PhD Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society has an inherently strong research culture with research students making a highly valued contribution to School’s overall research profile.

The School is divided into three research institutes:

• Institute for Infrastructure and Environment
• Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design
• Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research

Our research in Dubai is evolving, as is reflected by the PhD programmes we offer. Research students are presented with exciting opportunities to work in areas relevant to the academic community, research users and employers in the UAE and the Gulf region.

The School’s portfolio of multidisciplinary research makes it an attractive destination for those seeking postgraduate research opportunities of direct relevance to the solving of real world problems in Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society.

Accreditation

The Dubai Campus is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and fully licensed to teach its degrees in Dubai. All graduates receive a British degree that is accredited by Royal Charter in the UK.

Heriot Watt is a well recognised university for its achievements in engineering and sustainability. I have also been invited to teach in EGIS and have been privileged to teach UG and Master’s courses across Architectural Design, Project Management, and Architectural Engineering.

Dima Al Kawadri, PhD Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research

PhD studies can be provided in the following thematic areas:

Architectural Engineering

• Building Energy Performance
• Dynamic Facades for Buildings
• Building Scale Alternative Energy Systems
• Building Stock Characterisation, Energy Performance and Intervention Studies
• Innovations in Passive Cooling Strategies or Technologies
• Building Scale Fuel Cells and other Hydrogen Based Energy Systems
• Application and Development of Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics to Building Performance Problems
• Investigations into Building Services Systems as applied in the hot arid climate of the UAE and GCC region
• Building Energy Use Behaviour Studies
• Persuasive Technologies
• Building Integrated Energy Harvesting Technologies

Construction and Facilities Management

• Establishing criteria for evaluating contractors sustainability in construction
• Performance measurement and management for facilities management companies
• Quality risk management application in construction projects
• Evaluation of Health and Safety management system in oil and construction projects
• Evaluation of Environmental management systems for production of construction materials
• Carbon emission management in building construction projects
• Building Information Management
• Passive house technology applications in Qatar
• Life cycle costing analysis
• Knowledge management
• Sustainability in the built environment

Civil Engineering

• Transportation Engineering (Dr. Olisanwendu Ogwuda)
• Water & Environmental Engineering (Dr. Rabee Rustum & Professor Wael Mualla)
• Structural Engineering (Dr. Mustafa Batikha)
• Materials (Dr. Olisanwendu Ogwuda)
• Sustainability in Civil Engineering (Dr. Rabee Rustum)