Stillingstittel:
Adjunct Professor or Associate Adjunct Professor within the strategic research topic Energy Efficiency

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

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Jobbnorge ID: 122514

Faculty of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy

 

 

Ref. FT 4/2016

 

A position as adjunct professor or associate adjunct professor is open at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy. The field of this position is intended to cover energy efficiency with a main emphasis on energy systems or process systems engineering. Our main present activities are in the areas of Biogas / Hydrogen, both efficient use and production, as well as in the area of Energy Efficient Buildings, with emphasis on energy supply.

 

Information about the department

 

The department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy consists of nearly 30 employees, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, phd-students, and engineers. The department offers bachelor within engineering of electrics, engineering renewable energy, and vocational teaching. The department also offer an international master degree of Electronic Systems and Instrumentation, which is a joint effort with the Mid-university of Sweden.

One of the centrally supported research areas at NTNU is ENERSENSE. Currently this strategic research area ENERSENSE has all its leaders employed at the department, see http://www.ntnu.no/iefe/enersense for more information.

 

Job description

 

The employee will be working in a multidisciplinary field with focus on energy supply systems and / or process systems engineering. The the applicant must have a workplace that agrees to support her or his work effort at NTNU.

 

The work task for the selected candidate is related to research in the field of energy efficiency. Research is to be carried out as a part of the ENERSENSE initiative. ENERSENSE is a cross-disciplinary strategic research initiative focusing on energy storage, energy efficiency, and sensor technology development. Currently ENERSENSE involves around 25 researchers, including PhD-candidates, assistant-, associate-, and full professors. The candidate is expected to collaborate with the people involved in ENERSENSE on research, facilitating collaboration with industry and other research institutions, writing research proposals, organizing workshops, and other activities revolving around the ENERSENSE initiative. The position does not involve specific teaching duties, but the person hired is expected to collaborate and / or supervise bachelor final projects, master project students, and PhD-candidates that are a part of ENERSENSE.

 

 

The position is a 4-year appointment with a possibility for extension. The funding is from ENERSENSE, which in turn has been granted for the period of January 2016 until the end of 2023, as long as certain requirements are met. After four years, there is a midway evaluation to determine if ENERSENSE is to be continued until the end of the funding period. As long as ENERSENSE is continued, the position can be extended.

 

Qualifications

 

The department seeks someone with expertise within energy supply systems / process systems engineering, but other additional experience with renewable energy storage technologies such as biofuels and hydrogen production and / or use will be considered in addition. Track record of collaboration with partners in the fields of energy storage and sensor technology is considered an advantage.

 

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: E.C Dahls gate 2 7004 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år