EngD in Image-Based Damage Detection in Paintings

The Smart Buildings & Cities EngD program wants to contribute to the transition towards smart, intelligent, and sustainable cities where the quality of life for residents is high and cultural assets are preserved for future generations. This transition requires new solutions which can only be created through multiscale and transdisciplinary approaches.
The program consists of two main parts running in parallel:

One part of the program consists of post-graduate level education in the form of generic design projects and courses on design methods, entrepreneurship, and management, with special attention to the development of professional skills. The education part also includes technical courses on topics relevant to SBCs, as well as courses tailored to the specific topic of the individual project, such as image processing, data science, and software development.

The other part of the program is dedicated to an individual design project in collaboration with a company or with a consortium of companies and organizations, who work together on a subsidies project. It is the trainee’s main responsibility to manage and execute (own part of) the project. Each trainee is supported by an advisor from the company and a supervisor from the university.