PhD research staff in Electrical Engineering (High-Power Transformers for Renewable Energy Plants) Universidade de Vigo in Spain

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia is offering fully funded PhD and Direct PhD opportunities for Fall 2027. The research involves advanced solid-state transformers and power converters for AI data centers and medium-voltage motor drives. The project is supported by funding and industrial collaboration, with opportunities to develop research into commercially viable products through technology licensing or startup creation. The position is particularly relevant to appl...

This PhD project at the University of East Anglia focuses on the design optimisation of brushless doubly fed machines (BDFMs), an emerging electrical machine technology for offshore wind turbine generators. BDFMs can operate with fractional-sized power converters and eliminate rotor brushes and slip rings. Their simplified gearbox systems, compared with high-speed generators, may reduce capital and operational costs while improving reliability and reducing maintenance requirements. These charact...

⚡ The University of Manchester is advertising 3 PhD opportunities in Power System Protection with research focused on modern electricity networks and inverter-based resources. Research themes include source-independent protection for inverter-dominated power networks, protection-compatible fault response design for grid-forming converters, protection of power grids with high renewable penetration, protection-friendly IBR control design, and DC grid modelling and protection. Funding routes includ...

University of Twente is advertising a Postdoc position in EMT reference models of microgrids and customer-side assets for UTOPYS . This opportunity is centered on Electrical Engineering , with likely overlap in energy systems , microgrids , power systems , and modeling/control of distributed assets. The post is shared by UTwente Vacancies and points to a separate vacancy page for full details. No deadline, funding details, or eligibility requirements are included in the social post itself. Inter...

Two fully funded PhD positions are available in Dr. Tong Huang’s research group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Diego State University (USA). The group develops technical solutions to improve the resilience of electricity infrastructure. Research interests include domain-tailored AI , cyber-physical security , and modeling and control for inverter-based resource (IBR)-dominated power grids . Applicants should prepare a CV , unofficial transcripts , a short stateme...