Scholarships

This page sets out the current vacancies at the Institute for Energy Systems for academic and research posts as well as PhD studentships. We also welcome speculative applications – please see the PhD Study webpage.

Studentships

• Integrated Assessment of Quality of Supply in Future Electricity Networks

Integrated Assessment of Quality of Supply in Future Electricity Networks
(Online 15th Sept 2009 – No closing date)

This project aims to establish a generalised procedure for the successful integration of reliability, power quality, security and other relevant aspects of quality of supply analysis in an all-inclusive methodology for the assessment of system and end-user performance in future electricity networks. The proposed methodology requires formulation of improved modelling and simulation tools, necessary for the correct analysis of future flexible and actively controlled power supply systems. The expected outcome of the proposed research is a set of new indices and performance indicators for a more accurate cost-benefit analysis and economic assessment, benchmarking and validation of the overall system and end-user quality of supply performance.

To answer these challenges, the PhD research within the project will concentrate on the development of improved component models and their use in high-performance parallel computing enabled simulation environment. A more detailed description is available here.

Necessary background: One PhD position available – you should possess a First Degree in Engineering (preferably Electrical), or in Computer Science (preferably with Electrical/Electronics). The minimum requirement is an Upper Second Class degree or equivalent. An MSc in related area and/or experience in power system simulation and modelling would be a bonus.

Funding for Home/EU students: The studentship fully covers tuition fees (£3,390 in 2009/10) and you will be paid a stipend to cover your living expenses (£13,290 tax-free in 2009/10) for a period of 3 years.

Funding for Overseas (non-EU) students: If you are coming from outside the EU then you will receive the same funding as EU students (fees + stipend, as above) but you will have to pay the tuition fee at a higher Overseas level (£14,750 in 2009/10). Accordingly, your living expenses will have to be covered from another source, as we cannot offer any further financial assistance.

Contact: Dr. Sasa Djokic, e-mail: Sasa.Djokic@ed.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0) 131 6505 595.