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PhD Scholarship on the Impact of Occupant Behaviour on Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality:

  • Employer
  • University of Galway (NUI Galway)
  • Location
  • Galway (County), Connacht (IE)
  • Salary
  • € 25,000 per annum
  • Closing date
  • 1 Jun 2024
  • Discipline
Engineering
Job Type
PhD Position
Employment - Hours
Full time
Duration
Fixed term
Qualification
Undergraduate
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University of Galway
Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence


Detailed Project Description:

The BEVENT project, funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), is an interdisciplinary research project designed to provide insight into the factors that influence how occupants interact with ventilation systems in energy efficient homes in Ireland.

The objective of the project is to design, implement and evaluate a behavioural intervention programme to improve the level of awareness regarding indoor air quality, and to promote positive engagement with building ventilation systems.


Living allowance (Stipend): € 25,000 per annum, [tax-exempt scholarship award]


University fees:
€ 24,000


Start date:
July 2024


Academic Entry Requirements:

First or Upper Second Class Honours degree and/or Masters level in Science, Engineering, or Psychology discipline or equivalent discipline.


  • Be prepared to work in a multidisciplinary environment. Excellent verbal and written communication (English language) skills. Willingness to develop their skills in statistical analysis. Excellent interpersonal skills. Driver licence.

Contact Name:
Dr. Marie Coggins


Application Deadline:01/06/2024
at 12:00 (Irish time 24hr format)


Primary Supervisor name (if applicable): Dr. Marie Coggins


Company:

NUI Galway is recognized as a research-led University that addresses issues of global economic and societal importance. Our research strategy focuses on developing clusters of internationally recognised expertise in selected priority areas.

We have developed meaningful and strategic research alliances with economic, social and cultural partners in areas of regional and national importance.

This strategy has resulted in the creation of research clusters in themes that are academically challenging, economically viable and regionally and nationally relevant.

We continue to develop our research priorities within the national and international context in addition to supporting emerging and cross cutting priority area development.

Our priority research areas build upon our key strengths and include:


  • Biomedical Science and Engineering
  • Informatics, Data Analytics, Physical and Computational Sciences
  • Environment, Marine and Energy
  • Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy
  • Humanities in Context including Digital Humanities
These priority areas seek to address the challenges and needs of society. Our research leads to life changing discoveries and polices that shape the future both nationally and internationally.

Our vibrant and dynamic community attracts researcher leaders, academics, entrepreneurs and students of the highest calibre who thrive in our research focused environment.

This is embodied though our research commitment, which seeks to:


  • Contribute to Knowledge
  • Create partnerships with Industry
  • Educate Future Leaders
  • Shape the Direction of Public Policy
  • Enable Regional and Cultural Advancement

Biomedical Science and Engineering
Developing innovative research programmes that promote the understanding and treatment of today's major diseases.

The core objective of this priority is to serve the needs of patients through research, to provide a real and measurable return on investment, to enhance regional and national enterprise development and to contribute to society through education and scientific outreach.

Researchers focus on some of the major medical challenges that face the world today including cardiovascular disease, cancer, orthopaedic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.


Informatics, Data Analytics, Physical and Computational Sciences Science


NUI Galway's researchers in informatics use their world-wide network of partners to take part in global standardisation efforts and to improve the way people and businesses communicate and interact.

Research also addresses the problems presented by vast data sets flowing from imaging activities that need significant computing power to reduce, analyse and visualize and further research looks at modelling and simulation, which are integral to almost all physical and biological sciences.


Environment, Marine and Energy


This research area covers environmental change and modelling, atmospheric studies, biodiversity and bioinformatics, marine science and law, and sustainable energy.

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