PhD Opportunities in Robotics in United States

Mateo Daniel Roig Greidanus, Assistant Professor at Kansas State University, is recruiting two PhD students to join the REACT (Resilient Energy and Advanced Converter Technologies) Power Electronics Laboratory. The preferred start is Summer or Fall 2027. The research focuses on two directions: physics-based modeling and Edge AI for cyber-resilient power electronics, and advanced control and optimization of power-electronic systems. Projects may involve converter-level digital twins, physics-info...

Baylor University’s Minich Lab in the Department of Biology is recruiting 2–3 fully funded PhD students in microbial ecology and genomics. Potential thesis projects include the gut microbiome and childhood undernutrition , built environment microbiomes , and fish mucosal ecology . These projects offer opportunities to work across biology, microbial genomics, public health, environmental science, and computational science. Applicants should have a background in biology, computational science, pub...

The Trustworthy AI Lab at The University of Alabama is recruiting multiple fully funded PhD and graduate students to start in Spring 2027. The positions are based in the Department of Computer Science and are focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, security, and privacy. Students will conduct research at the intersection of trustworthy and secure machine learning, large language models (LLMs), agentic AI systems, and computer vision. The lab offers opportunities to work on real-wor...

Google Research is seeking a PhD research intern for 2027 to work with Yongshuo Zong in Mountain View, United States. The opportunity is with the MedGemma team, which develops open-weight multimodal foundation models for healthcare. Research topics include multimodal reinforcement learning, AI agents, and related research directions for healthcare. The intern will work directly with Yongshuo Zong and contribute to a focused research team within Google Research. Applicants should review the linke...

Washington State University is seeking a fully funded MS or PhD graduate student to join the Structural Engineering research group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Pullman, Washington, beginning in Summer/Fall 2027. The research is part of a multi-year project on hybrid structural systems, with emphasis on timber-concrete composite (TCC) floors. The work will combine structural analytical modeling, finite element analysis, and full-scale experimental testing of TCC sla...

A fully funded PhD opportunity is available in AI for transportation, logistics, and supply chain optimization at Purdue University, USA . The position is associated with Dr. Tho Le's SmartLogs Lab in the School of Engineering Technology. The research focuses on applying artificial intelligence and optimization methods to transportation, logistics, and supply chain problems. Applicants should have a master's degree, or be near completion, in computer science, operations research, industrial engi...

Peyman Milanfar is seeking a senior PhD student intern, preferably a student in the final year of their PhD, to work directly with him and a collaborator during Summer 2027. The opportunity is oriented toward research in computational imaging and artificial intelligence, with related interests likely spanning machine learning and computer vision. Applicants should first review the researchers' Google Scholar profiles and apply only if their academic background aligns with those interests. Intere...

Assistant Professor Arindam Khanda at Kennesaw State University is looking for a PhD student in Computer Science to join his research group for Fall 2027 . The research direction is centered on high-performance computing , graph analytics , scalable AI , and cyber-physical systems , with interests in parallel algorithms for large dynamic graphs and hypergraphs, complex networks, and optimization for CPS applications. This opportunity is well suited to students with strong interests in computing,...

Sayan Mitra, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is recruiting PhD students and postdocs for Spring and Fall 2027. The lab’s research interests include agile aerial autonomy, information bottlenecks in robotics, and certified visual reasoning. These topics are well suited for applicants with backgrounds in robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, and mathematically strong preparation. Interested PhD applicants should apply to the Illinoi...