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Civil Engineering: Modern methods of construction

This project investigates the adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC) in high-rise buildings using a questionnaire-based approach.

Civil Engineering: BIM effects on delays and cost overruns

This project assesses the use of BIM to avoid cost and time overruns in building projects using a questionnaire-based approach.

Civil Engineering: Construction materials circularity in transport infrastructure

This project identifies pathways and potential strategies for incorporating Circular Economy in the management of concrete used in the transport infrastructure sector.

Civil Engineering: Risk management in the construction sector

This project assesses risk management practices, benefits, and barriers in the construction industry.

Civil Engineering: Lean Management

This project assesses lean management practices, benefits and barriers in the construction industry.

Civil Engineering: Health and safety management technologies

This project assesses health and safety management technologies in the construction industry.

Civil Engineering: Fly Ash as Supplementary Cementitious Material

This project evaluates the effect of FA on the concrete’s properties by conducting workability and compressive strength experiments.

Chem-Newcastle: Net Zero strategies in textile and fashion industry project.

The project tasks students with analyzing the environmental impacts of the fashion supply chain, including water use, chemical pollution, CO₂ emissions, and textile waste. It also involves developing and evaluating net-zero strategies through a techno-economic analysis, focusing on both pure-fibre (e.g., cotton, wool) and mixed-fibre textiles.

Chem-Newcastle: LCA in the UK chemical processing industry project.

This project involves conducting a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of an existing commercial batch chemical process (confidential) and its proposed continuous counterpart, assessing the effectiveness of the continuous design in achieving decarbonization objectives.

Chem-New Castle: Thermoplastic recycling policy (for the country of your choice) evidenced using mapping of thermoplastic recycling capabilities project.

This project focuses on evaluating the current state of thermoplastic recycling, identifying challenges in recovery processes, and proposing actionable policies for governments to enhance recycling efficiency.

Chem-New Castle: Techno-economic analysis of membrane systems as air-source CO2 concentrators project.

The project will be carried out by up to two students, each focusing on one class of membrane system. Aspen Plus will be used to model and simulate the performance of these systems, supporting the techno-economic evaluation.

Chem-New Castle: Permeability of common gases in plastic tubings project.

The project aims to quantify the variation in gas permeability across different batches of the same tubing product. MS Excel will be used to organize and analyse the experimental data, enabling efficient comparison of permeability values and identifying batch-to-batch variations.