Petroleum Engineering Professors and Supervisors in United States

Fully funded PhD positions are available in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, USA. The openings are in geomechanics and geotechnics, working with Dr. Enrique M. del Castillo in the del Castillo Research Group. The research focuses on the physics governing geomaterial behavior, especially fracture and friction, using both computational and experimental techniques. Possible research directions include: continuum, discrete, or data-driven/su...

PhD Student Position in Environmental Hydrology and Hydroecology The Chattopadhyay Hydroecology Lab at Texas State University is recruiting a PhD student in environmental hydrology to begin in August 2027. The research will combine ecohydrologic modelling and fieldwork in the Texas Hill Country to investigate how floods, droughts, stream drying, climate change, land use, and water demand are reshaping Texas rivers and aquatic ecosystems. Potential research directions include identifying when and...

Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is offering a graduate research fellowship in aeronautical engineering at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) program administered for the U.S. Department of Defense. The fellowship focuses on research related to the electric propulsion of transport aircraft . The project is framed around connecting theory and practice, with specific project matches based on the selected participant’s ac...