Ph.D. Research Projects - Scholarships funded by PNRR - MD 630/2024
Information models for interoperability and decision-making tools
The aim of this PhD project is the development of BIM-based technologies to improve the interoperability of models and automate the processes of analysis and management of building structures with respect to various engineering perspectives (structural, seismic, conservation, energy, etc.). Activities will also focus on advancing informed decision-making tools to support the tasks of identification, prioritization, and management of building inventories through the automation and optimization of data collection, management, and analysis. The work will support digitalization, innovation and competitiveness of enterprises, in agreement with M1C2 and M4C2 of NRRP. ITS offers civil engineering services with a multidisciplinary approach, covering all stages of knowledge, analysis, and design of buildings and infrastructures. ITS will promote the practical application of research outcomes, their dissemination in line with “Open science” principles, and the sustainable development of the construction sector.
(Proposer: Prof. Francesca da Porto)
Technological innovation for safety enhancement of RC buildings
M2C3.2 of NRRP fosters energy efficiency and seismic safety enhancement of the existing built heritage, in the framework of a concurrent updating of European and National standards. This PhD project will tackle intensive modelling and analysis activities, and potentially integrate experimental tests, to define advanced design and verification methods, particularly in the case of a very common built typology, i.e. RC frame buildings with infill masonry walls. The final aim is to provide professionals with easy and effective tools, to meet the new sustainability and safety construction requirements. Consorzio POROTON® Italia is a consortium grouping all the main brick manufacturers in Italy, and directly supervises standardization developments, dealing with innovation in construction systems. It will certainly foster the exploitation of research results in the industrial, regulatory, and scientific fields, supporting technology and scientific transfer according to "Open science" principles, and to increase of competitiveness of the construction sector, in agreement with M4C2 of NRRP.
(Proposer: Dott. Marco Donà)
Spacebourne water resources mapping
The project aims to stream the spaceborne mapping of rivers and lakes from national to global scales fusing multiple satellite datasets: Sentinel 2 (S2), Landsat to explore the past decades, and Planet and Iride (yet to come). The projects will develop and test classifiers based on CNN, and will also focus on developing and providing data analysis tools to translate the mapping of freshwater ecosystems into dynamic indicators of rivers geomorphic trajectories, lakes’ water availability, drought indices, and e.g., ecosystem status. This PhD will be confounded by SofWater, a company partner in a PNNR funded project with ESA with the aim to provide the first river morphological mapping at national scale in Italy based on S2. The period abroad of the PhD candidate will be with Dott Carbonneau at the Department of Geosciences at Durham University. Dott. Carbonneau is author of the CNN algorithms we are developing on this topic over the last years.
(Proposer: Prof. Simone Bizzi)
How to apply
https://www.unipd.it/dottorato/borse-dottorato-dm-6302024 (Italian language)
https://www.unipd.it/en/phd-md-630-2024 (English version)