Scholarship: Competitive stipend, full tuition waiver, and healthcare. Room & board expenses will be covered for research travels (conferences, data collections).
Degree: All levels of study
Subjects: Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering/Management, Computer Science, Industrial and System Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Nationality: International Students
Location: USA
Closing date: No Deadline
Start date: August 15, 2021 or January 15, 2022
Scholarship Description:
In the area of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality in Construction Engineering, PhD positions are available immediately in the Human-Centered Construction (HCC) Lab, in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama. to work on research projects to investigate the use of Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) for Human-centered construction training and analysis.
Eligibility criteria:
To work on research projects to study Human-Centered Visualization in Construction. Specific responsibilities include:
• To work with other PhD students on VR model developments (Unity development; Python, R, JAVA, C#, MATLAB preferred).
• To lead a user requirement study about the emerging visualization technology needs in construction.
• To assist the data analysis.
• To lead and participate in disseminating the results via publications.
Application Procedure:
Please send your CV and a short research statement to Dr. Yangming Shi at [email protected].
