Civil Engineering (Transport) Newcastle University

Overview

The Civil Engineering (Transport) PhD programme from Newcastle University is a leading centre of transport technology in Europe.

 By pursuing research you'll join a successful research group focussing on:

• transport
• civil engineering

Our mission is to foster, promote and conduct research of international quality. We attract high-quality graduates and researchers and train them to international standards.

Research into transport and civil engineering is done by our Transport Operations Research Group (TORG). TORG is one of the leading centres of transport technology in Europe. We are central to key research in areas such as:

• road user charging and smartcards
• developing both the policy ideas and the underlying technologies

We are running a world-leading trial in electric vehicles and public charging infrastructure in the north east of England. This research is informing:

• policy
• international standards development
• its impact on energy demand and environmental emissions

We have also developed a low-cost wireless sensing technology called Motes. This is being used to:

• track traffic pollution
• help develop strategies to manage traffic demand
• reduce emissions