Engineering and The Built Environment PhD

London South Bank University

Overview LSBU is the top modern university in London for world-leading and internationally excellent research in General Engineering, which includes The Built Environment and Architecture research - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. The wide range of research activities in our School, together with the mix of academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows and visiting professors, allows us to offer a stimulating and diverse environment. Research themes Research in the area of engineering and the built environment is carried out by specialist centres. Most academic staff belong to one or more of these and research students can expect to join a small team working on particular problems. Research themes include: Efficient and Renewable Energy in Building Research areas where we are able to offer supervision include: Passive low energy design and building physics, climate change impact and adaptation of existing buildings Building services, energy efficient and renewable energy technologies Refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, cooling, and energy storage technologies Electrical building services including lighting, power and control Environmental and architectural acoustics Life cycle assessment, maintenance and asset management. Structural engineering, structural analysis and simulation, Transport engineering etc

School of Architecture and Planning