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Mustafa Alshaqaq
5 days ago
PhD Studentship in Elastic Waves, Metamaterials and Smart Structures at KFUPM King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Mechanical Engineering
Funding
Funding includes a full scholarship for international applicants, a monthly stipend, tuition and textbooks, furnished campus housing, conference travel funding, and potential RA/TA roles.
Deadline
Dec 28, 2026
Country
Saudi Arabia
University
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
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About this position
Mustafa Alshaqaq’s research group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, is recruiting PhD students for the August 2027 intake. The group develops structures that control the propagation, localization and concentration of vibrations and elastic waves, with an emphasis on tunable and reconfigurable dynamic behavior.
The research combines smart materials, electrical circuits and rigorous mechanics to design structures whose response can be tuned or reprogrammed without changing their geometry. Students may work on elastic-wave and metamaterial systems, including piezoelectric and electromechanical metamaterials, graded and reconfigurable metastructures, wave localization, trapping and guiding, bandgap engineering for low-frequency vibration control, and topological or nonreciprocal wave phenomena.
Additional projects address smart structures and dynamics, such as piezoelectric shunt circuits, synthetic impedance, vibration energy harvesting, vibration of continuous systems, and reduced-order or finite-element modeling of electromechanical structures. The group provides an interdisciplinary environment spanning mechanical engineering, materials science, applied mechanics, physics and electrical engineering.
Funding details
Funding includes a full scholarship for international applicants, a monthly stipend, tuition and textbooks, furnished campus housing, conference travel funding, and potential RA/TA roles.
What's required
Applicants should have a strong background in dynamics, vibrations, solid mechanics or applied mathematics; be comfortable with analytical modeling and scientific computing using Python, MATLAB or COMSOL; have a GPA of at least 3.5/4.0 in both the BSc and MSc; and hold an MSc in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering, physics or a related field from a recognized university.
How to apply
Submit a CV and a short note describing your research interests through the provided Microsoft Forms expression-of-interest form.
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Professors
Assistant Professor
Saudi Arabia
Research Interests
Physics
Materials Science
Structural Dynamic
Piezoelectricity
Mechanical Engineering
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