Oreste S. Bursi

University of Trento is advertising a PhD scholarship in the 42nd cycle of the Doctoral Program in Civil, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering . The position is a reserved-topic doctoral scholarship focused on innovative self-centering multi-stable dampers with high-performance properties and bi-stable metapanels with auxetic lattices for performance-based steel design in seismic engineering . This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates interested in civil engineering , mechanical engineering , structural dynamics , control , seismic engineering , steel structures , dampers , metapanels , auxetic lattices , and advanced structural systems. The scholarship is funded by the University of Trento Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering within the project Research Fund for Coal and Steel "MULTI-STABLE" (Grant Agreement No. 101286340). The reference person is Oreste S. Bursi (Professor of Structural Dynamics and Control, University of Trento), with Nicola Tondini listed as participant. The post does not provide detailed eligibility criteria such as required degree background, grades, or language tests, so applicants should consult the official call for applications for full requirements. The second call for applications has been published on the University of Trento website, and the call plus competition information are available on the program page. Applications must be submitted through the online portal linked in the post.