PhD Opportunities in Transportation Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in United States

Louisiana State University is advertising a postdoctoral position at the LSU Center for Computation & Technology focused on compound flood forecasting , artificial intelligence , and coastal digital twins . The role is described as a joint position with Frederick Ostrenko’s Visualization & Interactive Systems Group , suggesting work that spans from operational forecasting to immersive analytics and visualization. This is a strong fit for researchers interested in environmental modeling, data-dri...

Postdoctoral Scholar opportunity at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania, United States , focused on computational land surface hydrology , foundation AI model pretraining and finetuning , geospatial data processing , and physics-informed machine learning . The successful candidate will join a dynamic interdisciplinary team working on next-generation land surface modeling and large-scale hydrologic forecasting. The project combines foundation AI modeling with differentiab...

Boise State University’s College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a PhD student in the project AI and Statistical Evaluation of Wildfire Forecasts . The research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence , machine learning , statistics , geospatial data , wildfire forecasting , and civil/environmental engineering . The post highlights work on developing and integrating wildfire datasets, building AI and sta...

Florida Atlantic University is advertising fully funded PhD positions in Civil and Transportation Engineering for Fall 2026 / Spring 2027 . The research focus includes traffic operations , traffic simulation , machine learning / AI in transportation , and cyber-physical infrastructure . Applicants should have a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field . The post also asks for demonstrated research experience , preferably with peer-reviewed publication(s) in relevant ar...

PhD internship opportunity at the University of Melbourne in collaboration with Victoria Police . The project will investigate Victoria Police vehicle use , operational requirements , and future energy needs to support decision-making for electric fleet planning . It is a strong fit for students interested in transport systems , transportation engineering , data analytics , and the intersection of mobility, energy transition, and public-sector fleet management. The post is shared by Neema Nassir...