Open PhD position in Energy Flexible Buildings at IREC - Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - Spain

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Open PhD position in Energy Flexible Buildings at IREC - Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - Spain


Dear all,

Just to announce that we have an open position about Energy Flexible Buildings in the framework of INCITE project. Please, be free to consider and distribute this information among the ones that could be interested. The position is

ESR2.1: Energy flexible and smart grid/energy ready buildings (IREC) - http://www.incite-itn.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/ESR21_JobDescription.pdf -, among other 14 positions opened at the end of January..


14 PhD positions are available in the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) project INCITE (Innovative controls for renewable source integration into smart energy systems - http://www.incite-itn.eu/)

INCITE is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network (ITN-ETN) funded by the HORIZON 2020 Programme, which brings together experts on control and power systems, from academia and industry with the aim of training 14 young researchers capable of providing innovative control solutions for the future electrical networks. INCITE is a multidisciplinary network formed by:
·         IREC (Catalonia Institute for Energy Research), Barcelona, Spain (Coordinator)
·         UPC (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya), Barcelona, Spain
·         TUDelft (Delft University of Technology), Delft, Netherlands
·         VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research), Mol, Belgium
·         UniBo (Universita di Bologna), Bologna, Italy
·         UGA (Universite Grenoble Alpes), Grenoble, France
·         GE Global Research, Munich, Germany
·         EFACEC ENERGIA, Porto, Portugal
·         3E, Brussels, Belgium (Partner organisation)

The network supports the recruitment of 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) during 36 months. Each ESR will be working on an Individual Research Project (IRP) in the host institution and will have secondments related to her/his research in other academic and industrial partners of the network. Strong interactions among the different ESRs and institutions is expected. All ESRs will be enrolled in a PhD programme and the development of the IRPs will be part of their thesis. The network will support training activities (including scientific, personal and transferable skills) and periodical events. This is a unique opportunity for highly motivated young researchers of developing their career in a multi-sectorial and multi-national environment and obtain a wide knowledge on the control of electrical networks.
In Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, ESRs are paid a competitive salary (adjusted for the host country), including a Mobility Allowance and a Family Allowance (subject to family situation). To be eligible as an ESR, the researcher should be within four years of the diploma granting her/him access to doctorate studies at the time of recruitment and must not have spent more than 12 months in the host country within the 3 years prior to starting. More information about eligibility criteria and Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Networks can be found in: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-msca/actions/itn/index_en.htm

The PhD positions:

- ESR1.1: Partitioning and optimisation-based non-centralised control of dynamical energy grids (UPC)
- ESR1.2: Decentralised control for RES by fast market-based MAS (TUDelft)
- ESR1.3: Hybrid agent-based optimisation model for self-scheduling generators in a market environment (TUDelft)
- ESR1.4: Development of non-intrusive and intrusive energy-management algorithms (VITO)
- ESR2.1: Energy flexible and smart grid/energy ready buildings (IREC)
- ESR2.2: Control and management of storage elements in micro-grids (UPC)
- ESR2.3: Robust management and control of smart multi-carrier energy systems (TUDelft)
- ESR3.1: Control strategies for hybrid AC-DC grids (IREC)
- ESR3.2: A new modelling approach for stabilisation of smart grids (UGA)
- ESR3.3: Distributed control strategies for wind farms for grid support (IREC)
- ESR4.1: Integrated simulation for MAS design and testing (UniBo)
- ESR4.2: Fault detection and isolation for renewable sources (UGA)
- ESR4.3: Advanced monitoring and control of electrical distribution grid (GE)
- ESR4.4: Advanced functionalities for the future smart secondary substation (Efacec)

The expected starting date for all positions is between June 2016 and October 2016.

The full description of the job positions and application procedure is announced last Friday at http://www.incite-itn.eu/vacancies/

Please, contact coordinate-incite@irec.cat for any question during the application procedure.



Regards,
Jaume Salom

posted on 10 Feb 2016, IST


2nd Call: PhD School on Numerical Methods for Diffusion Phenomena - PUCPR, Brazil

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting.

We would be very grateful if you could forward the following message to students and lecturers of the areas that might be interested.

We are very pleased to announce that the Mechanical engineering Graduate Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Brazil, is organizing a new edition of the International PhD program on Buildings  physics entitled "Numerical Methods for Diffusion Phenomena in Building Physics: Theory and Practice". The initiative arises as part of our goals to internationalize research in the areas of hygrothermal and energy modeling of buildings.

This school is supported by the Brazilian Association of Building Performance (IBPSA-Brazil) and is in the frame of a binational project CAPES-COFECUB (# 774/13) with the French Universities of Savoy and Lyon. The school is focused on numerical methods as they are involved in most of heat and mass transfer software. The topics will include: finite differences approach applied to transient processes; finite differences approaches applied to local diffusion phenomenon; introductive notions related to Finite Volume approach and its implementation; analytical techniques and semi-analytical methods for solving diffusion-type equations. A special attention will be done to Boundary Integral formulations and the related numerical techniques, involving finite element approach. In addition, spectral approaches (Fourier transform, Orthogonal polynomials projection) and Reduced Order Methods (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition, Proper Generalized Decomposition) will be presented and discussed. After each theoretical morning course, a training session will be supervised for assimilating the concepts introduced, followed by a practical hands-on session for the implementation of the performed algorithms.

As an outcome of this school, it is expected the students have a global knowledge of many numerical approaches and be able to decide which numerical method is relevant with respect to the studied problem. As they will be trained during practical sessions, they will get the scientific programming skills related to multi-dimensional diffusion processes.

LOCATION and IMPORTANT DATES

Location: Pontifical Catholic University of Parana - PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil
Lessons Period: from April 4th to April 14th 2016, totalizing 90 h (72h in Curitiba).
New application Period: Feb. 2nd – Feb. 20th 2016
Registration Cost: Enrollment without charge

Number of students: 30 (60% maximum expected from Brazil)


For further details please see the document in attachement or contact strictosensu@pucpr.br. 
Please distribute this to anyone it might concern.

Best regards,
Nathan Mendes

 on behalf of NCEUB letter.

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