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.

拉夫堡大学的这份提案概述了为创新与协作建筑工程工业博士中心（CICE）提供资金的情况，作为工业博士中心呼吁反对EPSRC交付计划的更好利用要素的一部分。与成熟的行业基础合作，CICE正在提供高质量的研究和培训计划：满足建筑行业的核心技术和业务需求;增强其知识基础;并培养能够推动创新的高素质博士毕业生。该中心解决了广泛的研究问题，涉及英国建筑业，包括：创新的建筑技术;建筑业务流程;先进的信息和通信技术;可持续设计和建设;和运输和基础设施。这些领域中的许多已经在行业的各种评论中得到了强调，包括莱瑟姆报告，技术论坛报告，埃根工作组报告，以及最近的国家技术平台的研究重点。它还作为知识转让研究和培训活动的一部分，为EPSRC交付计划做出贡献。该中心的研究领域与EPSRC的研究重点和机会中概述的可持续发展工程和科学研究主题相一致，并属于“建筑和建筑环境”和“交通”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上，作为工程博士中心和其他相关行业研究的一部分，以解决EPSRC的一些研究重点，以提高整个供应链的效率，包括：鼓励采用ICT以提高效率;改善建筑物的性能，以尽量减少对环境的影响;以及土木工程结构的分析和设计。在交通领域，可持续性和创新是研究的关键主题，研究重点是交通运营和管理，交通远程信息处理，以及最大限度地减少能源使用和环境影响。工程博士中心（CICE）成立于1999年，随后共招募了94名研究工程师，由63家大、中、小型公司赞助。拉夫堡大学是一个研究密集型的机构，它在每一个机会整合其研究和教学活动，为所有学生提供高质量的研究主导的学习体验。土木和建筑工程系在RAE评估中一直获得很高的研究评级，最近的RAE结果是建筑环境5*。工程博士学位是拉夫堡大学优秀的博士研究培训计划的一部分，除了支持特定项目的追求外，还旨在提供基本的专业培训，以支持研究并提供个人发展机会。该培训计划整合了教学和研究元素，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。中心由主任Dino Bouchlaghem教授管理，并由一名副主任、一名中心经理和一名行政人员提供支助。中心管理委员会由主任、副主任和工业界代表组成，每年举行两次会议，由一家赞助公司的高级工业家担任主席，监督中心的工作，并就战略事项提供指导和指导。这项建议得到了大学的全力支持，并经过内部审查，以确保与大学的研究战略协同作用。