Thank you for your interest. The Plasma Control Laboratory is always looking for talented and motivated students and postdocs! If you are interested in joining the Plasma Control Laboratory, please send a concise e-mail to Prof. Eugenio Schuster (schuster at lehigh.edu) explaining how your background fits the mission of the laboratory and attach your resume and supporting materials like transcripts, a relevant publication of yours, etc. You will contacted back only in the case Prof. Schuster considers that a position may be available for you. Otherwise, you will not be contacted back. There is no need to send your e-mail multiple times. Note that due to funding constraints, positions are not available for students from countries classified as "State Sponsor of Terrorism" by the U.S. Department of State.

Open Positions

PhD Students

  1. Predictive Modeling and Control of Nuclear-Fusion Plasmas

Postdoctoral Associates

  1. High-performance Scenario Physics - NSTX-U

  2. High-performance Scenario Controls - NSTX-U

  3. Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) and ITER Scenarios and Controls - EAST

  4. Long Pulse ITER Scenarios and Control – KSTAR

Requirements & Conditions

PhD Students

  1. PhD candidates should have background in one or more of these research areas: Nuclear Fusion Engineering, Plasma Physics, Computational Methods, Applied Mathematics, Control Systems, and Machine Learning.

  2. PhD candidates should ideally have an undergraduate or preferably a Masters degree in engineering, physics or applied math.

  3. PhD candidates should have solid analytical skills as well as programming/coding abilities (familiarity with Matlab is a plus).

  4. A MSc degree is not required but it is highly desired for applicants coming from other institutions.

  5. Typical minimum GPA: 3.7/4.0

  6. PhD students receive a stipend, full tuition support, as well as health insurance benefits.

MSc Students

  1. Positions for students seeking MSc degrees are available but these positions do NOT provide stipend, full tuition support, or health insurance benefits from the Plasma Control Laboratory. MSc students must in general secure their own source of support. However, partial support may be available in the form of tuition awards from the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department for highly qualified candidates.

BSc Students

  1. Positions for Lehigh University undergraduate students are available during the summer as funded internships and during the academic year under the framework of independent studies or senior design projects.

  2. Funds are not available for international undergraduate students seeking summer internships.