PhD position in offshore renewable energy systems’ digital twin modeling

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, 6G communication and wireless sensor networks as well as research and education within Life Science, smart electronic sensors and medical systems. The Department of Electrical Engineering is an international workplace with around 160 employees that all contribute to important technical energy and health solutions at the Ångström laboratory.

Come and work with us!
The position will be at the division of Electricity, at the Department of Electrical Engineering. Here you will find a friendly work enviroment with a doctoral network and a variety experimental projects. The division collaboration with Swedish companies - Public and private - and stakeholders in the different fields of research. We lookning forward to receiving your application. Join and build the future with us!

Project description
The offshore renewable energy sector is driving the green transition globally and becoming one of the largest industries with a great potential for growth in coming years. Nonetheless, managing the intermittency of offshore renewable energy supply due to weather patterns imposes challenges in their grid integration.

This PhD project will model and develop offshore renewable energy systems focusing on offshore wind, microgrids, energy islands, and energy storage systems. The PhD candidate will work on the development of digital twins of offshore renewable energy systems with integrated energy storage, as well as various innovative grid-supporting solutions.The project is offered within the Interreg North Sea programme co-funded by European Union, and involves a close collaboration with industry and other research organizations located in the North Sea Region.

We have an exciting work environment designed by the doctoral student and the research team together. The doctoral student will be supervised by at least two supervisors. The Department of Electrical Engineering also gives a salary supplement in addition to the local guidelines for doctoral students at Uppsala University.

Duties
The PhD student will use numerical simulation tools to carry out research about offshore renewable energy systems, energy storage and their dynamics. The PhD student will need to participate in project meetings and project-related activities. The main duties of a PhD student are to devote themselves to their research studies, which include participation in the research projects and the third cycle courses. A large part of research includes writing the research papers and presentation of research results orally in different forums project group meetings as well as international research conferences. The third cycle courses should comprise 60 credits and the majority of the courses are elective and can be taken during the doctoral time. Other work duties also include educational and administration 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's degree in engineering or science, with a focus on energy systems, electrical engineering, engineering physics, or similar.  
• Very good oral and written proficiency in Swedish and English.
• Will put an emphasis in your personal qualities, such as being goal and result-oriented as well as self-driven. You should be purposeful, structured and be able to work effectively both individually and in groups. Good collaboration and communication skills are required. 

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

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: Irina Temiz, +46704250552, irina.temiz@uu.se

Please submit your application December 20th, 2024 UFV-PA 2024/3739.

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