PhD Position in Mechanical Engineering

We are looking for a motivated and passionate doctoral candidate in the area of experimental mechanics and dynamic behavior of materials. The PhD thesis will focus on dynamic phase transformations under large mechanical stresses and coupled multiphysical fields. The student will develop dynamic impact experiments, multi-physical test benches and high-speed instrumentation towards the discovery of phase transformation kinetics in shape memory alloys at short time scales.

Does this excite you? Then please do apply! In case of questions, please feel free to contact me at vignesh.kannan@polytechnique.edu.

Complete application details can be found in the pdf attached ->

Application deadline: January 16, 2026

https://vigneshkannan-group.github.io/vk-mxm-website/positions.html