Departmental Unit № 1
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition waiver + 12-month living stipend (~$34,000–$38,000/yr) + health insurance guaranteed through Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) or Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA).
Fall Priority Deadline: December 1
GRE Policy: Not required / Waived
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 90 minimum (minimum 19 in each sub-score) or IELTS 7.0
MS in Environmental Engineering (Thesis Option)
GRA Eligible on Research Track
Funding Reality: Research MS students hired as GRAs receive full tuition waivers and monthly stipends.
Application Deadline: December 1
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (2 Profiles)
Prof. Aris P. Georgakakos
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Georgia Water Resources Institute
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He builds computer command centers for river basins that tell dam operators exactly when to hold or release water, preventing catastrophic flooding while saving water for cities.
Core Research Topics: Water resources planning and management, decision support systems for river basins, flood and drought forecasting, climate change impacts on transboundary rivers.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Director of the Georgia Water Resources Institute (GWRI). Designs operational decision-support systems for major river basins in the southeastern US and the Nile River Basin, integrating satellite rainfall estimates and river flow optimization.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Water resources optimization algorithms, reservoir operational models, satellite rainfall integration, GIS watershed mapping, Python/C++.
Recruiting Context: Directs state and international water institute with ongoing research funding.
Candidate Match:
HydrologyFlood ModelingWater ResourcesGIS
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Discussing your interest in water resources systems modeling, flood early warning, and GIS watershed analysis within the Georgia Water Resources Institute."
Prof. Ching-Hua Huang
Turnipseed Family Chair and Professor of Environmental Engineering
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
She runs an advanced chemical testing laboratory that discovers how to destroy indestructible toxic 'forever chemicals' (PFAS) in contaminated drinking water using advanced chemical reactions.
Core Research Topics: Environmental aquatic chemistry, emerging pollutants (PFAS, pharmaceuticals, microplastics), water disinfection byproducts, advanced oxidation processes, analytical wet-lab testing.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Directs premier environmental chemistry wet-laboratory. Investigates chemical oxidation mechanisms that break down toxic PFAS 'forever chemicals' and pharmaceutical residues in municipal wastewater and contaminated groundwater.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: High-Resolution LC-MS/MS, Gas Chromatography, chemical extraction, wet-lab water titration, chemical oxidation reactors.
Recruiting Context: Well-funded wet-lab group. High interest in students with hands-on water quality testing and chemical analysis experience.
Candidate Match:
Environmental PollutionLab Water TestingWater QualityEnvironmental Chemistry
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Highlighting your hands-on laboratory experience in water testing and chemical titration, connecting directly with her research on PFAS degradation and pollutant oxidation."
Departmental Unit № 2
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Tuition waiver + 12-month stipend (~$35,000/yr) + health insurance.
Fall Priority Deadline: January 1
GRE Policy: Not required
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS 7.0
MS in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (Thesis)
Funded on Research Track
Funding Reality: Thesis MS students funded via research assistantships.
Application Deadline: January 1
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. Karl Lang
Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He studies how violent mountain rivers and flash floods grind away rock and carve deep canyons, using drone photos and satellite elevation maps.
Core Research Topics: Tectonic geomorphology, fluvial erosion, river channel incision, topographic evolution, GIS spatial digital elevation models (DEMs).
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Tenure-track Assistant Professor! Directs Lang Surface Dynamics Lab. Uses high-resolution topographic data, drone surveys, and cosmogenic radionuclides to understand how extreme floods and river erosion reshape mountain landscapes.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: GIS terrain analysis (ArcGIS, QGIS), drone photogrammetry, cosmogenic isotope geochemistry, digital elevation models (DEMs), Python.
Recruiting Context: Tenure-track Assistant Professor with high recruiting urgency and fresh funding for graduate researchers.
Candidate Match:
Flood GeomorphologyGISHydrologyGeography
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Discussing your GIS digital elevation model terrain analysis experience, expressing strong interest in his research on fluvial erosion and river channel dynamics."