daniel Barreto

Environmental Impact of Construction on Peatlands (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez

Geotechnical Seismic Isolation Technology for Global Earthquake Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez

The effectiveness of School Street Closures: Impact evaluation (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Adrian Davis

Exploring the mechanisms of shear wave propagation in granular materials using DEM (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Vasiliki Dimitriadi

Exploring the mechanisms of wave propagation in granular materials (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Vasiliki Dimitriadi

An agent-based modelling approach to assess the decision-making strategies in community-scale flood resilience (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Nirodha Fernando

Optimising Building Morphology Parameters and Lowering Embodied Carbon in Buildings Through Multi-Objective Optimisation (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Nirodha Fernando

Machine Learning Approach to managing Facilities Management (FM) Supply Chain Risks (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Dubem Ikediashi

A Framework for Implementing Material Passports in the UK Construction Industry (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Mina Jowkar

Innovative Building Services Renovation in Scottish Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Mina Jowkar

Personalised Workstations in Open Plan Office Using ML and AI/ Digital Twin (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Mina Jowkar

Spatial decision support analysis for sustainable mobility policies (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Inji Kenawy

Digitally twinned rating systems for low energy housing in Scotland (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Inji Kenawy

Assessment Framework for Inclusive Sustainable Public Places (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Inji Kenawy

Digitalising Decarbonisation: Exploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Circularity of Building Materials (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Lina Khaddour

Evaluating the Efficiency and Sustainability of Modern Methods of Construction Timber-based (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Lina Khaddour

Building back better: Integrated assessment for post-disaster housing configuration mitigation and resilience (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Lina Khaddour

Developing a hybrid twin cycling safety interaction model in a naturalistic environment (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Faheem Ahmed Malik

Developing a novel Modelling Framework for Modelling fifteen-minute cities (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Faheem Ahmed Malik

New Cycling Safety Framework Developing a novel framework for modelling Cycling Safety using Data Driven Engineering Sciences (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Faheem Ahmed Malik

From 3D Digital Documentation to Structural interventions for historic masonry structures (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Aikaterini Marinelli

Challenges and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the real estate services sector (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Cletus Moobela

Intervention without violation of natural order: A complex adaptive systems (CAS) perspective of sustainable urban development (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Cletus Moobela

A Unified Model for Incorporating Metaverse Technologies into Maintenance Management Processes (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Temidayo Osunsanmi

Integrated Machine Learning Model for Predicting Emotional Responses to Real Estate Listings (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Temidayo Osunsanmi

A Framework to Use Parallel Computing and Simulations for Low Carbon Design and Refurbishment (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Masoud Sajjadian

Urban Facilities Management in the Smart Places Ecosystem (Funded)

Supervisor – Dr Andrew Smith

Self funded

Fuel Poverty and the Fabric First Strategy: Drawing on the Analytic of an Innovation System-based Solution (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Mark Deakin

Smart Cities 4.0 (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Mark Deakin

Engineered Timber Solutions for Circularity (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Robert Hairstans

The Impact of Climate Change on Timber in Construction (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Robert Hairstans

A new model for information literacies of community representatives (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Pat Langdon

Are rural e-bike routes manageable and cost-effective? (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Pat Langdon

Can car sharing schemes work in rural areas of Scotland and can this achieve sustainable transport? (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof. Pat Langdon

Decarbonising the Construction Industry through Supply Chain Optimisation and Circular Economy Strategies (Self funded)

Supervisor – Dr Timothy Olawumi

Design for environmental comfort school in classrooms for full inclusion of students with special and behavioural needs (Self funded)

Supervisor – Dr Elena Prokofieva

Advancement of Innovative Engineered Bamboo, Timber and Hybrid Construction Elements (Self funded)

Supervisor – Prof Hexin (Johnson) Zhang