{"id":888,"date":"2025-11-03T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/?p=888"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:05:10","slug":"two-phds-in-geomechanics-and-geotechnics-at-northeastern-university-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"Two PhDs in Geomechanics and Geotechnics at Northeastern University, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-1320x880.webp 1320w, https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research Topics \/ Positions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Position 1: Continuum, discrete, or data-driven\/surrogate meshfree modeling of granular materials across scales, from initial failure to flow-like behavior. Application to designing resilient<br>infrastructure to protect against large-deformation geohazards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Position 2: Phase-field and continuum damage modeling of different localized failure modes in<br>porous, fluid-saturated geomaterials. Focus on ice calving in glaciers and ice sheets, hydraulic<br>fracking, and compaction band propagation in geological reservoirs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To Apply<br>Email Dr. Enrique M. del Castillo at emdc@princeton.edu with the subject line: Ph.D. Application: [Your Last Name]. Include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A brief statement of research interests and career goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CV (with GPAs, TOEFL if applicable, and GRE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact information for three academic references<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic transcripts<br>Prospective students are then encouraged to apply to the PhD program in Civil and Environmental Engineering at https:\/\/enroll.northeastern.edu\/apply\/, which has the application<br>deadline of December 1st, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-USA.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Northeastern University, USA.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-57ec1b78-bd7e-4e53-b7c9-4aee265aaea7\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-USA.pdf\">Northeastern University, USA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Northeastern-University-USA.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-57ec1b78-bd7e-4e53-b7c9-4aee265aaea7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Topics \/ Positions To ApplyEmail Dr. Enrique M. del Castillo at emdc@princeton.edu with the subject line: Ph.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship","tag-geomechanics-and-geotechnics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarshipidea.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}