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Post Doctoral Fellow in Electrical Engineering

Employer
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Closing date
3 Aug 2022

Job Purpose

  • A Postdoctoral position is available at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi, UAE) under the VRI-Sustainability, focused on the development of novel protection strategies for hybrid AC/DC microgrids. The developed protection schemes will aid in enhancing system operation as well as improve the protection effectiveness. The research will be dealing with both centralized and decentralized protection schemes.  
  • To provide high quality research support and undertake internationally competitive research aimed at publication thereby contributing to the academic and research mission of the University.  
  • Since the Postdoctoral, experience is transitional to becoming an independent researcher or faculty member, the Postdoctoral tries their best to acquire the varied skills necessary to advance their career with guidance from the advisor. These skills include, but are not limited to, the ability to present research plans and findings in a convincing style, both in oral and written modes of communication, the ability to understand research group management and supervision of others, the ability to establish contacts and network with colleagues pursuing a similar research agenda, the ability to organize and teach a class or a course if more inclined towards a teaching career.  

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Operational Responsibilities

  1. Developing novel protection detection and classification schemes for hybrid ac/dc connected/isolated micro-grids.
  2. Developing novel AI and ML-based techniques for power quality detection and classification for both AC and DC microgrid systems.
  3. Support in building a hardware validation test bed.
  4. Support in writing project reports, research articles, proposals, and presenting research achievements at conferences/seminars as well as filing possible patent application out of the project results.

Supervisory Responsibilities

  • Assist in supervising undergraduate/graduate students working on tasks relevant to the project.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

Interested candidates should have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with strong background in Power Systems. The candidate must have an established record of scholarship with significant journal publications and demonstrated expertise in power system and control.

Required Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates with the following qualities:

  1. Very strong background in Power system protection;
  2. Power System optimization & Control
  3. Very strong background in AI and ML-based techniques applicable to power systems
  4. Self-independent and self-motivated;
  5. Very good mathematical background. Experience in Modeling;
  6. Very good written and oral communication skills;

Work experience in relevant research projects is preferable.

Should you require further assistance or if you face any issue with the online application, please feel to contact the Recruitment Team (recruitmentteam@ku.ac.ae).

Primary Location : KUK – Khalifa University
Job : Post Doctoral Fellow
Schedule : Regular
Shift : Standard
Job Type : Full-time

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