PhD Position in REmanufacturing with smart robotics for WIde-scale REdeployment (REWIRE)
About the Project
REWIRE is a 13-partner Horizon Europe funded project consortium which aims to transform European remanufacturing by delivering an integrated, factory-level platform for high-quality, scalable, and circular remanufacturing across sectors. The main objectives of REWIRE are to double the volume of remanufactured products in Europe, lower resource use and emissions, and build new skills and business models in line with EU net-zero and circular economy goals.
The project will achieve this by combining digital, automation, and circular economy technologies. REWIRE integrates circular-by-design methods for modular, repairable products and uses model-based systems engineering, digital twins, and data sharing for real-time, data-driven decisions. Traditional manufacturing is merged with robotics and automation to produce quality products from both new and remanufactured components.
UCD is the project lead for Work Package 2, which focuses on the design, development and deployment in industrial settings of digital twin architectures enabling the integration of circularity principles into product and process design. We are seeking one highly motivated PhD student to join this exciting work package, who has the necessary qualifications and skills in model-based systems engineering, digital twins and process simulation.
The PhD student will be supervised by Associate Professor Vincent Hargaden and co-supervised by Associate Professor Nikolaos Papakostas in the Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics at the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College, Dublin, Ireland.
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