PhD Position in Soil Mechanics, Numerical Modelling and Gravitational Mass Movements University of Innsbruck in Austria

Memorial University’s Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, is recruiting one potentially two Master’s students, one potentially two PhD students, and one postdoctoral fellow to join a new research group in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Anticipated start dates are January, May, or September 2027. The research focuses on improving community resilience and reducing risks to buried infrastructure from natural hazards. Projects investigate interactions bet...

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering under the supervision of Assistant Professor Ze Zhou WANG. The research group works on subsurface characterization using geotechnical and geophysical site investigations, computational material mechanics and characterization, advanced stochastic numerical simulation of geotechnical systems, and infrastructure sensing for geotechnical health monitoring. The opportunity is particularly releva...

National University of Singapore is inviting applications for a Research Fellow position in Geotechnical Engineering , focused on an innovative underground reservoir and coastal protection project in Singapore . The research addresses freshwater scarcity, land limitation, seawater intrusion, and erosion risks in reclaimed coastal areas. The project explores the use of seepage cut-off walls to create underground reservoirs in reclaimed sand layers while also protecting coastal land from seawater ...

PhD student recruitment is open for Fall 2027 in Bio-Mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics and Soil-Structure Interaction at Louisiana State University . The position is led by Hai (Thomas) Lin , Associate Professor. The research area sits at the intersection of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science , with emphasis on soil mechanics , geoenvironmental engineering , experimental research, and modeling. Applicants should be self-motivated. Candidates with prior experimental and modeling expe...

The Institute of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering at Technische Universität Braunschweig is seeking a doctoral research assistant for the ANR–DFG-funded MICAP-4D project, “Micromechanics-Integrated Capillary Analysis and Physics with High Resolution 4D CT and LBM-DEM Computations.” The project is part of a French–German collaboration with additional involvement from a Mercator Fellow in Canada. The research focuses on the granular mechanics of partially saturated soils and the role of c...