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英国university of northumbria智能电网方向phd 招生，全额奖学金

招生广告：
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/pr ... mpee-jiang/?p116586
研究课题：Distributed Energy Resources Aggregation and Optimisation in Future Power System
申请截止日期：2020年5月11日

全奖资助标准：100% 学费，以及 ￡15,009 英镑/每年 生活费，PhD学习期间有机会到英国或国际企业实习。

相关学术要求：1. 硕士优先，优秀本科生亦可考虑
                     2. 欢迎电气/电子工程 或 通信专业背景的同学申请，如有智能电网项目经历 优先考虑
                     3. 语言成绩: an ielts overall score of 6.5 with no component below 6.0

入学时间： 2020-2021学年
有意者如需咨询 请联系 jing.jiang@northumbria.ac.uk

具体招生广告如下：

Project Description
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU)is a collaborative doctoral training programme run by the Universities of Northumbria, Newcastle and Durham. In addition to undertaking an individual scientific research project at one of the three partner Universities, doctoral candidates will engage with added value training opportunities, for example in business, innovation and internationalisation through a 4-year training programme that has been designed to maximise the benefits of a cohort approach to doctoral training. The start date is 1st October 2020.

Due to global environmental concerns, the UK has set an ambitious target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 to 2050. To meet this low carbon target, developing a smart grid that delivers efficient energy usage via a flexible accessible system, is essential for future energy system. At the core of smart grid, the aggregation of the capacity of distributed energy (DE) resources, storage units, and flexible loads to create a single operating profile helps balance supply and demand. For example, virtual power plant platform or energy hub concept has a significant enabling value to benefit many stakeholders: Individual consumers could gain visibility and manageability to system operations; System operators would benefit from the cost-effective balance of demand and supply, and the efficient use of DE resources.

To facilitate DE resources aggregation, both optimization algorithms and communication technologies play important roles, but the full potential of DE resources aggregation has been hampered by the lack of joint power-communication system models and the thorough analysis of the impact of communication system imperfections to optimization/control algorithms.

This project aims to provide better understandings of the power-communication systems operating with close interactions, and develop more advanced design methods. These could potentially lead to more efficient management of DE resources and flexible demands, ultimately to improved operational efficiency of electricity networks for system operators and to reduced cost for consumers. This project will provide advancement in knowledge of how to optimise the performance of smart grid applications, considering not only power systems but also realistic communication systems.

We are recruiting one PhD student to contribute to the project. The candidates are expected to have solid knowledge in Communications Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, demonstrably experiences of programming/simulations, strong analytic skills, and excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in English.
This project is supervised by Dr Jing Jiang. For informal queries, please contact jing.jiang@northumbria.ac.uk.

Please note eligibility requirement:
• Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 1st Class (Hons) or 2:1; or a Masters (preference for Merit or above) in an appropriate subject area.
• Appropriate IELTS score, if required.
• Applicants cannot apply for this funding if currently engaged in Doctoral study at Northumbria or elsewhere.

The application closing date is 11 May 2020 and interviews will take place in late May/early June. Please note that interviews, should they be arranged, will be online rather than in person due to COVID-19.

Please note: Applications that do not include a research proposal of approximately 1,000 words (not a copy of the advert), or that do not include the advert reference (e.g. RENU20/.....) will not be considered.

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.

Funding Notes
The studentship covers full fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rates (for 2019/20, this was ￡15,009 pa). Also significant additional funding to cover research costs and local, national and international travel (conferences and exchanges).