Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science and Mechanics - Smart Cities

The amount of data generated around the world has exploded. It’s available in volume and quality unmatched in human history. And this is just the beginning: the digital universe is growing at an exponential rate.Our civil and environmental engineers are working to harness the potential of data with novel data collection techniques — from wireless sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles — while also creating new ways to process, analyze, visualize and use that information.Take, for example, our urban infrastructure, which is among the most complex systems in the world. It mixes the various man-made systems (transportation, water, power and telecommunications) with natural systems (oceans, air, forests) as well as the social systems that enable our societies to function (everything from schools and the economy to the justice system and healthcare). Modeling these “systems-of-systems” will require managing data at an unprecedented scale.