Project Description

Are you interested in a fast track career in Power Systems Engineering that is allied to an environmentally sustainable energy future? You will be funded for 3.5 years by our prestigious Brunel Industrial Doctorate Scheme (BIDS) in Smart Power Networks programme, sponsored by the EPSRC. Our programme offers environmentally focussed research, in an industrial setting, along with personal and professional development. Successful applicants can expect to receive a bursary of £19,000 tax-free funding per year whilst working towards their Doctorate.

Research Project: Novel Design, Development and Deployment of WAMS on a Cloud Computing Platform.

Summary: The PhD student research project will investigate and develop innovative cloud computing approaches to enable scalable and secure analysis of massive PMU data using state of the art infrastructure as a service (IaaS) technology that can be effectively deployed in order to:
• Implement novel scalable and on-demand wide area monitoring solutions
• Design, develop and deploy the most computationally cost-effective cloud computing software and hardware solutions.
• Enable secure multiple access to wide area monitoring systems and data.

Location: GE Grid Solutions, Edinburgh

Informal inquiries may be directed to Prof Gareth Taylor at gareth.taylor@brunel.ac.uk.

Entry Requirements
You should have or be expecting to gain a good honours degree in computer science, electronic and electrical engineering, or a closely related discipline. Ideally also having a strong personal interest in power systems and developing environmentally beneficial technology for the transmission and distribution of electrical power. You must also establish a relevant connection with the UK, for example by having resided in the UK for 3 years not wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education, to meet EPSRC’s eligibility criteria for funding of an award.

Please e-mail your application comprising all of the documents listed below by Noon on Friday 16th June 2017 to cedps-pgr-office@brunel.ac.uk.

• Your up-to-date CV;
• A one A4 page statement setting out why you are a suitable candidate (i.e.: your skills and experience);
• A copy of your degree certificate and transcript;
• Evidence of English language skills to IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent), if appropriate;
• Two academic references.


Interviews will take place at GE Grid Solutions, Edinburgh in June/July 2017. Candidates should be available for a September 2017 start.
Funding Notes

Successful applicants will receive payment of their home tuition fees as well as an annual (tax free) stipend of £19,000 and be based at GE Grid Solutions, WAMS Centre of Excellence, Edinburgh.