EMPA (European Master of Public Administration Consortium) is a network of European schools, that offer master programs in public administration.
Thermal environment management due to global warming, particularly heat stress, is growing in importance and poses a substantial risk to workers and general population worldwide. Therefore, detecting conditions resulting in heat stress is essential to become aware of the problem and take early mitigation measures to help prevent heat-related illness and maintain productivity. Thermal manikins or individual monitoring solutions coupled with sophisticated virtual models offer tools to predict human response in advance and recommend efficient mitigation measures before occurrence of the risk. In addition, validated dedicated models can serve as optimization tools for work environment, work organization, and protective clothing and equipment.
To develop such models – so-called digital twins – the suite of relevant models needs to be selected, validated and possibly improved and combined with relevant input data from manikins or individual body monitoring. The objective of the PhD project is (1) to develop a general methodology for creating digital twins for different aspects of exposure to heat (e.g., productivity, thermal comfort, health impact), (2) combining the models with thermal manikins and individual body monitoring applications, and validate the solution using manikin and human data.
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Administration. A project duration of 3 years is envisaged to carry out the above research tasks in the form of a PhD project. The candidate will perform his/her research at Empa in St.Gallen and will get the PhD degree from ETHZ (Department of Health Science and Technology). The desired starting date is 1st of April 2022 or upon mutual agreement.
28-02-2024
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