Postdoc opportunities in civil engineering in united states

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on critical minerals separations . The position is a collaboration between the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering . The postdoctoral researcher will work with an interdisciplinary team of chemists, engineers, and materials scientists to identify sorbent properties , optimize formulations, test operating conditions for separations, and model system perf...

Louisiana State University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join the Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management for a new industry-sponsored research project in collaboration with MIT. The position centers on civil engineering , materials science , and computer science , with emphasis on pavement structural design , building structural design , and AI-driven approaches . The postdoc will work on designing pavement and building elements using novel, sustainable construction material...

Lehigh University’s Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES) is inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher on a multidisciplinary project focused on the stability and cyber-physical security of hyperscale data centers in future inverter-dominated power grids . The project spans Electrical and Computer Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University, with PIs including Javad Khazaei , Shalinee Kishore , and Faegheh “Farrah” Moazeni . The re...

George Washington University is advertising a Post-Doctoral Fellow opportunity through the NIST Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) in Structural Engineering & Data Integration at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland . The role focuses on building an open-source relational SQL database that captures international experimental and reconnaissance data on structural component damage, residual capacity, repair needs, and recovery-related performance. The successful candidate will co...

Auburn University is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in the Department of Biosystems Engineering focused on coastal hydrodynamic modeling for oyster restoration in coastal Alabama. The project uses an existing three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound to simulate oyster larval transport and identify transport pathways, retention zones, larval source areas, and restoration locations that may support recruitment and long-term persistence. The work ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Fire Safety Engineering and Wildfire Resilience at Johns Hopkins University Thomas Gernay, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University, is advertising an open postdoctoral position in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering. The research team is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join a newly funded project focused on fire safety engineering, wildfire resilience, and modeling the performance of buildings under large outdoor fires. This is a research-intens...

NSF-funded postdoctoral opening at Penn State Behrend in the School of Engineering for research in nonlinear dynamics , vibration control , smart structures , and vibration energy harvesting . The position is hosted by Professor Feng Qian and is part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation project. The successful candidate will work on fundamental and applied research involving nonlinear mechanical systems, computational modeling, experimental validation, and prototype development. The...

George Washington University, via the NIST Professional Research Experience Program (PREP), is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Fellow for Seismic Steel Design for Functional Recovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. The project sits at the intersection of civil engineering , structural engineering , earthquake engineering , mechanical engineering , materials science , and computational mechanics . The successful candidate will work with l...

Dr. Ben Ma’s research group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is recruiting for graduate and postdoctoral opportunities in water-related environmental research. PhD opening: One PhD research assistant position is available starting Fall 2026 (with the post noting a possible Spring 2027 start as well). The project focuses on organic carbon characterization and biofouling prediction in water systems , including treatment facilities, di...