Industrial Doctorate Centre: Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering

工业博士中心：创新与协作建筑工程

• 批准号: EP/G037272/1
• 负责人: Dino Bouchlaghem
• 金额: $ 743.27万
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG037272%2F1
• 关键词: Industrial; Doctorate; Centre; Innovative; Collaborative

This proposal from Loughborough University outlines the case to renew the funding for the Industrial Doctorate Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering (CICE) as part of the Industrial Doctorate Centres call aginst the Towards Better Exploitation element of the EPSRC Delivery Plan. In partnership with an established industry base, CICE is delivering a high quality research and training programme that: meets the core technical and business needs of the construction industry; enhances its knowledge base; and produces high calibre doctoral graduates that can drive innovation. The Centre addresses a wide range of research issues that concern the UK construction industry including: Innovative Construction Technologies; Construction Business Processes; Advanced Information and Communication Technologies; Sustainable Design and Construction; and Transport and Infrastructure. Many of these areas have been highlighted in various reviews of the industry including the Latham Report, the Technology Foresight Report, the Egan Task Force Report, and more recently the National Technology Platform's research priorities. It also contributes to the EPSRC Delivery Plan as part of the knowledge transfer research and training activities. The research areas of the Centre align with the Engineering and Science for Sustainability research theme, as outlined in the EPSRC's Research Priorities and Opportunities, and fall under the 'Construction and the Built Environment' and 'Transport' sub-themes. Within the Construction and Built Environment, the Centre builds on existing strengths in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering established as part of the Engineering Doctorate Centre and other related industry based research to address some of the EPSRC research priorities to improve efficiency across the supply chain, including: encouraging the uptake of ICT to promote efficiency; improving building performance to minimise impacts on the environment ; and the analysis and design of civil engineering structures . Within the Transport area Sustainability and Innovation are key themes of the research that centres on transport operation and management, transport telematics, and minimising energy use and environmental impact . The Engineering Doctorate Centre (CICE) was established in 1999 and has subsequently recruited a total of 94 research engineers sponsored by a total of 63 large, medium and small companies. Loughborough University is a research intensive institution, which integrates its research and teaching activity at every opportunity to provide a top quality research led learning experience for all its students. The Department of Civil and Building Engineering has consistently achieved high research rating in the RAE assessments and the last RAE results were 5* in Built Environment. The Engineering Doctorate is part of Loughborough University's excellent doctoral research training programme, which in addition to supporting the pursuit of a particular project aims to provide a basic professional training to support the research and offer personal development opportunities. The training programme integrates taught and research elements tailored to suit the needs of the research engineer, project, and the sponsoring company while maintaining the expected quality of the academic standards required for a doctoral study. The Centre is managed by the Director, Prof. Dino Bouchlaghem supported by a Deputy Director, a Centre Manager and an Administrator. A Centre Management Board consisting of the Director, Deputy Director, and Industrial Representatives meets twice a year and is chaired by a senior industrialist from one of the sponsoring companies, oversees the work of the Centre and provides direction and guidance on strategic matters. This proposal has the full support of the University and has been subject to an internal review process to ensure synergy with the University's Research Strategy.

拉夫堡大学的这项建议概述了为工业博士创新与协作建筑工程中心（CICE）续签资金的案例，作为工业博士学位中心的一部分，将Aginst称为EPSRC交付计划的更好的利用元素。 CICE与既定的行业基础合作，提供了一项高质量的研究和培训计划，该计划满足建筑行业的核心技术和业务需求；增强其知识基础；并产生高素质的博士毕业生，可以推动创新。该中心解决了有关英国建筑行业的广泛研究问题，包括：创新的建筑技术；建筑业务流程；高级信息和通信技术；可持续设计和建设；以及运输和基础设施。这些领域中的许多领域都在该行业的各种评论中得到了强调，包括Latham报告，技术远见报告，EGAN特遣队报告以及最近国家技术平台的研究优先事项。作为知识转移研究和培训活动的一部分，它还为EPSRC交付计划做出了贡献。该中心的研究领域与EPSRC的研究重点和机遇中概述了可持续性研究主题的工程和科学，并属于“建筑和建筑环境”和“运输”子主题。在建筑和建筑环境中，该中心建立在土木和建筑工程系的现有优势基础上，该工程是在工程博士学位中心和其他基于行业的研究的一部分，以解决EPSRC研究的一些优先级，以提高供应链的效率，包括：鼓励ITC的吸收以促进效率；改善建筑绩效以最大程度地减少对环境的影响；以及土木工程结构的分析和设计。在运输领域内，可持续性和创新是研究的关键主题，该研究集中在运输和管理，运输远程信息处理以及最大程度地减少能源使用和环境影响方面。工程博士学位中心（CICE）成立于1999年，随后招募了94位由总共63家大型，中小型公司赞助的研究工程师。拉夫堡大学是一家研究密集型机构，它将其研究和教学活动纳入各种机会，为所有学生提供高质量的研究领导学习经验。民用和建筑工程系在RAE评估中一直在获得高度的研究评级，而最后的RAE结果在建筑环境中为5*。该工程博士学位是拉夫堡大学出色的博士研究培训计划的一部分，除了支持对特定项目的追求外，该计划旨在提供基本的专业培训来支持研究并提供个人发展机会。该培训计划集成了量身定制的教学和研究元素，以适应研究工程师，项目和赞助公司的需求，同时保持博士研究所需的学术标准的预期质量。该中心由董事Dino Bouchlaghem教授管理，由副董事，中心经理和管理员支持。由董事，副董事和工业代表组成的中心管理委员会每年开会两次，并由其中一家赞助公司的一位高级工业家主持，负责监督该中心的工作，并提供有关战略事务的指导和指导。该提案得到了大学的全部支持，并受到内部审查过程的约束，以确保与大学的研究策略协同作用。