PhD student position in Electric Drive Systems - electrified vehicles system analysis


Reference number 2010/7
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Application deadline 2010-02-25
This project is part of Chalmers Energy Initiative and placed at the Divison of Electric Power Engineering within the Department of Energy and Environment.
The Department of Energy and Environment excels in research and education related to energy, environment and sustainable development ranging from a global perspective to industrial, building and product issues. The focus is on experimental and theoretical research on energy technology as well as on development, use and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of technical systems. In total around 140 persons are active at the six divisions of the department.
The Electrical Power Engineering research group is heavily involved in research towards automotive applications, with the aim to reduce the environmental impact of transportation. The group is working in the area of electric drive systems and is now increasing the activity. Currently the group working with automotive applications consists of five Ph.D. students and three senior researchers. One part of the activities is the cooperation within the Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre, see www.chalmers.se/shc. We are also part of “Chalmers Energy Initiative” of which the PhD position in question will be one important part. For other projects, see the web pages for the Division.


Job description
We are now looking for a PhD Student in Electric Drives Systems that will work with the design and modeling of electric drives systems for hybrid (or pure electric) vehicles applications.
In this position you will cooperate with a larger team (within “Chalmers Energy Initiative”) consisting of specialists of various disciplines, such as environmental techniques, control engineering, battery technology as well as large-scale international energy flows. Interest to cooperate with these disciplines as well as taking the inputs from these disciplines is accordingly a prerequisite for applying to this position.
The specific aim of this position is to equip a vehicle with suitable drive system components (like power electronic equipment) in order to obtain highest possible energy efficiency (both related to propulsion energy as well as heating/cooling energy), lowest weight and most efficient charging.
The theme comprises components and systems for conversion of electric energy between different forms. Core areas are modelling and function of converters and power electronic components, EMI/EMC, design, and calculation and minimization of losses. Competence in electromagnetic design for higher frequencies, as well as skills within a field calculation program is most welcome. Practical experience from building, testing and evaluating of electronic/magnetic equipment is also an advantage.



Required qualifications To be qualified the applicant must have a M.sc degree in electric Power Engineering, Electronics or Electromagnetic field theory. Applicants are expected to have an excellent knowledge of both written and spoken English. Since the group’s teaching activities are conducted in both Swedish and English, knowledge of Swedish is an advantage. PhD student positions are limited to five years and will normally include 20% departmental work, mostly teaching duties.


Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:

  1. An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
  2. Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
  3. Curriculum Vitae
  4. Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)

The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/7) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden

Further information Assistant Professor Sonja Tidblad Lundmark, Electric Power Engineering, phone +46 31 772 1651, e.mail: sonja.lundmark@chalmers.se
Professor Torbjörn Thiringer, Electric Power Engineering, phone +46 31 772 1644, e.mail: torbjorn.thiringer@chalmers.se
Professor Bo Egardt, research group leader in automatic control, Signals and Systems, phone +4631 772 3721, e.mail: egardt@chalmers.se



Union representatives
  • SACO: Jan Lindér
  • ST: Marie Wenander
  • SEKO: Johan Persson

All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00


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