This EngD project, sponsored by Boeing, offers a unique opportunity to advance productivity in manufacturing through the development of automation and autonomy in computer-aided process planning. Manufacturing process planning involves numerous inter-related decisions, often managed manually and varying significantly between manufacturers. The project aims to streamline these processes by integrating multiple manufacturing data sources, enabling more efficient decision-making and reducing repeti...

A fully funded Ph.D. position is available in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering at Texas Tech University, co-advised by Dr. Nade Liang and Dr. Ningji Wei. The research focuses on the intersection of human factors, operations research, and data analytics, with applications to adaptive and persuasive technologies in complex, multi-agent systems. Students will work on advanced data analytics using high-volume datasets, robust decision models for stochastic environmen...

The Operations Management Research Group at KU Leuven, Belgium, invites applications for a full-time PhD position focused on data-driven methods for integrating human preferences and fairness considerations into scheduling processes. This research project aims to advance scheduling in contexts such as surgery, patient, or staff allocation by leveraging multi-objective optimization and machine learning approaches, with a particular emphasis on analyzing efficiency-fairness trade-offs. The positio...

The PhD position titled 'Advanced On-board Control for Heat Pumps' at KU Leuven offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries in Europe. Industry accounts for a significant portion of EU emissions, with process heating representing the majority of industrial energy use. The ZEnITh (Zero Emissions Industrial Technologies) project, in which this PhD is embedded, aims to develop innovative solutions by combining High Temperature Heat Pumps (HTHP)...

The Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites applications for a doctoral student position focused on technology foresight and digital skills forecasting. This research opportunity centers on forecasting future skill needs in industrial companies undergoing advanced digitalisation, with particular emphasis on AI, automation, and robotics. The project aims to develop and apply quantitative and hybrid forecasting methods to analyze the e...

Texas Tech University’s Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) is inviting applications for a PhD opening co-advised by Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang and Dr. Hamidreza Validi. The research focus is at the intersection of operations research, optimization, machine learning, and probabilistic modeling, with applications to large-scale, real-time systems. Key responsibilities include advanced data analytics on high-volume datasets, formulating robust decision models for s...

The University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering is offering multiple fully funded Ph.D. opportunities in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, starting Fall 2026, Spring 2027, or Fall 2027. These positions are within the Behavioral Machine Learning & Systems Lab, led by incoming Assistant Professor Ekin Uğurel. The lab focuses on developing learning methods for engineered systems where human and AI decision-makers interact, with research topics including incentives, inf...

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is offering two PhD positions in aluminium extrusion and forming, funded through the Centre for Research-based Innovation SFI FAST – Future Aluminium Structures. These positions are part of a major research initiative aimed at advancing knowledge and technology for next-generation aluminium product innovations, with a strong focus on sustainability and the use of recycled aluminiu...

Texas Tech University’s Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) is inviting applications for a PhD position co-advised by Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang and Dr. Hamidreza Validi. The research focus is at the intersection of operations research, optimization, machine learning, and probabilistic modeling, with applications to large-scale, real-time systems. The successful candidate will engage in advanced data analytics on high-volume datasets, develop robust decision mode...