Research / Education · Competitive PhD studentship
Offered by the University of Bath, UK
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Application deadline
- Expected commencement
- Research supervisors
- Dr Alejandro Jiménez Rios
Professor Paul Shepherd - Funding
- Competitive funded PhD studentship
- Eligibility
- Home and overseas applicants may apply, subject to programme requirements and international studentship allocation limits.
Explore how digital technologies can support the conservation and management of historic buildings and infrastructure. This University of Bath PhD investigates people-led digital twins for preventive conservation of built heritage assets.
The research brings together structural health monitoring, sensor data, inspection records, interactive visualisation and explainable artificial intelligence to inform conservation decisions.
Human-in-the-loop approaches keep engineers, conservation specialists and other stakeholders involved in interpreting information, assessing asset conditions and deciding when to intervene. The project supports professional judgement in managing historic structures.
Who might be interested?
- Built heritage conservation and restoration
- Structural engineering and asset management
- Digital twins and BIM
- Structural health monitoring
- Artificial intelligence and explainable decision-support systems
- Sustainable management of historic infrastructure
Competitive funding
The project is competing for a studentship under the University of Bath's Faculty of Engineering and Design. Successful studentship recipients are expected to receive tuition-fee support, a maintenance stipend and a training-support allowance, subject to the published funding conditions. Funding is competitive and an award is not guaranteed.
Northumbria Construct shares this external opportunity for information. The studentship is independent of Northumbria Construct and the Heritage Walk. See the linked opportunity listing for complete eligibility, funding and application requirements.
Explore PhD Opportunity & Apply (opens in a new tab)↗The connection between the Heritage Walk and University of Bath PhD is thematic. The PhD is an independent external research opportunity signposted by Northumbria Construct.