Materials Science and Structures

D-MSS, in conjunction with the Research Unit of Materials Science and Structure (MSS) under RIC-ITC, is one of the five doctoral programs of ITC, established in 2017, recognized by the Ministry of Education Youths and Sports. D-MSS was developed by the relevant experts in material science, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, and related fields including the lecturers and researchers at ITC with the support from partner universities and institutions. Students can register for a single degree at ITC, or a degree under cotutelle (co-supervision) between ITC and a partner university in France. The cotutelle program is selective and upon the agreement between ITC and the partner university. 

D-MSS students will develop in-depth understanding of the key technologies and engineering in their research area of material science and engineering, structural engineering, polymer composites, failure analysis of steel structure and other materials, numerical modeling and experimental analysis of infrastructure and materials. D-MSS students will work closely with researchers of MSS research unit (generally, one of them is the student’s supervisor) and they also can be co-supervised by the professors from our partner universities or research institutions (France, Belgium, Japan, etc.).

D-MSS is a full-time program (3 to 6 years), consist of 54 credits: 21 credits for coursework (Supplementary/Prerequisite and Doctoral courses, and PhD Orientation courses), and 33 credits for research and thesis (3 credits for detailed research proposal, 6 credits for national/international publications, 3 credits for the presentation in scientific conference, 3 credits for seminars, 18 credits for Thesis writing and defense). This program trains doctoral students to be specialized in their respective advanced research and development field such as material science and engineering, structural engineering, polymer composites, failure analysis of steel structure and other materials, numerical modeling and experimental analysis of infrastructure and materials and other relevant fields.  Detailed curriculum can be found on the website of GS-ITC.

Starting from the academic year 2017-2018 to 2023-2024, 14 students have pursued this program. 5 students (2 females) have graduated. Currently, there are 9 students (3 females) enrolling in the program and the details are reported in the table below. The list of current and graduated students including their including research topic can be found on the website of GS-ITC.

This program involves over 12 faculty members whose specializations are material science and engineering, structural engineering, polymer composites, failure analysis of steel structure and other materials, numerical modeling and experimental analysis of infrastructure and materials, and relevant fields. They hold doctoral degrees from Europe, Japan, or ASEAN. They are involving in the program for teaching or/and supervising the D-MSS students. Some students are jointly supervised by professors from partner universities. The list of faculty members in D-MSS program can be found in list of lecturers and supervisors or on the website of GS-ITC.

Three theses were published in the academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. The list of published theses can be found in list of thesis or on the website of GS-ITC.

Regarding the dissemination and publication, 3 articles were published in international journals. The list of publications is presented in list of publications in the on the website of GS-ITC.