I am always looking for excellent students and postdocs with mutual research interests to join my group. If you are interested in working in the group, please see the information below.

Short-term research visits: Given mutual research interests, short-term research stays can be very productive. I am happy to host advanced Ph.D. students, Postdocs and faculty for short-term research stays here at UCSD. Escpecially for German researchers, the DFG Initiation of International Collaboration grant is a great instrument to facilitate such an exchange.

Postdoctoral scholars: We are looking to hire excellent postdoctoral researchers in the field of reduced-order modeling, surrogate modeling, uncertainty quantification, optimization and design for aerospace systems. UCSD is a fantastic place to do research and as a Postdoc you can benefit from that through contacts and collaborations on campus, as well as a structured individual development plan. If you are interested, please contact me and we can discuss potential openings. In your email, please describe your research interests, and attach an Academic CV, a single pdf of all your publications and the names of two active professors who could serve as a reference for you.
If we currently do not have a grant-funded position, I am happy to work with you to obtain external funding. The UCSD Office of Foundation relations has an extensive list of potential funding sources to get started. The UCSD Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a terrific program to contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UCSD. Several NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships are a great fit in our research area, as well as the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. There are also several opportunities for international postdocs from Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, please contact me for further details.

Graduate students: Prospective graduate students should apply to the UCSD Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (within the Fall admissions deadline ), or -- if a better fit -- to the Graduate Program in Computational Science, Mathematics and Engineering In either case, you should name Prof. Kramer in the application and please contact me via email as well with a copy of your CV and transcripts. Admissions in both cases are made by the respective admissions committees.
Students who have their own funding or who are actively applying for external fellowships are of particular interest. There are several funding opportunities and the best fit depends on research topic, eligibility requirements and your career goals. Here a few interesting ones (note that those deadlines are often before UCSDs application deadlines):

DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship

Hertz Graduate Fellowship

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

NASA STGRO

DOD SMART

UCSD Graduate Division website

Undergraduate students: We always have interesting undergraduate research projects, which require coding knowledge (Matlab, Python) and for most projects a solid understanding of ordinary differential equations and numerical linear algebra. Undergraduates will work closely with me and a member of my group. I also encourage undergraduates to consider looking at the Triton Research & Experiental Learning Scholars (TRELTS) program as well as UCSD Undergraduate Research Scholarships (URS) for a list of scholarships available.