Doctoral Researcher in Power Electronics (DSII) - Tampereen yliopisto - Tampere, Finland

The purpose of the job is to create new knowledge for academia and industry in the field of power electronics. The goals are: Development of control methods for utility-scale power electronic converters operating as static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs). Development of software tools to support the design, testing, and validation of the proposed control methods. As a Doctoral Researcher you will first develop and test the control methods in a simulation environment such as Matlab. In a second step, the methods will be implemented in a hardware-in-the-loop simulator. Finally, they will be run on a low-voltage lab prototype. The tasks of doctoral researchers also include teaching duties that amount to approximately 5% of their annual working hours, unless there are justified reasons to the contrary. At the university, the work will be supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Petros Karamanakos. You will also be supported by practitioners in the steering group, including company representatives. By participating in DSII events, excursions, meetings and training sessions with your fellow doctoral students, you will both get and provide peer support and make your own contribution to the development of DSII.