PhD Position in Energy Technology at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Application Deadline: 04/01/2010

At Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, Department of Energy Technology a position as Ph.D. fellow (position no. 562/06-14-29213) is open for appointment from 1.2.2010.
Job description:
Design and Optimization of Advanced District Heating Systems

The PhD stipend is available within the general study programme “Mechanical Engineering”.

The PhD stipend is available within the general study programme Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis on implementation of advanced technologies for sustainable production and distribution of heat in district heating systems. The stipend is funded by the research project FlexEnergi, in which Aalborg University is collaborating with a number of regional producers and distributors of district heating as well as consulting engineers and local governments.
The PhD project will focus on designing and implementing a modular laboratory test facility, in which a number of sustainable production and distribution technologies can be incorporated, and where different combinations hereof, as well as optimization and control algorithms can be implemented and tested, before upscaling to full scale implementation. The components of the test facility will be selected according to the design studies already defined in the FlexEnergi project. Furthermore, the PhD project will focus on full scale implementation of the tested technologies and control principles, and the consequences of these in a more societal context, where also market drivers should be included. In order to facilitate this multi-disciplinary approach, the project will be supervised jointly by researchers from the Department of Planning and Development as well as the Department of Energy Technology.

Qualifications:
The PhD position is open to persons holding a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, energy engineering, energy planning and management or equivalent. It is important that the applicant possesses good communication skills, and has a very good command of spoken and written English. Furthermore, candidates who can provide documentation of a combination of technical and planning/development competences will be preferred.



Qualification requirements:
PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Masters degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 18 of January 14, 2008 on the PhD Programme at the Universities. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed every six months. It is a prerequisite for continuation of salary payment that the previous progress is approved at the time of the evaluation.

The qualifications of the applicant will be assessed by an assessment committee. On the basis of the recommendation of the assessment committee, the Dean of the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine will make a decision for allocating the stipend.



Appointment and salary acc. to the Ministry of Finance Circular of January 11, 2006 on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the Ministry of Finance Circular of June 13, 2007 on the employment structure at Danish Universities.

For further information about stipends and salary contact Ms. Helen Kjerstein Kristensen, The Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, email: hek@adm.aau.dk, phone: +45 9940 7373 +45 9940 7373 .

The PhD application form can be downloaded from the following address:
http://www.phd.ins.aau.dk/get-a-phd/3591832

The faculty has a research school, The Doctoral School of Engineering, Science and Medicine: http://www.phd.ins.aau.dk and a Network for all PhD students: http://pau.aau.dk


You may obtain further information from Professor Lasse Rosendahl, Department of Energy Technology, phone: +45 9940 9263 +45 9940 9263 , email: lar@iet.aau.dk concerning the technical aspects of the stipend.

Application marked with the PhD stipend No. 562/06-14-29213, should include in four copies: the PhD application form, the Masters diploma including grades, publications, Curriculum Vitae, proposal for a PhD study plan and any other material, as well as a list of submitted material. Due to legal constraints electronic applications will not be accepted. The application must arrive at Aalborg University with the morning post by the 4.1.2010.


Application is to be forwarded to :

Aalborg Universitet
De Ingeniør-, Natur- og Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakulteter
Niels Jernes Vej 10
DK-9220 Aalborg Øst