Ph.D. Position in Advanced Materials Under Extreme Environments at Virginia Tech – Fall 2027 Virginia Tech in United States

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in advanced reactor core materials characterization at its Oak Ridge, Tennessee location in the United States. The position sits in the Fuel Cladding and Core Internals (FCCI) Group within the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division, Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate. The research focuses on understanding the synergistic effects of degradation phenomena in nuclear reactor fuel cladding and core intern...

Mohsen Taheri Andani, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, is advertising multiple fully funded PhD positions in metal additive manufacturing for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 . The research focus is centered on materials science , with particular emphasis on materials characterization and metallography . Students with a strong background in these areas are encouraged to apply. The positions are based at Texas A&M University in the United States . The post specifically notes that U.S.-based ...

North Carolina State University is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity in advanced materials and manufacturing for harsh environment applications . The thesis will investigate materials and processing technologies designed for demanding operating conditions. The research spans high-temperature ceramics , metal additive manufacturing , and AI-enabled processing . The project combines materials science and manufacturing engineering with computationally assisted process development, offering an...

PhD opportunity in civil engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology with research at the intersection of concrete materials and structural concrete . The group is looking for highly motivated U.S. citizen applicants with a B.S. or M.S. degree in civil/structural engineering or a related field; an M.S. is preferred . Relevant experience in the behavior and mechanics of structural concrete , characterization of fresh and hardened properties of novel concrete materials , and experimental t...

Postdoctoral Scholar (ISM) at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, United States . This full-time postdoctoral opening is in the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing and focuses on additive manufacturing , materials science , and mechanical engineering . The project emphasizes solid-state and fusion-based AM methods such as Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) , cold spray , and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) , with a strong interest in process–structure–property relationshi...