Openings

[Fall 2026]

Fully funded Ph.D. positions may be available at the Intelligent Interaction Research Lab. Successful candidates will conduct research on developing new human-machine interaction technologies for health care. To help me locate your email, please make the subject "YourName PhD Application 2025 Fall".

Requirements:

1.       MS or BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and/or Biomedical Engineering (medical instrumentation track), or a related field 

2.       Demonstration of previous research experiences (e.g., publications, thesis, tech reports, etc.)

3.       Strong programming skills.

4.   Undergraduate GPA >= 3.5.

Extra credits:

1.       Hands-on hardware experiences (e.g., sensor development)

2.       Interactive system development experiences (e.g., HCI and HRI programs)

3..       Human subject experiment

Please send your application materials to Dr. Zhi Zheng at zzheng3 at nd.edu:

1.       CV

2.       Transcripts (if you are an MS student, please also send your undergraduate transcript). Emails without undergraduate transcripts will not be reviewed. 

3.       Demonstration of previous research experiences (at least 2 articles/reports)

4.       English test scores (if you are international and have not earned a degree in the U.S. or Canada)

5.       GRE scores 

6.       Any other materials that you would like to share.

Thanks for your interest.

Zhi