Fully Funded PhD Assistantship in Geometry-Based Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems at Lehigh University Lehigh University in United States

NVIDIA’s Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research (ASPIRE) group is hiring PhD Research Interns to work on cutting-edge research in autonomous systems and Physical AI . The internship spans topics such as reasoning models , generative simulation , agentic AI workflows , and Physical AI safety , with applications to autonomous vehicles and broader Physical AI systems. This opportunity is hosted by NVIDIA and associated with the ASPIRE research group. The post does not specify stipend, tuition,...

Spring 2027 PhD openings in trustworthy aerospace autonomy at Oklahoma State University–Tulsa. Boris Benedikter (Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering) is recruiting multiple fully funded PhD students to join a new research group in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. The group works at the intersection of optimal control , machine learning , and autonomous aerospace systems . Research themes include optimal and uncertainty-aware guidance and c...

Assistant Professor Shivam Bajaj at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is looking for highly motivated Ph.D. and M.S. students to join his research group. The research area is at the intersection of controls and multi-agent reinforcement learning , with related interests in control systems , reinforcement learning , and game theory . Preferred backgrounds include aerospace engineering , electrical and computer engineering , mechanical engineering , or related fields. Prior research experience ...

Peng Edward Wang at Case Western Reserve University is looking for a new PhD student to join an NSF-funded project on Anticipatory Robotics: World Model and Generative Planning for Safe, Human-Aligned Autonomy . The research focuses on robotic welding , including developing a welding-specific foundation model to predict welding state evolution under candidate task conditions and torch manipulation, and to optimize and plan safe robotic actions for consistent welding quality. The project also aim...

Penn Engineering / xLab at the University of Pennsylvania is advertising two fully funded openings : a PhD student position and a postdoc position. The lab works on embedded AI and cyber-physical systems , with research spanning: • learning-to-optimize and sampling-based MPC for mixed-integer and industrial constraints • multi-agent teams with STL mission specifications, including cooperation and competition • an AI coaching game for teaching difficult physical skills without over-helping • phys...