Overview
Four-year employed PhD developing smart sensing, modelling and data-analysis methods to monitor railway embankment condition and improve infrastructure reliability.
Complete research opportunity details
The project integrates railway measurement technologies including axle-box acceleration, laser Doppler vibrometry and track-geometry data with finite-element and multibody models. The researcher will develop methods for detecting and interpreting embankment condition, working with ProRail and within a Europe’s Rail research context. TU Delft lists its standard PhD salary progression from EUR 3,059 to EUR 3,881 gross per month plus university allowances.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants should have a relevant master's degree such as Civil, Geotechnical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or a related field. Programming skills such as Python or MATLAB, numerical modelling capability and strong English are important.
Tips for this phd opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Match your research background to the project, laboratory, supervisor and required methods rather than applying only from the title.
- Prepare a focused academic CV, transcripts, publications and research statement or proposal when requested by the official call.
- Confirm funding duration, stipend/salary, tuition coverage, start date and eligibility for international applicants.
- Contact a supervisor before applying only when the official instructions recommend or require it.
Verification notes
Verified open on the official TU Delft Careers page as job ID 3661, with submission possible until 1 September 2026. The source does not state an exact closing clock time, so the deadline is retained as text.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
TU Delft Careers ↗Browse current Job and Scholarship listings from TU Delft Careers →
