Stillingstittel:
Post Doc position at Department of Electric Power Engineering within Reliability of Power Electronics

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The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, http://www.ntnu.edu/ime at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has vacancies for one 100% position as Post Doctoral Researcher at Department of Electric Power Engineering http://www.ntnu.edu/elkraft (ELKRAFT)

 

Information about the department

Currently there are 13 professors and 4 associate professors at the department. In addition there are 6 adjunct associate professors, 4 postdoctoral researchers, approx. 25 active PhD students, and 15 technical/administrative staff. Research activities are organized into two groups; Power Systems and Electric Power apparatus

 

The department has a wide range of teaching responsibilities, ranging from fundamental education in electric power engineering for other engineering students, Master's programs in Energy and Environment, International MSc programs within Electric Power Engineering and Wind Energy, as well as PhD education and continuing education.

 

Information about the position

The postdoctoral fellowship will be within a 20 MNOK research project entitled Reliability and ruggedness of high power high voltage power electronics (ReliPE), which is led by SINTEF Energy Research, with NTNU, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Statkraft, Électricité de France (EDF), GE Energy Power Conversion, and Mitsubishi Electric as project partners. The project is co-funded by The Research Council of Norway. The objective of the project is to strengthen the research on reliability of power electronics with main focus on the power semiconductors. The project aims to improve the cost-efficiency of high power converter systems through increased reliability, better understanding of failure mechanisms and tools for lifetime estimation. The postdoctoral fellowship will be granted for 2 years. The ideal starting date is September 2016.

 

Work description

It is expected that the postdoctoral fellow will have special emphasis on the assessment of methods for condition monitoring and lifetime prediction of components subjected to thermal stress, and their applicability for power semiconductors in his/her research. The successful candidate is also expected to contribute towards the development of new methods and standards for evaluating the reliability and lifetime of state-of-the-art Silicon IGBTs, and possibly SiC-based transistors. The candidate is expected to integrate with the project group as a whole, participate in and contribute to meetings and workshops, visit partners, and to contribute with ideas to their work, and to publish his/her research in highly-ranked scientific journals and conferences in collaboration with the other universities and industrial partners.

 

The postdoctoral fellow is furthermore expected to contribute to research training and education within applied power electronics, in companionship with Assoc. Prof. Dimosthenis Peftitsis at NTNU. This includes supervision of MSc and PhD students, lecturing in Prof. Peftitsis' courses, and building up course material on design of power electronics, including aspects of semiconductor theory, reliability, and wide bandgap devices. It is also intended that the course material developed can be used in tutorials for industry and academia.

 

Qualifications

Applicants are strictly advised to address the following selection criteria:

• A PhD degree in electrical engineering, with a thesis o
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: O.S. Bragstads plass 2E 7491 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
  
  

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