PhD Research Fellow in Design and Analysis of Floating Solar Arrays University of Agder in Norway

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a full-time PhD Candidate position in Consequences of Drone Attacks at the Department of Structural Engineering in Trondheim, Norway. The project is part of “Managing drone threats to critical infrastructure” and the wider NTNU initiative A More Resilient Society . The research will investigate contact charges, near-field explosions, and fragmentation from detonating drones, with the aim of understanding damage to...

Ph.D. opportunity at the University of New Hampshire in Structural Engineering , with a research focus at the intersection of marine energy , structural dynamics , advanced concrete technology , wave energy converters , and ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) . The position is in Dr. Philippe Kalmogo’s research group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The project aims to design and analyze Wave Energy Converter (WEC) hulls using UHPC, with work spanning computational fl...

NTNU is offering a 3-year PhD Candidate position in drainage-enhanced flow condensation in micro-structured surfaces at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering in Trondheim, Norway. The project is part of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SurPhase , which researches sustainable surface engineering and phase-change heat transfer for low-global-warming-potential refrigerants. The successful candidate will experimentally investigate droplet shedding, film b...

Empa in Switzerland is advertising a fully funded PhD position in multi-scale modelling and experimental assessment of volumetrically prestressed concrete . The project is part of the EU Horizon research and innovation initiative SURPASS (Smart and Sustainable Resilient Performance-based Cementitious Composites for Adaptive Strengthening and Repair System), which focuses on adaptive strengthening and repair strategies for ageing infrastructure in aggressive environments. The PhD will work on str...

Penn State University is advertising two fully funded PhD opportunities in structural engineering , with a research focus on timber structures , mass timber structural systems , and the development of new wood products . The positions are based in Tyler Hull’s lab at Penn State and involve a mix of experimental testing , numerical simulations , and the design of wood structural systems . This is a strong fit for students interested in civil/structural engineering, timber engineering, wood scienc...