PhD position in data-driven modeling of ocean-based renewable energy systems

Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering

Electrification and digitalisation are among the largest areas for the future in the conversion to sustainable societies. The Department of Electrical Engineering conducts successful research and education in the areas – renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, industrial IoT, 5G communication and wireless sensor networks as well as smart electronic sensors and medical systems. The Department of Electrical Engineering is an international workplace with around 160 employees, out of which more than half are PhD students. The department contributes to important technical energy and health challenges at the Ångström Laboratory.

Come and work with us!

Securing future electricity supply while minimizing climate and environmental impact is one of today’s foremost challenges. The position will be at the Division of Electricity, at the Department of Electrical Engineering. Here you will find a friendly work environment with a lively doctoral network and a variety of projects. The Division of Electricity works in collaboration with Swedish companies – public and private – and stakeholders in the different fields of research. We look forward to receiving your application. Join us and build the future with us!

Project description

Securing future electricity supply while minimizing climate and environmental impact is one of today’s foremost challenges. Offshore renewable energy systems (RES) offer significant potential to meet the electricity demand, with emerging technologies such as floating offshore wind and wave power

devices showing promise. However, there are knowledge gaps on the reliability of these technologies in the offshore environment. Non-linear dynamics can give rise to dynamical instabilities and extreme loads on critical components. These challenges are a threat not only to a secure electricity supply, but also constitute potential vulnerabilities in our society.

The PhD project will model and develop offshore renewable energy systems, with a focus on wave power and floating offshore wind. The project will develop methods to predict non-linear dynamics and vulnerabilities based on data-driven methods, computational fluid dynamics simulations and machine learning. We offer a varied and exciting work that is designed by the PhD candidates together with the research team. The PhD student will be supervised by at least two supervisors and the research group consists of several seniors and PhD students working on different aspects of renewable energy and the electric grid. The Department of Electrical Engineering also gives a salary supplement to the doctoral students at the department. 

This PhD position is part of the eSSENCE graduate school in data-intensive science and is a collaboration between eSSENCE, SciLifeLab, and STandUP. The school addresses the challenge of data-intensive science both from the foundational methodological perspective and from the perspective of data-driven science applications. It is an arena where experts in computational science, data science and data engineering (systems and methodology) work closely together with researchers in (data-driven) sciences, industry and society to accelerate data-intensive scientific discovery. eSSENCE is a strategic collaborative research programme in e-science between three Swedish universities with a strong tradition of excellent e-science research: Uppsala University, Lund University and Umeå University. STandUP focuses on long-term sustainable energy supply, one of the greatest global challenges in the next decades. The groups within STandUP envision a future society that is provided with renewable, highly reliable and cost-efficient energy for all its needs.

Duties

The PhD student will use numerical simulations and data-driven methods to carry out research about offshore renewable energy systems and their dynamics and reliability. One part of the work as a PhD student is to write research papers and to orally present the research results in different forums such as project group meetings as well as international research conferences. The main duties for PhD students are to devote themselves to their research studies which include participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The courses should comprise 60 credits and the majority of the courses are optional and can be spread out throughout the doctoral period. The work duties also include educational tasks, for example giving tutorials or supervising labs / project work. Teaching and other department duties can take up a maximum of 20% of the working time.

 Requirements

• The applicant must hold a master degree in in engineering or science, with focus on energy systems, electrical engineering, engineering physics, or similar.
• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• We value your personal qualities and motivation. You should be purposeful, structured and be able to work effectively both individually and in groups. Good collaborations and communication skills with other researchers is required.

Additional qualifications

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University’s rules and guidelines.

Application

Please use the link below. You should include a brief description of your research interests and relevant experience, a CV, copies of diplomas and certificates, thesis (or a draft thereof) and other relevant documents. We ask you to provide contact information to references.

About the employment

The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala 

For further information about the position, please contact: Malin Göteman, 018-471 5875, malin.goteman @angstrom.uu.se  

Please submit your application by November 15th, 2024, UFV-PA 2024/3201.

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