PhD in Distributed Health Monitoring and Autonomous Control of Active Metastructures FEMTO-ST Institute in France

FEMTO-ST Institute in Besançon, France, is advertising a fully funded PhD position within the ANR JCJC project ASAP-E, starting in October/November 2026.

The thesis topic is Distributed Health Monitoring and Autonomous Control of Active Metastructures. The project sits at the intersection of structural health monitoring, multi-agent systems, autonomous control, scientific machine learning, and applied mechanics. The research asks how an active metastructure can detect a component fault, localize it, and recover performance in real time without relying on external maintenance.

The position is hosted at the Department of Applied Mechanics at FEMTO-ST Institute, with supervision/announcement by Rafael Teloli, Associate Professor at SUPMICROTECH-ENSMM and FEMTO-ST. The post is aimed at candidates interested in advanced mechanics, smart structures, control, and data-driven methods for engineering systems.

Funding is stated as fully funded for 3 years, with a gross salary of approximately 2100€/month.

To apply, candidates should email their application and full proposal to [email protected] and use the subject line [ASAP-E PhD Application] — Your Name. A thesis description is linked in the post for more details.

No explicit deadline is mentioned in the post.