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Our PhD program seeks to improve the education of engineers through research, project-based learning paradigms and integrated design principles. Through our collaboration with the School of Education and other discipline-based education research groups at CU Boulder, our flexible curriculum blends technical expertise with education outcomes. 

The program is designed for students with a background in engineering. As a candidate you can expect to: 

• Conduct and direct research in engineering education. 
• Develop, review and critique research designs that study engineering education. 
• Learn to effectively teach engineering subjects.
• Design and assess engineering courses. 
• Address critical issues facing engineering education. 

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The 60-credit-hour program includes: 

• Graduate level technical courses in engineering subjects or computer science (9 credits)
• Education-related courses (12 credits)
• Flexible credits toward either technical courses or education (9 credits)
• Dissertation hours (30 credits) 

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• Unofficial transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended can be provided in the application
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Dr Gabriel Barros dos Santos

BEng MSc PhD DIC SFHEA

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Dr Gabriel Barros dos Santos is Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire. His research interests are on the investigation of structural behaviour of steel and composite structures and its components through experiments, numerical modelling and probabilistic assessments aiming for efficient, reliable and sustainable structural design guidance. He has academic partnerships with BRE Trust and the Royal Academy of Engineering . He actively participates in standardization committees and is an active reviewer for high impact academic journals and for UK research funding agencies. He is interested in collaborating with industry and society in general through specialized advisory works and/or contributing to the design and product development of innovative and sustainable structural engineering solutions.

He leads several undergraduate (BEng) and postgraduate (MEng/MSc) modules in structural analysis and design including Structural Design for Fire Safety (MSc) and Design of Steel and Composite Structures (MSc). Gabriel is external examiner for UK Universities and academic franchises abroad. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Prior to join Hertfordshire, Gabriel developed new design recommendations for stainless steel members under concentrated transverse loading. These recommendations, which are considered in the next revision of the European Standards, were validated against extensive structural member tests, comprehensive parametric finite element analyses and reliability assessments.

Prior to academia, Gabriel acquired industry experience as structural engineer in the design of offshore structures such as modules of FPSO’s (Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels), particularly the analysis and design for transport, load-out, lifting and fatigue loading scenarios. Gabriel has been awarded “Highly Commended Graduate Teaching Assistant” at Civil Engineering department at Imperial College.

Gabriel is currently accepting PhD applications aligned with his research interests. If you are interested, please send me:

- a copy of your CV with a transcript of your grades,

- a short paragraph explaining your area of interest, why it is relevant to your current skill set and why you would like to work on this topic and,

- a description of the funding you hold or can apply to.

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Structural Engineering, PhD, Imperial College London

Award Date: 1 Aug 2019

Materials and Structures, MSc, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ)

Award Date: 25 Mar 2015

Civil Engineering, BEng, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Award Date: 28 Sept 2011

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• Stainless steel Engineering & Materials Science 100%
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• Fabrication Engineering & Materials Science 28%
• Friction Engineering & Materials Science 26%
• Welding shops Engineering & Materials Science 25%
• Numerical analysis Engineering & Materials Science 24%

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VP RAEng: Digital technologies and net-zero design and construction in the built environment

Barros dos Santos, G. & Roberts, J. T.

1/09/22 → 31/07/25

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• built environment 100%
• engineering 42%

Research output

• 4 Conference contribution
• 2 Conference article

Research output per year

Simplified and advanced design models for stainless steel members under concentrated transverse loading.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

• Stainless steel 100%
• Flanges 39%
• Buckling 11%
• Statistical methods 10%
• Plastics 9%

Design recommendations for stainless steel I-sections under concentrated transverse loading

Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Reliability analysis 58%

Testing and numerical analysis of stainless steel I-sections under concentrated end-one-flange loading

• Shortening 100%
• Flanges 91%
• Stainless steel 77%
• Numerical analysis 77%
• Resistance 56%

Experimental and numerical study of stainless steel I-sections under concentrated internal one-flange and internal two-flange loading

• Flanges 100%
• Stainless steel 84%
• Bending moments 33%
• Failure modes 28%
• Welding 26%

A method for the numerical derivation of plastic collapse loads

• Plastics 100%
• Nonlinear analysis 50%
• Steel construction 25%
• Extrapolation 24%
• Numerical methods 20%

University of Hertfordshire’s new, £100m, state-of-the-art, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science opens

The University of Hertfordshire’s new state-of-the-art, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science – known as Spectra – has opened to students and staff this week.

Bringing together the University’s physics, engineering and computer science departments, facilities, equipment and knowledge into one place for the first time, the £100m, five-storey building is the largest structure on the University’s College Lane campus following six years of building work.

Kitted out with some of the highest spec equipment available, new facilities include two dedicated physics laboratories; two isolated cyber systems rooms that allow cyber security students to test themselves against cyber-attack; a £2m suite of wind tunnels; a strong floor to help test material strength; new robotics labs and a robot football pitch for developing and testing autonomous robot behaviour; flight simulators that can land in any airport across the world have also been installed, alongside a welding bay and controls testing suite, plus two Caterham lightweight sports cars and a Tesla for use in autonomous vehicle design.

Professor Daniel McCluskey, Dean of Spectra at the University of Hertfordshire, said:

“Spectra has been deliberately designed to provide students with an environment that mirrors the working environments in their future careers. This is to ensure we deliver on the University of Hertfordshire’s mission to provide the highest quality, career-focused education that hugely enhances career prospects and ensures our students graduate both work-ready and able to make an impact in real-world settings.”

The increased range of research, education and training made possible by Spectra will help address crucial skills gaps within the STEM sector – with 35% of UK firms reportedly having difficulties recruiting staff with skills in STEM. It will also advance the University’s capacity to partner with local, regional and national aerospace, engineering, bioscience and other STEM companies to support their needs, and together develop economically viable research and products.

The design of the building, which has been developed to ensure all research and teaching areas are visible throughout, is intended to ensure students and researchers are always aware of what each other are doing. Communal workshops on each floor will allow staff and students from different subjects to collaborate more efficiently together.

“We are confident that the cross-thinking encouraged by Spectra will lead to an increase in postgraduate research and raise the University’s international reputation,” added Professor McCluskey.

University of Hertfordshire’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Quintin McKellar, said:

“The core of Herts’ ethos is providing a career-focused education that meets real-world challenges. Spectra will not only bridge crucial skills gaps and generate growth, but it will produce students who are work ready, fit for the high-tech, net zero economy of the future and able to contribute to society in a positive way. This will not only benefit their own prospects and success, but also that of the wider nation’s growth, progress and development.

“Spectra will be an incredible, cutting-edge facility for our academics to progress ground breaking research and to teach in fantastic facilities. It will also encourage businesses to come and research, develop and test their latest innovations.

“To see this incredible building come to fruition, and to be able to provide such an epic learning and training environment for the benefit of so many is truly a privilege. I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard to get us to where we are today, and I can’t wait to see all the great work to come from our new home for Physics, Engineering and Computer Science.”

Herts has been ranked first for overall student positivity, for the second year running, among universities in the east of England.

Find out more about Spectra.