Fully Funded PhD or MS Positions in Experimental and Computational Geomechanics South Dakota Mines in United States

South Dakota Mines is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher position in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering in Rapid City, United States . The role supports a newly funded U.S. Department of Energy project focused on advanced sensing and characterization for critical minerals . The postdoc will lead and support research in experimental rock mechanics , block-scale laboratory testing , and the mechanical development of sensing tool prototypes . The work is highly interdisciplinar...

Yichuan Zhu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University, is recruiting one fully funded PhD student for the Laboratory for Sensing, Imaging, and Geomechanics Analysis (SIGMA). The project focuses on the mechanical behavior of geomaterials at the micro- and nano-scales, with research combining laboratory testing, advanced imaging, and computational analysis. This is a strong fit for students interested in geomechanics, geotechnical engineerin...

Doctoral Researcher in Rock Mechanics for Underground Hydrogen Storage and Risk-Based Design at Aalto University (School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering), based at the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland . This PhD position focuses on rock mechanics , underground hydrogen storage , risk-based design , geomechanics, numerical modelling, probabilistic methods, and experimental rock engineering. The project is part of the Research Council of Finland project Safety of High-Pressure Sto...

Ph.D. and M.S. positions in Reservoir Geomechanics are available in the Subsurface Geomechanics Research Group at South Dakota Mines . The group is seeking highly motivated applicants for graduate study in Geological Engineering . The research areas include experimental rock deformation , fracture mechanics , computational geomechanics , AI/ML applications for geo-energy , and the mechanical design and development of subsurface sensing tools . These opportunities are fully funded and include ful...

PhD opportunity at Imperial College London in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering on coastal cliff instability due to extreme weather conditions . The project is supervised by Dr Tiago Gaspar , Prof. Jamie Standing , and Prof. Lidija Zdravković . It focuses on civil engineering , engineering geology , geology , geomechanics , unsaturated soil behaviour , and climate-driven geohazards . Research will investigate the hydromechanical response of unsaturated coastal geomaterials, esp...