Ph.D. and M.S. Positions in Reservoir Geomechanics at South Dakota Mines South Dakota Mines in United States

Fully funded PhD/MS opportunities in Experimental & Computational Geomechanics at South Dakota Mines. The Subsurface Geomechanics Research Group is advertising 2–3 graduate research assistantships for PhD or MS students in Geological Engineering , with start dates in Spring or Fall 2027 . The research spans experimental rock deformation , fracture mechanics , computational geomechanics , AI/ML for geo-energy , and subsurface sensing tool design . Funding is described as fully funded and includes...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher opportunity at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in the CIMS Lab with Assistant Professor Qizhi He . The project focuses on AI-enabled modeling, simulation, and digital twins for subsurface fracture systems , with applications in geothermal energy , carbon storage , and fractured subsurface reservoirs . Research interests include scientific machine learning , surrogate modeling , generative AI for computational science , differentiable solvers , differentiable physi...

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...

Kshiteej Deshmukh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, has launched the Multiscale and Spatiotemporal Mechanics research group. The group works on computational mechanics , multiscale mechanics , materials science , and related theory-driven research questions about how macroscopic material behavior can be engineered through deliberate microstructure design. The research spans scales from quantum to continuum and consid...