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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...

The Hydrological Extremes Lab at Oklahoma State University is seeking a student for a funded Graduate Research Assistantship starting Fall 2026 . This opportunity is for an M.S. or Ph.D. student interested in flood modeling and management , with research themes including flood characterization , hydrological modeling , flood risk assessment and management , hydrological extremes , and flood hazard research . The post indicates funding through a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) . No addition...

Texas A&M University’s Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Galveston, Texas, United States . The role focuses on disaster resilience , coastal engineering , hydrodynamic and morphodynamic coastal processes , and flood risk reduction , with collaboration across the Department of Ocean Engineering and related research efforts. The successful candidate will contribute to research on planned storm surge suppression systems along the U.S. Gul...

Postdoctoral opportunity at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Schmitt Lab for River System Science and Sustainability (RS3). The project is a postdoctoral scholar position focused on global modeling of riverine sediment connectivity and how human activities have altered sediment transport between sources and sinks since 1950. Relevant backgrounds include fluvial geomorphology , hydrologic modeling , and water resources engineering , with a strong interest in sediment transport m...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in Climate Resilience of Infrastructure to Rainfall (PGR-P-1395), supervised by Professor David Connolly in the School of Civil Engineering . This project focuses on how climate change-driven rainfall affects transport, geotechnical, and structural infrastructure. Research themes include rainfall-induced slope collapse, geotechnical instability, soil shrink-swell cycles, water ponding on roofs and bridge decks, structural overloading, drainage, and adap...