CASE Studentship in Engineering with Siemens: A techno-economic and regulatory analysis of the building as a power plant concept in future energy systems

Number of awards:

1

Start date and duration:

April or September 2018 for 3 years with potential to be extended to 3.5 years.

Overview:

The Question we are researching with this studentship is:

How do technical, market and regulatory issues affect the case for buildings as power plants?
We will look at the consideration of technical factors, market and economic factors under a range of scenarios and the interaction between these to determine the opportunity for the use of buildings as power plants in future energy systems.

Secondly we would consider regulatory factors, their impact as a barrier or enabler, their relative impact under a range of scenarios, in order to determine the regulatory issues of the building as a power plant.

Studying the above factors will be articulated through a number of scenarios, described through a financial framework using appropriate software tools, any uncertainties to be highlighted while investigating the above factors will be expressed in these scenarios.

Sponsor:

Engineering and Physical Research Council and Siemens
(https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/)
(https://www.siemens.com/uk/en/home.html)

Name of supervisor(s):

Dr Sara Walker (https://bitly.im/JKQPx) and Dr Haris Patsios,(http://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/harispatsios.html#background); School of Engineering (https://bitly.im/3MJsG).

Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants should have a first class or upper second class Honours degree in Electrical Power Engineering. You must also have the potential for performing original research.

The award is available to UK/EU applicants only.

How to apply:

All applicants should complete the University’s postgraduate application system (https://bitly.im/xxQPB) when applying for a studentship.

All relevant fields should be completed, but fields marked with a red asterisk must to be completed. The following information will help us to process your application. You will need to:

insert the programme code 8060F in the programme of study section
select 2017/2018 for Academic Year
select ‘PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering – Electrical and Electronic Engineering’ as the programme of study
insert the studentship code ENG007 in the studentship/partnership reference field
attach a covering letter and CV. The covering letter must state the title of the studentship, quote reference code ENG007 and state how your interests and experience relate to the project
attach degree transcripts and certificates and, if English is not your first language, a copy of your English language qualifications.