PhD Opportunities in Structural Engineering in South Korea

Queen Mary University of London is offering a CSC-funded PhD opportunity in composite manufacturing and aerospace materials. The project, “From Pot to Part: Understanding How Manufacturing Conditions Govern the In-Service Performance of Composite Structures,” addresses how manufacturing choices affect the long-term behaviour of composite components. The researcher will investigate whether the in-service performance of a composite structure can be predicted from the conditions used during manufac...

This PhD position is hosted at EPFL’s STI IGM LAMD in Neuchatel and is part of the TurboImpact project, a Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network focused on advancing the design, optimization, materials selection, and manufacturing of small-scale turbomachinery. The project addresses a broad set of technical challenges relevant to compact machines used in heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, and gas turbines. Within this network, the doctoral researcher will contribute to research on mul...

This doctoral project is based in the Division for Concrete Structures at KTH Civil and Architectural Engineering and focuses on the structural health monitoring of reinforced concrete dams used in hydropower. The research addresses the ageing of dams in Sweden and elsewhere, where long service lives can lead to cracking, leaching, surface wear, and more difficult-to-detect damage such as reinforcement corrosion. The project aims to improve understanding of how concrete dams respond during norma...

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is recruiting a doctoral student for research on the structural rehabilitation of concrete hydro dams within the Division for Concrete Structures at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. The project focuses on reinforced concrete structures used in hydropower, especially spillways and related concrete elements that have been exposed to decades of varying water flows and, in some cases, extreme high-flow events. The research aims to improve under...

Ghent University’s Mechanics of Materials and Structures group is offering a PhD project on the numerical simulation of composite hydrogen tanks. The position sits within a broader research effort on hydrogen storage for the future hydrogen economy and is connected to a large new project with several leading companies in the automotive industry. The doctoral research will focus on finite element modelling and design of pressurized composite tanks under different operational conditions, including...

This PhD opening at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is part of the joint BATT-MECH project, linking the Department of Structural Engineering with the Department of Energy and Process Technology. The project is carried out across SIMLab (Structural Impact Laboratory) and the Battery Mechanics and Sensing Lab , and is developed in close collaboration with Audi AG, giving the research a strong industrial and automotive relevance. The project addresses the behaviour of lith...

San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego are advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity through the SDSU–UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The project is based in the Yang Lab and focuses on multi-material 3D printing, advanced manufacturing, smart materials, robotics, and structural mechanics. The doctoral researcher will investigate how advanced additive-manufacturing methods can be used to create and engineer multi-material stru...

The University of Granada is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join IMIS-Lab in Spain. The project focuses on intelligent structural health monitoring and the assessment of infrastructure through advanced digital technologies. The research combines artificial intelligence , digital twins , and structural monitoring to support improved understanding and evaluation of infrastructure. The work is suited to candidates interested in applying computational and data-driven approaches to struc...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a full-time PhD Candidate position in Consequences of Drone Attacks at the Department of Structural Engineering in Trondheim, Norway. The project is part of “Managing drone threats to critical infrastructure” and the wider NTNU initiative A More Resilient Society . The research will investigate contact charges, near-field explosions, and fragmentation from detonating drones, with the aim of understanding damage to...