PhD in Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grids

$23,000 per annum (tax-free) for 3 years.

A modern, smart grid must provide a reliable, cost-effective, safe and environmentally responsible service. The project will focus on development of new systems and intelligent algorithms that will analyze, diagnose and predict conditions in the grid in order to take appropriate corrective actions to eliminate, mitigate and prevent outages and power quality disturbances. The project will involve laboratory and field based experimentation and will be undertaken at the Australian Energy Research Institute (AERI) at the University of New South Wales.

Applicant must be Australian citizen or permanent resident and should have at least First Class Honours (or equivalent) in an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering or another relevant discipline.

Desirable attributes include:

• Strong background in circuits analysis, control systems, power electronics, signal processing
• Interest in renewable energy, rapid prototyping and hardware implementation

The student will be supervised by Dr Branislav Hredzak and co-supervised by Professor Vassilios Agelidis. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, academic transcripts and CV (including a description of any relevant experience) to Dr Branislav Hredzak (email: b.hredzak@unsw.edu.au) by 25 May 2012.