Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students, International Students |
Funding amount: | £19,237 - please see advert |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 26th March 2024 |
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Closes: | 17th May 2024 |
Reference: | ENG137 |
Award Summary
100% fees covered for all students. A minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate) is also available for Home students only.
Overview
The maritime container sector is the backbone of the world trade and covers the worldwide carriage of some 80 percent of all goods. This has been realised by the changes to ship design and construction including the changes associated with container securing systems. However, these changes have made the container stacks vulnerable to nonlinearities, which the majority of the recent container loss incidents are ascribed to.
Current stack assessment models must be fast and stable enough to compute the results of hundreds of container stacks with various loading configurations and securing arrangements within a reasonable time. However, they disregard transient and some nonlinear effects. Consequently, the safe transport of containerised cargoes is essentially suffering from the comprise between accuracy and practicability. Artificial Intelligence can be used to mitigate this compromise.
The project compromises three steps:
The ultimate objective is to generate an AI-solver for practical applications in container securing and stowage contexts such as onboard container ships.
The project will be co-supervised with Lloyd’s Register and involves Autonomy, Clean Maritime, and Digitalisation. It is of the utmost importance from practical and safe maritime transportation standpoints.
Number of awards: 1
Start date: 16th September 2024
Award duration: Fees for the full three years of the PhD and living allowance for up to four years.
Sponsor
A funded PhD studentship is available supported by the Doctoral Programme for Zero Emission Marine Technology. The studentship is supported by the Willis Endowment Fund, MarRIUK and Lloyd’s Register.
Supervisors: Dr Ben Wetenhall
Eligibility criteria
Applicants should have a minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours degree in an Engineering subject, Physics or Applied Mathematics with a good understanding of dynamics and/or structures.
Applicants whose first language is not English require an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills.
International applicants may require an ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate prior to obtaining their visa and to study on this programme.
How to apply
You must apply through the University’s Apply to Newcastle Portal
Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’.
Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study:
You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section:
Contact details
For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Ben Wetenhall ben.wetenhall@newcastle.ac.uk or Dr. Simon Benson simon.benson@newcastle.ac.uk
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