This project is a multidisciplinary research project spanning computing technologies, engineering and the social sciences.
Seeking a motivated PhD student on this multidisciplinary research project to understand evacuation behaviour during bushfires using virtual reality technology.
The PhD student would be funded by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to perform cutting edge research in understanding and predicting evacuation behaviour in bushfire events.
While virtual reality (VR) technology has been used to study how people behave in certain scenarios, including evacuating from a building fire emergency and driving in non-emergency conditions, few studies have used VR technology to examine human behaviour during evacuation from bushfire events.
A student involved in this work will\
The findings from this project will be presented to fire and emergency services agencies in Australia to better plan and prepare for future bushfires and protect residents living in at-risk areas across the country.
One scholarship available.
Standard RMIT PhD enrolment requirements apply, please see entry requirements webpage.
Open now
15 May 2024
Please send CV, cover letter, and academic transcript to erica.kuligowski@rmit.edu.au.
Experience with VR, Unity/Unreal (or comparable 3D programming) is preferred.
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