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Two fully funded PhD positions are available at The Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Architectural Engineering . The openings are with Dr. Botong Zheng and focus on experimental materials and experimental structures . Research directions include developing, fabricating, and testing advanced materials; studying how material properties and processing affect mechanical performance; and designing and running structural experiments with instrume...

Fully funded PhD opportunities are available in Geomechanics and Geotechnics at Northeastern University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The research group of Dr. Enrique M. del Castillo is seeking highly motivated PhD students to begin in Fall 2027 , with a possible earlier start in Spring 2027 . The project involves state-of-the-art research in geomechanics and geotechnics using both computational and experimental techniques. Funding is described as fully supported , i...

Fully funded PhD position at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering with Dr. Chenzhi Ma . The project sits at the intersection of structural fire engineering , multi-hazard resilience , and AI-enhanced risk analysis . Research topics include structures and advanced materials in fire, wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire risk , community-scale risk assessment, probabilistic loss analysis, and life-cycle analysis. Applicants should have a BS or MS ...

Penn State University is advertising two fully funded PhD opportunities in structural engineering , with a research focus on timber structures , mass timber structural systems , and the development of new wood products . The positions are based in Tyler Hull’s lab at Penn State and involve a mix of experimental testing , numerical simulations , and the design of wood structural systems . This is a strong fit for students interested in civil/structural engineering, timber engineering, wood scienc...

Postdoc opportunity in wildfire resilience at the University at Buffalo A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. The project focuses on wildfire resilience, with emphasis on wildfire and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire modeling, fire spread and exposure, structural and community vulnerability, and wildfire risk reduction. The postdoc will join a research group led by Negar Khorasa...