**Job Description**
The Digital Building Technologies (DBT) Section at DTU Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department is seeking an ambitious and motivated PhD student for a three-year project. This PhD project emphasizes the development and testing of next-generation serious gaming approaches focusing on construction safety, health, well-being, or emergency response applications. The project aims to develop a field-realistic Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) prototype for education and training, incorporating Digital Twin Construction data, multimodal tools, and real-time agent-based simulation. Utilizing smart serious gaming, novel artificial intelligence will forecast human behavior and provide personalized learning for improved decision-making. This scholarship is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ‘NATECH Risk management and Resilience of High-TECH industries and Critical infrastructures across EUrope’ (REUNATECH), focusing on tackling challenges related to cascading hazards and NaTech events.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Excellent background in the design, creation, and testing of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), serious gaming, agent-based simulation, knowledge of relevant research methodologies and practical experience with adequate state-of-the-art tools
• Very strong skills in coding (e.g., Python, C#, C++) and demonstration in the development of serious games (e.g., Unity, Unreal) is required, ideally for pedagogical use
• Solid background or interest in emergency response, construction safety, health and well-being (PtD/P, HECA, pro-active real-time safety technology), and lean construction methods (e.g., TPTC, LPS, LBS)
• Familiarity and experience with building and infrastructure construction sector projects (e.g., capital facilities, industrial, commercial, education, road, railway and/or maritime or offshore) are helpful
• Construction engineering and project management knowledge and skills are advantageous
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills, with a solid foundation in computational engineering
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in planning and executing computational and experimental research incl. studies on user experience, usability, and net promoter scoring
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities, with a commitment to contributing to interdisciplinary research and collaborative projects
• Self-motivated to publish results in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings
• Willingness to join multi-national secondments
• Fluent in written and spoken English
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Civil or Mechanical Engineering
• Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Autonomous Systems, Computer Science, Medical Engineering, and Human Psychology
**Experience**
Other:
• Familiarity and experience with building and infrastructure construction sector projects
• Construction engineering and project management knowledge and skills are advantageous
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