PhD Opening | Architecture, Civil Engineering, Data Science | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Dr. Shuva Chowdhury

Funded Masters and PhD opportunities in the convergence field of Architecture, Digital Twin and Digital Fabrication at NCAT.
The research topics mostly look at the alternatives to develop design thinking based strategies using advanced computational tools and methods towards dealing issues like climate change, affordable housing, re-materializing construction in the context of architectural and urban design.

Research Area

The research can align with any specific topic or on any convergence one:

  1. Metaverse in Co-Design (in the context of architecture or urban design).
  2. Urban Analytic and User-Feedback Interface
  3. Cyber-Human Interaction in Robotic Construction at Affordable Housing Context
  4. Developing Digital Twin Modelling Pipeline as AEC Applications
  5. Measuring Cognitive Load in Virtual and Human Spatial Remote Design Collaboration
  6. Computational Design Thinking Process on Sustainable Design and Construction
  7. Mixed-Reality Application on Data Visualization and Decision Making on Net
    Zero Housing Design and Retrofitting.
  8. Using Machine Learning or Al through Digital Twin Model on Off-site Housing Construction/Production
  9. Digital Twin and Metaverse Education in Cleantech Based Architectural Design
  10. GeoAl and Immersive Visualization Towards Participatory Decision-Making

Qualifications

The potential applicants ideally should have architecture or closely related background or willing to investigate in architectural technology research, and should have understanding or would be better to have competency on software like Grasshopper, Unity, Unreal Engine and coding skills in C# and Python.

Contact

For Masters you need to enroll through the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Department in their Masters program and for PhD in the department of Computational Data Science and Engineering.
The applicants should need to provide GRE to get accepted in the program.
Please send CV to schowdhury@ncat.edu to set up a primary interview.