PhD in Multi-scale Modelling and Experimental Assessment of Volumetrically Prestressed Concrete ETH Zürich in Switzerland

Empa in Switzerland is advertising a fully funded PhD position in multi-scale modelling and experimental assessment of volumetrically prestressed concrete . The project is part of the EU Horizon research and innovation initiative SURPASS (Smart and Sustainable Resilient Performance-based Cementitious Composites for Adaptive Strengthening and Repair System), which focuses on adaptive strengthening and repair strategies for ageing infrastructure in aggressive environments. The PhD will work on str...

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 ...

Washington State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Structural Engineering based on the main campus in Pullman, Washington, United States . The position sits in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and will work in the research group of Professor Hyeyoung Koh . The project focuses on steel structures , with experimental and computational investigations of structural behavior, including the thermomechanical and seismic behavior of cold-formed steel stru...

Empa and ETH Zürich are advertising a fully funded PhD position in the SURPASS EU Horizon Europe project, focused on multi-scale modelling and experimental assessment of volumetrically prestressed concrete . The research combines finite element modelling (FEM) , large-scale experimental testing , shape memory alloys , and 3D concrete printing to advance sustainable infrastructure . The position is based in Dübendorf / Zurich, Switzerland and runs for 48 months . Supervision is listed under Prof....

ETH Zürich is advertising a doctoral position in contact mechanics of architected interfaces within the Professorship of Solid Mechanics (SMEC) at the Institute for Building Materials . The project sits at the intersection of solid mechanics, interface mechanics, computational modeling, and multiscale contact mechanics, with a strong focus on understanding how local contact interactions in architected materials determine macroscopic interface response. The research aims to develop physics-based ...