PhD Opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering for Offshore Wind Foundations (BITS–RMIT Joint PhD Program) BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus in India

Funded PhD project at Abertay University in collaboration with the University of Dundee on the thermomechanical behaviour of energy piles under complex loading conditions . The project sits at the intersection of civil engineering , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , and shallow geothermal energy , with a strong focus on energy geostructures , ground source heat pumps , and low-carbon heating for net-zero infrastructure. The research aims to understand and measure the thermomecha...

PhD opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Regina for Fall 2027 intake . The opening is centered on research in unsaturated soils and mine tailing , with topic options including advanced laboratory testing of unsaturated soils , advanced numerical modeling of unsaturated soils , and characterization and improvement of mine tailing . This is a student-oriented research opening for applicants interested in civil/geotechnical engineering and related earth and environmental top...

PhD opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela within the Renewable Energy and Geomechanics Applications Lab (REGAL) . The advertised research themes span a broad set of civil, geomechanics, and sustainability topics, including: • Scour-resilient coastal and riverine protection systems • AI/ML-enabled smart metamaterials for seismic isolation • Subsurface hydrogen storage in abandoned mine workings • Coupled CO₂ sequestration and geothermal energy recove...

Funded MSc and PhD opportunities in Geotechnical Engineering are available at Université de Sherbrooke through the GRID Lab (Geotechnical Resilience and Infrastructure Development Laboratory) . The research theme centers on climate-resilient infrastructure , with projects in ground improvement , soil–structure interaction , geomaterials , experimental geotechnical engineering , instrumentation , physical modelling , and computational/numerical geotechnics . The MSc project is described as an exp...

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...