PhD Opportunities in Civil and Structural Engineering at University of West London University of West London in United Kingdom

Florida International University’s Department of Civil Engineering is seeking applications for two fully funded PhD positions starting in Spring 2027 or Fall 2027 . The research topic is CFD in urban heat modeling and AI , with a focus on modeling heat and wind dynamics in urban environments using OpenFOAM and urban canopy models . This is a strong fit for students interested in computational fluid dynamics , urban environmental research , machine learning/artificial intelligence , and scientifi...

PhD Studentship: Development of a Digital Twin for Smart Sustainable Steel Section Production This PhD studentship is based at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom , within the Advanced Steel Research Centre at WMG . The project sits with the Digital Twins team and focuses on building a digital twin for steel section production , combining empirical modelling, finite element analysis, and machine learning to predict microstructural evolution and mechanical properties across the steelm...

Fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham in Offshore Wind Structures , focused on lifecycle damage analysis of offshore wind turbine welded structures. The project sits in the Department of Civil Engineering , School of Engineering, and will use advanced experimental and numerical techniques to study damage mechanisms in ageing offshore wind assets and improve long-term structural integrity. This opportunity is led by Ali Mehmanparast , 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor o...

DTU Construct at the Technical University of Denmark is advertising a Postdoc in Marine Structures in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. The project is part of a recently granted Horizon Europe collaboration and focuses on developing next-generation digital twins for offshore wind infrastructures using physical and data-driven models. The research will strengthen competencies in marine structures , structural health monitoring , finite element analysis , data analytics , and structural reliability . Core tas...

PhD opportunity at the University of Leeds in AI for Structural Engineering , supervised by Professor David Connolly in the School of Civil Engineering . This project sits at the intersection of civil engineering , computer science , machine learning , computer vision , digital twins , physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) , and materials science . Research themes include generative design, structural optimization, predictive health monitoring, automated defect detection, real-time sensor int...