New position open at the Chair of Infrastructure Management!
The ETH Zurich - Chair of Infrastructure Management led by Professor Dr. Bryan Adey, in collaboration with Dr. Qian Chen’s Construction Integration and Digitalization group at the The University of British Columbia, has an opening for a PhD student focused on data and process analysis to enable digital and optimized production decisions for building renovation.
Project background
As the world strives to reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere, it strives to improve how buildings are renovated in terms of processes and products over the full renovation trajectory from ideation, over delivery, maintenance and end-of life phase.
A new EU Horizon research project entitled “Renovation with automation and optimization of processes and products” (RENOMIZE), is focused on helping to achieve these through development of,
- decision support tools for optimisation of building site preparations, integration of balconies and overhangs, and for the integration and selection of HVAC and RES technology;
- algorithms to improve process planning using advancements to spatiotemporal planning;
- an improved anchoring system and panel-panel connections, optimised for automized non-sequential mounting, de/re-mounting;
- a self-positioning system and end-effectors thereon to support autonomous anchor and panel placement;
- improved factory automation for cost reduction and quality improvement.
Within this project, the ETH will develop and test the digital spatio-temporal planning platform to achieve a more detailed assessment of disturbance to building occupants (noise, dust-creating activities, interventions in their apartment or commercial/educational space), planning of contractors (such as for indoor finishings, indoor adjustments for ventilation, and partial removals such as for windows), and identification of spaces on the construction site that are rich in biodiversity.
For more information about the position and the application process, please see the original advertisement.
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