PhD opportunities in mining engineering in France

Funded PhD opportunity in France at Université PSL — Chimie ParisTech , Paris, in the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris . The project, SOFTMAT4MET — Functional Soft Matter for Sustainable and Selective Extraction of Critical Metals , focuses on critical metal recovery from electronic waste using functional polymer materials , hydrometallurgy , adsorption and separation , and membrane-based metal recovery . Research themes include germanium and gallium recovery, selective extraction, material...

PhD opportunity in bioacoustics , animal behavior , biologging , and the study of noise impacts on animals at the Environmental Acoustics Research Unit (UMRAE) , associated with Cerema and Gustave Eiffel University in France . The supervisor/post owner, Maevatiana N. Ratsimbazafindranahaka (CR / permanent research faculty), is seeking a highly motivated international candidate for a 3-year PhD . The topic is open for discussion within the stated research area, but it will not focus on marine mam...

CIFRE PhD opening in Thermochemical Response of Sorptive Materials at IRCELYON (CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) with industrial host Savery in Lyon, France . The project focuses on the thermodynamics and kinetics of sorptive materials, including heat release, ageing/regeneration, and thermal signatures at the material, coating, and component scale in dynamic humid air with trace compounds. The work sits at the intersection of physical chemistry , adsorption , materials science , heat an...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Sustainable Soft Matter at Université PSL in Paris, France . The project is part of the PRISM research programme for international training in sustainable soft matter and sits at the intersection of chemistry , biological sciences , materials science , and sustainable engineering . It is described as an elite doctoral position and is open to candidates worldwide. Eligibility: applicants should hold a Master's degree . The post does not mention language-test waiver...

PhD opportunity at Mines Paris-PSL , within the PERSEE Center and the ERSEI group, in Sophia Antipolis, France . The thesis is titled “Foundation Models for Flexible and Safe Operation of Multi-Energy Systems” and focuses on foundation models , artificial intelligence , energy digitalization , multi-energy systems , operational safety , and flexibility . The project explores foundation models as surrogate models for multi-energy system optimization, supporting decisions such as flexibility booki...

PhD opportunity at Mines Paris-PSL, Centre PERSEE / ERSEI group, in Sophia Antipolis, France. The thesis is titled Privacy-Preserving Federated Predictive Operation of Multi-Energy Systems and focuses on multi-energy systems, federated learning, privacy-preserving AI, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics, multi-agent systems, and distributed optimization. The project addresses the coordinated operation of coupled electricity, thermal, and gas/hydrogen networks in settings such as energy ...

A PhD position is available at the UMR Telluris laboratory, Université Gustave Eiffel (Marne-la-Vallée), in collaboration with BRGM (Orléans), France. The project is part of SEISMART, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), and focuses on improving modelling of building exposure and vulnerability for multi-hazard seismic and tsunami risk assessment, with an application to southeastern France. The doctoral research will involve building a new spatially explicit exposure database, rev...