5 PhD and 1 Postdoc positions in Intelligent Electricity Systems

The envisioned research is part of the research programme Intelligent Energy Systems (IES) performed within the Electrical Energy Systems (EES) group of TU/e. Within the IES programme, research is conducted into operation and planning of future sustainable energy systems, with an emphasis on electricity systems, markets and systems integration. This research is performed in two research labs: the Digital power and energy systems lab (EES DigiPES lab) and the Electricity markets and power system optimization lab (EES EMPDO lab). The former focuses on intelligent energy network research, including: demand management and flexibility, digital twinning, data analytics, smart grid ICT architectures and systems integration in multi energy systems. The latter specializes in electricity market design (centralized & decentralized), market products & system services to integrate new technologies, forecasting, market participation strategies and risk management, large-scale, distributed, multi-objective optimization techniques applied to energy markets and power systems and AI for optimization and control in power and energy systems. The EES group has strong ties with industry both nationally and internationally, with several part-time industry researchers working in the group and a large group of strategic collaboration partners.

Recently, the Electrical Energy Systems group received grants for four nationally-funded projects in Intelligent Electricity Systems. Therefore, this group calls for applications for five PhD positions and one Postdoctoral position. The focus of the work will be on the application of intelligent software approaches (distributed control systems, machine learning, (distributed) optimization, market mechanisms, data science, modelling & Simulation etc.), in electrical power systems (energy network planning, power systems state estimation, energy system flexibility coordination, local energy markets, capacity & congestion management, etc.).