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Start Date: Spring, Summer, or Fall 2026
School of Packaging, Michigan State University
https://www.canr.msu.edu/packaging/about_the_school/

The University of Vermont (UVM) invites applications for PhD student positions to work with Professors Michael J. Leamy and Jihong Ma as part of the National Science Foundation’s New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS) Science and Technology Center. 

This opportunity focuses on research in acoustic, electroacoustic, and elastic topological insulators and metamaterials, with applications in radio frequency devices, communication systems, and non-traditional computing. 

Context

As part of a collaborative project between 

1) MSC Software Belgium SA, 

2) SIRRIS and

3) University of Liège, 

the main objective of the positions will be to develop numerical methodologies in the context of 

1) Multi-scale methods

2) Stochastic approaches

3) Machine learning approaches 

to predict the response of recycled thermoplastic composites.

PhD opportunity

Postdoc positions are available at Jiangsu University, China. Those possessing PhDs in the area of mechanical engineering and non-destructive evaluation are sought. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in experimental mechanics, composite materials and structures etc. Also, candidates with experience in machine learning are also welcome for inter-discipline research.

We seek an outstanding PhD candidate to develop AI-ready representations of metamaterial geometries (geometrical material structures). The project will build an atlas of common metamaterial typologies and learn compact latent representations using variational autoencoders, enabling property-driven search, generative design, and optimisation for targeted physical performance.

PhD and Postdoc positions are available in the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (First Class Academic Discipline) at Central South University in Dr. Li's research group. Lists of interest include fluid-structure interaction, rain/sand erosion, impact dynamic, soft materials. Interested applicants are welcome to send a detailed CV to Dr. Li at jianli1 [at] csu.edu.cn (jianli1[at]csu[dot]edu[dot]cn).

I am pleased to share a fully funded PhD position within the Department of Engineering at Durham University, UK, as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience.
The project focuses on the long-term durability of polymeric composites in offshore wind energy applications.

Project details and application instructions can be found here: 

Postdoctoral openings on phase-field fracture at McMaster University.

Several PhD positions are being opened in my group (Mechanics of Materials), with focus on

1. Martensitic transformations: Atomistic modelling and theory;
2. Dislocations in multi-component alloys;
3. Multi-scale modelling of fracture.

Positions are advertised on the University of Groningen website: