University of Waikato PhD Scholarship

Southern Spars, in partnership with the University of Auckland , is advertising a PhD opportunity in advanced composite structures through the Applied Doctorates Scheme (ADS2.10) : Lighter, Stronger Advanced Composites for Aerospace by Enhancing Open-Hole Compression Strength . The project focuses on how material, manufacturing, and design parameters affect compression strength around holes, fasteners, and other local discontinuities in high-performance carbon-fibre composites . Research methods...

KU Leuven’s Department of Civil Engineering is advertising a PhD scholarship within the RUN2GETHER project. The research sits at the intersection of civil engineering , biomechanics , smart infrastructure , and structural engineering , focusing on how collective running behaviour affects bridges, running tracks, and other infrastructure. The project invites a motivated researcher to study runner–infrastructure interaction using sensors , experimental data , and signal analysis . The work is desc...

EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds offers 2 PhD studentships in a strong research environment within the School of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The linked research themes include climate-resilient biogas upgrade approaches for biohydrogen and biomethane recovery from organic wastes , data-driven environmental assessment of next-generation concrete , energy micropiles for sustainable retrofit , and UK bri...

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 , mechanica...

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is advertising a full-time PhD candidate position in Mechanics of Materials and Constructions within the Faculty of Engineering, Department Meccanica van materialen en constructies (MeMC), in Brussels, Belgium. The successful candidate will join the Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (M²S) research group , working on research themes that include advanced characterisation and monitoring of materials and structures, mechanics-driven design and optim...