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PhD scholarship – Grid services provided by electric vehicles – unleashing the potential of electric transportation - DTU Wind
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Job Description

Do you want to be involved in the green energy transition? Do you wish to contribute to the development of E-mobility integration and are you looking for a career in R&D or academia? Then we have a great opportunity!

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled candidate to join us as PhD scholar.

We offer a multidisciplinary, international, and friendly atmosphere, encouraging creativity, diversity, empathy, and teamwork. You will have a great opportunity to build strong networks with internationally known researchers at DTU and other universities as well as industrial partners.

You will be affiliated with the Section on E-mobility and Prosumer Integration in the Division of Power and Energy Systems. Collaboration with neighboring sections working on distributed energy systems, hybrid power plants, smart grids, power system flexibility, and market design and operation, is encouraged.

The Section on E-mobility and Prosumer Integration undertakes internationally leading research and teaching in the field of EV technologies, charging infrastructure and flexibility, advanced power electronics, battery energy systems and hybrid AC-DC systems. The research in this section is multidisciplinary and the team is currently formed by 27 researchers from 15 different countries.

Responsibilities and qualifications
The PhD project is part of a newly funded research project focused on grid services provided by electric vehicles (EVs). 

The collaboration envisions unlocking the flexibility potential of EVs and fostering their pro-active integration in the electric power system. The topics center around the technical capability of EVs to perform grid services, aggregation methods to coordinate EV charging, management strategies considering charging needs of users, and identifying/defining potential markets and mechanisms for the service provision in both distribution and transmission systems. The developed control and aggregation methods can be validated in our state-of-the-art research facilitates at Risø campus, which allows real-life demonstrations with actual chargers and vehicles. 

This PhD project will actively drive these topics in collaboration with colleagues and other stakeholders. Your primary tasks will be: 

• Plan and manage your PhD project in collaboration with supervisors. 
• Quantify the benefits of coordinating EV charging processes. 
• Develop and validate new control and aggregation methods for coordinating EV charging processes. 
• Define current and prospective pricing mechanisms that enable EV service provision in distribution and transmission systems. 
• Identify technical and regulatory barriers that prevent grid service provision by EVs and propose solutions to how these challenges can be overcome. 

A detailed project plan will be developed with the supervisors within the first two months after enrolment.

Candidates should have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) in engineering, natural sciences or similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a Master’s degree. The successful candidate has an education in a relevant engineering field or computer/data science and is motivated to specialize in electrical power systems. Candidates are required to have:

• Excellent grades in your master program
• Dedication and the desire to learn
• Good programming skills (MATLAB and/or Python) 
• Ability to work effectively with data and applied statistics
• Knowledge of electric power systems and electric vehicle integration
• Ability to present results in technical reports and prepare scientific papers
• Ability to work in a project team and take responsibility for own research goals
• Fluent in communicating and reporting in English

The successful candidate must also fulfill the requirements for admission to a PhD program at DTU.

Approval and Enrolment 
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education .

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here .

The workplace will be DTU Wind and Energy Systems, Risø Campus at Roskilde, Denmark.

Further information
Further information about the academic content may be obtained from Postdoctoral Researcher Jan Engelhardt ([email protected] ) and Head of Section for E-Mobility and Prosumer Integration, Associate Professor Mattia Marinelli ([email protected] ).

You can read more about DTU Wind and Energy Systems AT www.vindenergi.dtu.dk  

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark . Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup “Zoom” seminar ” for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU.

Application
Please submit your online application no later than the 15  April 2024 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply online”, fill in the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae 
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale
• A 1-page research statement, including figures and references if deemed necessary (max 500 words). Research achievements (if any), methodological approaches and research objectives relevant to the framework of the PhD study are recommended elements to be included. 

You may apply prior to obtaining your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it. 

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

The Department of Wind and Energy Systems is one of the world’s largest centers of wind energy and energy systems research and knowledge, with a staff of 400 people from 37 countries working in research, innovation, research-based consulting and education. DTU Wind and Energy Systems has approximately 100 PhD students. The department’s cross-disciplinary research is organized through strategic research programmes that collaborate with Danish and international universities, research institutions and organizations, as well as the wind industry.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 3280
• Job Category Phd
• Posting Date 03/04/2024, 04:40 AM
• Apply Before 04/15/2024, 05:59 PM
• Locations Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, 4000, DK

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