4 PhD Positions, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (2017)

There will be four Ph.D. positions within one National project that collaborates also with Brazilian researchers, and one Nordic/Baltic project that collaborates with academia and industry in the Nordic/Baltic region. Both project attempts to leverage the unprecedented benefits of Synchrophasor Technology (aka PMU technology) at different voltage levels to transform monitoring, control and protection systems to be used in future grids to steer Renewable Energy Sources through their power-electronic interface so to provide flexibility functions and services.

The research topics aim to leverage and develop synchrophasor technology resulting in new concepts, methods and tools (SW/HW prototypes) for monitoring, control and protection, its associated sensors and ICT, and the foundations for model-based engineering of synchrophasor applications. The research methods and scientific results will be mostly contributing towards the foundations for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for the development of cyber-physical power systems, focusing on synchrophasor technology and applications.

The expected outcome of the Ph.D. projects, in addition to scientific contributions, includes the development and release of Open Source Software projects and Open Hardware designs developed during the project.

Qualifications
The successful applicant is expected to hold or to be about to receive an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering or Information and Communication Technology.

A specialization in embedded systems, systems control and robotics, network services and systems, wireless systems, communication systems, software engineering of distributed systems, computer science, electrical power engineering, or similar is an asset.

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required.

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