PhD student in Energy system analysis

Information about the project
The successful candidate will work in the project "Logging of electric vehicles - characterization of charging patterns and grid impacts " with the aim to increase the understanding of charging and driving patterns of electric vehicles (EVs) and use the new knowledge to investigate how EV charging can contribute to flexibiity in the electricity system.

The PhD position on offer will join a team of senior researchers, postdocs and PhD students dedicated to research with the aim to identify and evaluate different pathways toward sustainable energy and transport systems. In the project charging and driving data will be collected and analysed from 360 randomly chosen EV owners in Sweden. The PhD project is unique in terms of the number of electric vehicles being logged and that these are distributed geographically across Sweden. The PhD position will analyze capacity limitations in the local electricity grid when adding EV charging using the collected data together with analysing how the battery capacity is affected by the charging pattern from the different EVs. The PhD work will also develop and apply energy systems and power systems modeling to analyse how a strong ramp-up of electric vehicles can be integrated in the electricity system and the electric grid. These modeling builds on models which have been developed over several years within the research group at Energy Technology.

The project is funded by the Swedish Electromobility Centre, which is a leading national research centre for electromobility. The project will be performed in co-operation with Volvo Cars and CEVT.

Major responsibilities
Your major responsibilities as PhD student is to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and in English. The position also includes teaching on Chalmers' undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 percent of working hours. You are expected to write a licentiate thesis within 2-3 years and defend your doctoral thesis within 4-5 years.

Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education (ECTS) credits in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental science, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Engineering Physics or equivalent. Excellent writing and communication skills in English is required. Fluent in Swedish is a merit. Familiarity with algebraic modeling languages used for linear programming (e.g. Julia/JuMP, Python/Pyomo, AMPL, MATLAB, GAMS) is mandatory.

Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of 5 years.

We offer
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Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20220386 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Please note that the system does not support Zip files.

CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• CV
• Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.

Use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. 

Application deadline: 2022-09-15

For questions, please contact:


Filip Johnsson, Energy technology
Email: filip.johnsson@chalmers.se,
phone: +46 31 772 14 49

Maria Taljegård, Energy technology
Email: maria.taljegard@chalmers.se,
phone +46 31 772 1453



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