Graduate Admissions for 2027

Planned intake: 3 master's students and 2 doctoral students for entry in 2027. Eligibility, programme information, and application procedures are subject to the official announcements of Tongji University and the College of Civil Engineering.

Research areas: inerter systems, seismic isolation and vibration mitigation, high-damping materials and vibration-control metamaterials, structural health monitoring, Engineering Internet, intelligent optimisation, and the resilience of energy infrastructure, with applications to liquid-storage tanks, offshore wind towers, industrial equipment, subway environments, and complex structures.

Suitable backgrounds: civil engineering, mechanics, control, mechanical engineering, computation, and intelligent algorithms. Prior publications are not required; the group values a strong academic foundation, clear thinking, sustained effort, and willingness to solve real problems.

Research training: dynamic modelling, MATLAB/Python programming, finite-element analysis, shake-table and device experiments, data processing, optimisation algorithms, engineering performance assessment, and the communication of papers, patents, software, and technical reports.

Group record: 133 peer-reviewed journal articles in Chinese and English, 7 highly cited papers (including 5 recognised by Essential Science Indicators and 2 recognised by Chinese journals), 30 granted invention patents, and 7 standards, with sustained support from national and regional research programmes.

Graduate pathways: graduate destinations include technology and AI companies such as Huawei and Microsoft, research institutes, energy organisations, and public-sector organisations, universities, financial institutions, and further study in the United States and Japan.

Contact: Please send a CV, transcript, research interests, expected time commitment, and a short application statement of no more than 200 Chinese characters or approximately 120 English words to zhangruifu@tongji.edu.cn. Suggested subject line: “2027 Application Enquiry – Degree Type – University – Major – Name”.

Postdoctoral Positions | AI × Vibration Control

Annual recruitment: The group plans to recruit 1–2 postdoctoral researchers each year.

Primary research focus: artificial intelligence for vibration control, bringing together structural dynamics, measured data, intelligent algorithms, and experimental validation.

What you may work on:

• Build AI that understands dynamics: develop physics-informed and data-driven models that are interpretable, reliable, and transferable across vibration scenarios.

• Turn vibration data into control decisions: use experimental and measured data for state identification, parameter inference, response prediction, and intelligent control.

• Move algorithms from code to experiments: integrate new methods with vibration-control and monitoring experiments, completing a full model–code–experiment–assessment loop.

• Develop an independent research profile: lead a focused scientific question and produce high-quality papers, reusable code, software or patents, while collaborating across mechanics, control, and AI.

Candidate profile: Applicants with doctoral training in civil or structural engineering, mechanics, control, computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related field are welcome. Experience in machine learning, scientific computing, signal processing, structural dynamics, or experimental research is particularly valued.

Research environment and development: The position sits at the intersection of AI, structural dynamics, and vibration-control experiments. The emphasis is on methods that are physically meaningful, experimentally validated, and ready to become reusable research or engineering tools. Postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to shape a distinctive research direction and expand interdisciplinary collaboration.

Appointment: Eligibility, appointment procedures, and benefits follow the current policies of Tongji University and the relevant postdoctoral programme.

Application: Please send a CV, representative publications or other research outputs, a research plan, and the expected starting date to zhangruifu@tongji.edu.cn. Suggested subject line: “Postdoctoral Application – Research Area – Name”.