Multiple openings available for fully funded Ph.D. students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas (KU) for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
Candidates with strong interests in leveraging artificial intelligence and scientific machine learning to advance data-driven design and computational mechanics for the innovation of material-structure systems are encouraged to apply.
Candidates with experience in topology optimization, reduced-order models, finite element analysis, continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, dynamics analysis, microstructure reconstruction, uncertainty quantification, and scientific machine learning are especially desirable for the positions.
To apply, please combine the following files into one PDF file and send to sdeng@ku.edu with the email title of “PhD position application from YOUR NAME”: resume/CV (including expected graduation date, education background, GPA, a full list of publications/projects/presentation/posters), transcripts, one-page cover letter describing your research background and future interests, and names and contacts of three professional references.
The positions are open until filled.
We are hiring! If you are interested in the Design Intelligence Laboratory, please contact Dr. Deng at sdeng@ku.edu
PDF: https://sdeng9.github.io/files/ad_KU_phd_positions.pdf
More details can be found at: https://me.ku.edu/people/shiguang-deng
