Doctoral student (licentiate) in Energy Technology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Energy Technology

The Department of Energy Technology focuses on research and teaching with the goal of contributing to sustainable energy systems. The department has three divisions with research areas with both technical and multidisciplinary character. The department’s personnel and students come from all over the world and contribute to an extremely international environment.The candidate will work in a new project aiming at development and design of a novel heat pump for single family dwellings. The main goal of the development and design is efficiency and robustness of operation.
The work may be divided into four main tasks:
1. Survey of relevant publications related to models and experimental work of similar concepts as in the intended heat pump.
2. Experimental evaluation of suggested designs.
3. Modelling of the systems and systems control.
4. Evaluation of system design and suggest improvements. The result will be reported in trade magazines and scientific journals.
The project will be limited towards a licentiate engineering degree.
In addition to the project, the applicant will also be involved in other activities of the department, such as being a teaching assistant.

Supervision: The doctoral student will be supervised by Joachim Claesson

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world.Read more
• A compulsory individual study plan to support your development in your area of interest.
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.

Eligibility
To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a degree at advanced level,
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
• in any other way acquired within or outside the country acquired essentially equivalent knowledge.
• Language requirements

Central parts of this project will be Applied Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Mathematical Modelling of Thermal Processes. Since a major part of the project will concern experiments, experience of experimental work on heat pump, measurement and evaluation of experimental results is seen as a major merit. In addition, interest in develop control algorithms and implement these in self-developed microcomputers such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino or PLC systems is also a merit.

Selection
In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyse and work with complex issues

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability.

Target degree: Licenciate degree

Information regarding admission and employment
Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

Union representatives
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Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.

Application
Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copy of the degree certificate(s) and transcripts of records from your previously attended university-level institutions and certificates of fulfilled language requirements.These need to be translated into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information
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