electrical power engineering PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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PhD in Engineering: Study of the impacts of electrification of heating on electric grid at district level

University of Glasgow
College of Science and Engineering

Dr Z Yu

Application Deadline: 5 April 2019

The School of Engineering is seeking a highly motivated graduate to undertake an exciting 3.5-year PhD project entitled ‘Study of the impacts of electrification of heating on electric grid at district level’ within the SP&E Division.

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Prestigious Strathclyde/NPL PhD Studentship: Expanding measurement limits of hybrid photonic voltage and current sensors

University of Strathclyde
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Dr P Niewczas, Prof G Burt

Applications accepted all year round

The electricity transmission and distribution networks are undergoing a significant level of transformation because of the massive deployment of renewable energy sources, disrupting the conventional ways the networks are protected, controlled and maintained.

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Coordination of fast active power injections to improve system frequency response in low inertia systems - Ref: FGUF2018

Loughborough University
Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr F Gonzalez-Longatt

Applications accepted all year round

The transition to a low carbon power system on the Great Britain (GB) requires ending the reliance on fossil fuel-based power generation.

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Robust power converter design and analysis

Durham University
Department of Engineering

Dr C Crabtree, Dr P Matthews

Applications accepted all year round

Fully-Funded Doctoral Studentship in Offshore Wind Energy Power Converters and Reliability. Department of Engineering, Durham University.

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Highly Efficient Integration of Lithium Batteries to Improve Reliability and Power Density of WBG-based Medium Voltage Direct Current Converters

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering

Prof N Jenkins, Dr W Ming

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Emerging wide bandgap semiconductors (WBG) offer an opportunity to significantly improve the performance of power electronics converters by increasing switching frequency and reducing losses.

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School of Engineering PhD Opportunities

University of Glasgow
School of Engineering

The University of Glasgow. The University of Glasgow is a world leading institution and was the first UK university to be rated as 5 Stars Plus overall (QS World University Rankings 2018).

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Advanced power supplies for novel plasma applications

Loughborough University
Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr F Iza

Applications accepted all year round

Gas plasmas generate reactive environments at low temperature that can trigger chemical and bio-chemical processes that are hard to initiate by other means.

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Modelling and Failure Mode Analysis of Power Electronics Devices

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr H Wen, Dr L Jiang, Prof C Zhao, Dr Y Hu

Applications accepted all year round

Power electronics devices such as IGBTs and Power MOSFETs are playing the essential role in the electrical power system with the fast development of renewable energy.

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Advanced electrical machines and drives for electric propulsion systems

University of Bath
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Z Wu

Application Deadline: 30 April 2019

Electric propulsion system has been widely recognized as a promising technology for establishing a sustainable society by reducing NOx and CO2 emission, compared with the conventional propulsion system by fossil fuel.

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