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）提供资金的案例，作为工业博士中心反对EPSRC交付计划中更好的开发元素的一部分。CICE与成熟的行业基础合作，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；增强其知识库；培养能够推动创新的高素质博士毕业生。该中心解决了与英国建筑行业有关的广泛研究问题，包括：创新建筑技术；施工业务流程；先进资讯及通讯科技；可持续设计与施工；以及交通和基础设施。这些领域中的许多都在各种行业评论中得到了强调，包括莱瑟姆报告、技术展望报告、伊根工作组报告，以及最近的国家技术平台的研究重点。它也有助于EPSRC交付计划作为知识转移研究和培训活动的一部分。该中心的研究领域与EPSRC的“研究优先事项和机遇”中概述的“工程与科学促进可持续发展”研究主题一致，并隶属于“建筑与建成环境”和“运输”副主题。在建筑和建筑环境方面，该中心以土木和建筑工程系的现有优势为基础，作为工程博士中心和其他相关行业研究的一部分，解决EPSRC的一些研究重点，以提高整个供应链的效率，包括：鼓励采用信息通信技术来提高效率；改善楼宇性能，尽量减少对环境的影响；以及土木工程结构的分析与设计。在交通领域，可持续发展和创新是研究的关键主题，主要集中在交通运营和管理，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。工程博士研究中心（CICE）成立于1999年，迄今为止共招收了94名研究工程师，由63家大、中、小型公司资助。拉夫堡大学是一所研究型大学，它将研究和教学活动结合起来，利用每一个机会为所有学生提供高质量的研究主导的学习体验。土木及建筑工程系在研究评审中一直取得很高的研究评级，最近的研究评审在建筑环境方面取得了5*的成绩。工程博士学位是拉夫堡大学优秀博士研究培训计划的一部分，该计划除了支持追求特定项目外，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。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官协助。中心管理委员会由主任、副主任和工业代表组成，每年召开两次会议，由其中一家赞助公司的资深工业家担任主席，负责监督中心的工作，并就战略事项提供方向和指导。这项建议得到大学的全力支持，并已进行内部检讨，以确保与大学的研究策略相配合。