PhD in Sustainable Construction Materials at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (FPU 2026) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain

🔬 PhD opportunities at IETcc-CSIC for 2027 entry in Madrid, Spain. Dr Maria Criado and Yibing Zuo are inviting prospective PhD students to join research at the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The project area is sustainable construction materials, with a strong focus on low-carbon binders made from industrial and other solid mineral wastes. Research themes include waste-derived alkali-activated materials and geopo...

Colorado School of Mines is hiring Postdoctoral Fellows focused on sustainable construction materials derived from mine tailings and residual materials from critical mineral recovery . The research includes three main tracks: SCMs and concrete , lightweight aggregates and concrete , and geopolymer bricks . The post is especially relevant for researchers with backgrounds in cementitious materials , concrete durability , alternative binders , ceramics , industrial byproducts , mine tailings , and ...

University of Windsor, Canada: the Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainable Materials (RISM) Lab in the Faculty of Engineering is advertising MSc and PhD graduate student openings for Winter 2027 and Summer 2027. The research focus is highly interdisciplinary and centers on civil engineering , materials science , and environmental engineering . Topics include low-carbon and sustainable cementitious materials, recycled aggregates, circular materials, supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), a...

PhD opportunity at RMIT University on Electrochemical Recycling of Permanent Magnets for Sustainable Energy Materials . This project sits within an active Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Project and focuses on recovering critical rare-earth elements , supporting circular-economy approaches, and strengthening resilient clean-energy supply chains. The research is highly relevant to Materials Science , Chemistry , Chemical Engineering , and Environmental Science , with opportunities ...

The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) is recruiting a tenure-track fixed-term researcher for work on sustainable waste management systems , with a strong focus on radioactive cesium , final disposal , landfill disposal , and technologies for reducing the burden of future disposal. The position is based in the Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, with possible relocation to Tsukuba or Otsu depending on institutional needs. The research...