PhD Student Positions

Positions may be available in the areas of fluid-structure interaction and concrete/masonry structural research. Before communicating with Dr. Kalliontzis, please carefully review our active and past research projects and publications to see how you may fit in our research group.

General Required skill:

An undergraduate/graduate degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Structural, Coastal, or Hydraulic Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics or Fluid Structure Interaction. Prior experience with laboratory experiments and/or computational simulations is desired. Please review our Laboratory capabilities as well as the computational simulations performed by our research group.

Regarding grades and scores: There are no strict requirements on grades and GRE scores for being accepted into our PhD program, except those imposed by the Department. However, experience has shown that the following will provide the foundation for student success:

1) Quantitative GRE score > 164;

2) BS or MS cumulative grades >17.0/20 or 7.5/10;

3) Prior research experience on a BS- or MS-level thesis project;
4) experience with peer-reviewed journal or conference paper writing.

Interested? Please read below carefully:

Contact me with a 2-page CV and a brief message at dkallion@central.uh.edu with the Email Subject "Prospective Graduate Student". In your CV, please clearly indicate your Degree grade, Quantitative GRE score, TOEFL (or equivalent) score, list of publications (if any), and key coursework.