Master’s Opportunities in Materials Engineering in Portugal

University of Brescia Scholarships “Roberto Rocca” support students enrolled in selected Master’s programmes in engineering at the University of Brescia. The award is a one-off lump-sum scholarship funded by Dalmine S.p.A. (part of the Tenaris Group) in memory of Roberto Rocca. The scholarship is aimed at students in four specific Master’s degrees: Industrial Automation Engineering, Materials and Product Innovation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Management Engineering. The advert stres...

Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, is offering fully funded postdoctoral, PhD, and MASc positions in advanced coatings for extreme environments . The project centers on thermal spray coating development, tribology, and advanced characterization. Researchers will investigate coating materials and performance under demanding conditions, with applications in aerospace and other high-performance environments. The work also integrates computational modeling and machine learning, providing an i...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (EL) is a multidisciplinary research environment focused on environmental science and engineering solutions for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the nation. This research opportunity sits within the Materials and Surface Science Team (MASS), where the selected participant will work on cross-cutting projects that connect computer science and AI/ML with materials science. Under mentor guidance, the parti...

The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) is recruiting one full-time researcher at a researcher/postdoctoral-equivalent or chief-researcher-equivalent level in the Materials Science Research Division of its Energy Transformation Research Headquarters. The project concerns the evaluation and improvement of long-term reliability in high-voltage, high-current power semiconductor devices and power electronics equipment used for power control applications. Research may addre...

Mahdi Vaezi at Northern Illinois University is recruiting a fully funded Graduate Research Assistant for the NIU Bioplastics Lab , starting in Spring 2027 . The selected student will enroll in the M.S. in Industrial Management and Engineering Technology in NIU’s Department of Engineering Technology while conducting research in a lab focused on bioplastics , biocomposites , polymers , and sustainable materials . This opportunity is especially relevant for applicants with backgrounds in materials ...

Funded opportunities are available at Université de Sherbrooke in Canada for Master’s, PhD, and postdoctoral candidates working on the ATLAS II research project focused on predictive digital engineering for the lightweighting of recreational vehicles, including snowmobiles. The project combines mechanical engineering , materials science , manufacturing processes , numerical modeling , AI , and digital twins . Research topics include advanced aluminum alloys, alloy characterization, hot forming, ...