Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Start dates: Summer 2027, Fall 2027

Amount: 35K CAD per year, till March 2030.

Eligibility: Open to both Canadian and international applicants.

To be admitted to a funded PhD position, you need to be supervised by a professor. Please check the following list of professors, their research areas and projects. If you find a match, please contact a faculty member of your choice using the instructions at the bottom of the page.

You may contact more than one professor if your interests and background align.

Project Professor Research area
CES Community Energy Solutions Yann-Gaêl Guéhéneuc software development, modelling, comprehension, static, dynamic, and historical analyses, Internet of Things, service-oriented architecture
Closing the Water-Energy-Food-Loop: Building-Integrated Aquaponic Greenhouses for All, from Remote Communities to Metropolises Erkan Yönder real estate finance (real estate investment trusts (REITs), commercial real estate, green buildings, commercial mortgages, climate issues in real estate, machine learning in real estate), corporate finance
Closing the Water-Energy-Food-Loop: Building-Integrated Aquaponic Greenhouses for All, from Remote Communities to Metropolises Leon Wang urban microclimate, climate resilience, UBEM, ventilation and air quality, thermal management, building science and building physics
Closing the Water-Energy-Food-Loop: Building-Integrated Aquaponic Greenhouses for All, from Remote Communities to Metropolises Lucia Tirca structural engineering, design buildings to withstand seismic forces, design steel structures with different dissipation devices, seismic retrofit and rehabilitation of existing steel structures, resilience-based design modeling of steel structures
Living Labs: Community-Led Pathways for Affordable and Resilient Housing in Northern and Indigenous Communities Erkan Yönder real estate finance (real estate investment trusts (REITs), commercial real estate, green buildings, commercial mortgages, climate issues in real estate, machine learning in real estate), corporate finance
Securing Smart environments Mourad Debbabi cyber forensics, network security, software security, malware analysis, program analysis, software engineering, systems engineering, formal semantics and methods, verification and validation, language design and analysis
Transforming Canadian Cities: Toward Equitable and Decarbonized Urban Transportation through Electrification, Automation, Shared Use, and Transit-Oriented Development Craig Townsend transportation policy, projects and politics, built environment characteristics of Canada's metropolitan areas, urban sprawl and the effect of legally protecting non-urban land, urban planning in the developing world
Ultra-High Energy Density and Fast Charging Lithium Rechargeable Batteries for the Electrification of Society: From Lab to Market Michel Trudeau hydrogen research, hydrogen storage, hydrogen economics, hydrogen embrittlement, nanomaterials, materials characterization, microscopy

You may contact the professor with a well-prepared application package in one PDF file:

  1. Letter of intent clearly aligned with the professor’s research domain*(You may also review their recent publications and highlight relevant experience.)*
  2. Academic CV
  3. Unofficial transcripts with CGPA and course names
  4. Names and emails of 3 referees
  5. Publications with embedded links, if any
  6. Any other supporting documents that strengthen your application

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