Doctoral School events program within Construct Fest 2024
Dear PhD students,
Dear master students,
Dear PhD supervisors,
we invite you on Tuesday, April 16, starting at 16:00, to Construct Fest together with the Doctoral School, in the auditorium I.2 FCCIA.
Societal challenges for the built environment: integrating sustainability and smart technologies
16:00 – 17:00 Round table with representatives of market players to highlight the importance of research topics anchored in societal needs and current issues of the built environment, in order to develop doctoral research in cooperation with the economic environment to respond to the current challenges and requirements of industry.
Moderators: Prof. Loretta Batali, Prof. Ilinca Năstase
17:00 – 17:30 PhD studies at UTCB: development opportunities, challenges, mobilities and other information for current and future PhD students
- Presentation of PhD Studies at UTCB – Prof. Loretta Batali
- EU-CONEXUS opportunities – Anca Margineanu – EU-CONEXUS UTCB coordinator, Adriana Sumanaru – PDSO EU-CONEXUS
- Testimonials of UTCB PhD students and former PhD students
17:40 – 19:30 Micro-hackathon – Smart solutions applied to the urban built environment centered on user needs
We want to form 4-5 teams of 4 members each (2 PhD + 2 MSc) – first come, first served. Registrations should be made individually at ionut-bogdan.gheorghe@phd.utcb.ro and teams will be formed later.
Facilitators: drd. Bogdan Gheorghe and drd. Anca Ene, dr. Anca – Patricia Grădinaru.
A peer-to-peer mentoring exercise in which doctoral and master students are invited to form mixed teams (doctoral and master students) from different fields to foster the interdisciplinary exchange of innovative ideas and solutions. The winning team will benefit from a short-term mobility within the EU-CONEXUS alliance.
At the end of the hackathon, each team will present their proposed solution in a short pitch in front of a jury of experts and stakeholders.
The event is part of a series of actions organized by the Doctoral School of UTCB aiming, on the one hand, the introduction and gradual transition to a ” Challenge-based learning ” concept at UTCB doctoral studies, and, on the other hand, a better cooperation with the economic environment.
We invite you to be part of this initiative, to contribute ideas and to work together for a more sustainable and innovative future in construction!