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At the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, Department of Civil Engineering a PhD stipend is available within the general study programme Civil Engineering. The stipend is open for appointment from January 1, 2011. Deadline 10 Nov. 2010.

The Structural Design of Wave Energy Devices project (SDWED) is an international research alliance which over a five-year period aims to harness the energy potential in wave energy at competitive costs. The perspective of the project is to develop design tools and a common design basis for wave energy devices in order to make them more reliable as well as economically competitive. The main innovation of the project is an objective of developing a wave-to-wire model which will be able to generate structural design specifications based on parameters related to hydrodynamics, power take-off and moorings. This has the potential of drastically lowering the cost of energy produced while at the same time increasing the reliability of wave energy devices. 

This PhD stipend is one of four funded through the SDWED research project (two are placed with Aalborg University and the others are placed with the Technical University of Denmark and University of Bologna). The focus of the here posted stipend is on the development of wave-to-wire modeling of wave energy devices. 

Qualification requirements: 
The PhD stipend is allocated to an individual who holds a Masters degree, preferably within civil or mechanical Engineering. or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master's degree in engineering. Strong skills in scientific computing, applied mathematics and programming in one or more major programming tools such as C/C++/Matlab are preferred and a keen interest in wave energy utilization is a requirement. As the main focus in the study will be integration of hydrodynamic, power-take-off and mooring model components into a wave-to-wire model, it is an advantage to have a multidisciplinary background. 

Start date

2011-01-01

Job period

Ph. D. position

Contact information

Associate Professor Jens Peter Kofoed, Department of Civil Engineering, Wave Energy Research Group, phone: +45 9940 8474

Contact email

jpk@civil.aau.dk