Funded PhD Fellowships in Civil Engineering for Climate Adaptation and Energy Sustainability Stony Brook University in United States

Yu Otsuki at the University of California, Irvine is actively recruiting two Postdoctoral Scholars for the Laboratory for Autonomy and Robotics in Construction (LARC) . The research focus is robotics and construction autonomy , especially off-road autonomous driving for construction vehicles , autonomous construction machinery , and multi-fleet coordination . The lab also highlights collaboration with industry partners, access to real-world operational data, and UCI’s new robotics center. Eligib...

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 ...

Applications are open for the 2027–2029 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships in Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, College of Engineering. This is a prestigious 2-year postdoctoral fellowship designed for exceptional early-stage researchers preparing for independent research careers. The program offers a $75,000/year stipend plus a $15,000 research and development allowance, along with primary faculty mentorship, cohort-based leadership training, and professional development focused on r...

Florida International University’s Department of Civil Engineering is seeking applications for two fully funded PhD positions starting in Spring 2027 or Fall 2027 . The research topic is CFD in urban heat modeling and AI , with a focus on modeling heat and wind dynamics in urban environments using OpenFOAM and urban canopy models . This is a strong fit for students interested in computational fluid dynamics , urban environmental research , machine learning/artificial intelligence , and scientifi...

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...