Funded PhD Opportunities in Transportation Engineering, AI/ML, and Transportation Safety at UNC Charlotte University of North Carolina at Charlotte in United States

Multiple PhD and postdoctoral openings are available at the Yang Lab , Johns Hopkins University , in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE) and the Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) . The research focus is GenAI + Transportation , including customizing foundation models , AI for decision-making , and computational methods for traffic safety , transportation planning , and transportation operations . This is a strong fit for students and researchers interested in computer scien...

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...

PhD opportunity in Remote Sensing & Hydrology at Kansas State University Associate Professor Song Shu at Kansas State University is recruiting 1–2 highly motivated PhD students to join the School of Earth & Environment, with a planned start in Fall 2027. The research group works on surface water hydrology, water resources, and water storage dynamics using satellite and UAV/drone remote sensing, GIS, AI, and advanced computational methods. Potential topics include lake and river hydrology, water-...

Postdoctoral Researcher position in Agentic AI at the University of Nevada, Reno , in the MAGI Lab (Methods for AI and Geometric Intelligence) . The role focuses on building trustworthy AI systems for complex scientific and engineering decision-making, with emphasis on agentic AI workflows , RAG , LLM document understanding , knowledge graphs , human-in-the-loop methods, and evaluation/trustworthiness . This is a funded postdoctoral opening supported by the GENESIS MISSION from the U.S. Departme...

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is advertising two fully funded PhD positions for Spring or Fall 2027 in the Adaptive Urban Resilience and AI (AURA) research environment. The project sits at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence , GIS , climate resilience , infrastructure , and sustainable urban systems . Research themes include AI agents and human-centered computational modeling , urban and infrastructure resilience , and building and energy resilience . Ideal applicants come from...