Michigan Tech PhD Position in Coastal Infrastructure Resilience Analysis for Spring or Fall 2027
Michigan Technological University
Assistant Professor Yousef Darestani is recruiting a Ph.D. student at Michigan Technological University for Spring or Fall 2027. The research focuses on resilience analysis of coastal infrastructure systems, and applicants must hold an MS degree in Civil Engineering.
Assistant Professor Yousef Darestani is recruiting a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at Michigan Technological University for Spring or Fall 2027.
The research will focus on resilience analysis of coastal infrastructure systems. Dr Darestani's wider research programme examines risk, reliability and resilience assessment of infrastructure systems, climate- and weather-related hazards, machine-learning techniques, network analysis and wind engineering. Michigan Tech also confirms his research on climate change, sea-level rise and coastal community infrastructure.
How to apply for supervisor review: email a current CV and both MS and BS academic transcripts to ydaresta@mtu.edu. Review begins immediately.
This initial supervisor review is separate from Michigan Tech's formal Civil Engineering Ph.D. application. Candidates encouraged to proceed must submit the university application for their intended intake.
Formal admission timing: Michigan Tech currently recommends September 15 for Spring admission and January 15 for Fall admission with full financial consideration. Formal admission decisions are made on a rolling basis, but applicants should apply early enough for supervisor and university review.
Benefits
- Ph.D. research supervision in coastal-infrastructure resilience at Michigan Tech.
- Opportunity to work across infrastructure risk, reliability, resilience, climate hazards, network analysis and data-driven methods.
- Spring or Fall 2027 entry, subject to selection and formal admission.
Funding clarification: the recruitment announcement does not state a stipend, tuition coverage, health insurance, assistantship duration or summer support. Michigan Tech explains that faculty research assistantships are awarded on a rolling basis for current projects and that the programme considers applicants for financial support, but admission does not itself guarantee funding. Request a written assistantship offer confirming the complete package before enrolling.
Eligibility summary
- Must hold a master's degree in Civil Engineering.
- Must be seeking Ph.D. study beginning in Spring 2027 or Fall 2027.
- Research interests should align with resilience analysis of coastal infrastructure systems.
- Preparation in structural or infrastructure engineering, risk and reliability, hazard analysis, transportation or power infrastructure, network analysis, climate resilience or related quantitative methods is relevant.
- Michigan Tech states that admitted Civil Engineering applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- No nationality restriction is stated in the recruitment announcement. International candidates must satisfy current English-language, financial-document and immigration requirements.
Requirements
- Email the supervisor with the requested initial-review materials.
- If selected to proceed, complete Michigan Tech's free online graduate application.
- The Civil Engineering programme currently requires two recommendation letters and does not require the GRE.
- Complete the university's student statements and submit the academic and identity documents requested during formal review.
- International applicants must meet applicable English-proficiency and immigration requirements.
Documents required
- Current curriculum vitae.
- Master's-degree transcript.
- Bachelor's-degree transcript.
- For formal admission: two recommendation letters, student statements and any additional Graduate School documents.
- English-proficiency evidence and international-student documentation where applicable.
Language/test requirements
How to submit applications
Provider: Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering, Michigan Technological University
The user-submitted announcement supplies the intake, MS-degree requirement, research topic, requested documents and immediate-review route. Formal programme details: https://www.mtu.edu/gradschool/programs/degrees/civil-engineering/ Department funding information: https://www.mtu.edu/cege/graduate/
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