or related fields.

For qualified PhD candidates, the stipend and tuition will be provided. Continuation of financial support is contingent upon satisfactory academic/research performance and availability of funds.

If interested, please contact Dr. Nili (zniliahmadabadi@sdsu.edu). Applicants should also submit CV, publications/examples of academic writing (report, thesis), transcripts, GRE (if available), and TOEFL/IELTS scores (if applicable). Cover letters should address experience in control and robotics. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

The PhD degree is offered jointly with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) or University of California, Irvine (UCI). For more information about the DSIM lab, PhD program, and admission requirements, please visit:

http://dsimlab.com/

https://www.engineering.sdsu.edu/admissions/joint-doctoral

References

1- McNamee, Patrick, Miroslav Krstić, and Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi. "Stability of extremum seeking for maps that are strictly but not strongly convex." Automatica 182 (2025): 112536.
2- James-Kavanaugh, Dylan, et al. "Servos for Local Map Exploration Onboard Nonholonomic Vehicles for Extremum Seeking." arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.16365 (2025).