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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher – PhD position
General information about the Lidar Knowledge Europe (LIKE) project
LIdar Knowledge Europe (LIKE) fosters training and education of young researchers on emerging laser-based wind measurement technologies and their translation into industrial applications. Doppler Lidars (light detection and ranging) that measure the wind in the atmosphere remotely have reduced in price and increased in reliability over the last decade mainly done by European universities and companies serving the growing wind energy industry. This opens the possibility for new applications in many areas. LIKE improves, tests and refines the technology thus expanding these areas of application. LIKE promotes wind energy applications such as wind resource mapping using scanning lidars and control of single wind turbines or entire wind farms in order to increase energy production and reduce mechanical loads. LIKE maps unusual atmospheric flow patterns over airports in real-time and thus improves the safety of landing aircrafts. LIKE explores wind and turbulence under extreme conditions at the sites of future European bridges paving the road for optimal bridge design. LIKE trains 15 ESRs to an outstanding level at European academic institutions and industrial companies, thus forming strong interdisciplinary relations between industry and technical sciences. These relations are implemented through employment of the ESRs at academia as well as industry, and through inter-sectoral secondments. Finally, translation of technology into specific applications is emphasised through the implementation of an entrepreneurship training course LIKE partners, particularly industry.
Further information on the Innovation Training Network Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Lidar Knowledge Europe (LIKE) at www.msca-like.eu
The Department of Wind Energy in the Technical
University of Denmark (DTU Wind Energy) is seeking a PhD for the Section of
Meteorology and Remote Sensing.
DTU Wind Energy is a mission driven university
department with a vision to be the preferred university partner for the global
wind energy sector. The department creates value for society through
integration of research with education, innovation and research-based
consultancy within key fields central to the development and use of wind
energy.
Responsibilities and tasks
Doppler lidars are increasingly being used in the wind
energy industry to assess wind resources and
measure the turbulent wind flow coming onto the wind turbine rotor.
Soon, all wind turbines might be equipped with a Doppler lidar. The aim of the
study is to improve the capabilities of lidars and prove the improvements by
field experiments.
For the class of Doppler lidars called continuous-wave lidar, which can be
made cheap and robust, the problem is that the measurement volume is quite
large for long measurement distances. This hinders the lidar in measuring
turbulence and it also makes the lidar susceptible to moving object in far from
the intended measurement point. Both drawbacks are problematic for wind turbine
applications. New optical components make it possible to deploy recently
invented low-coherence methods that greatly compactifies the measurement
volume. The applicant will understand the technology and possibly develop it
further, implement it in existing scanning lidars, and test the capabilities of
the technique thoroughly in the field.
Expected results
The following are the main expected outputs from
this PhD study:
1) Understand and improve techniques to make the
measurement volume of continuous-wave Doppler lidars more compact.
2) Implement the system in scanning lidar systems used
for wind energy research
3) Document the advantages and disadvantages of the
technology by field experiments.
Qualifications
Candidates should have a master's degree in physics, engineering
or a similar degree.
The successful
candidate is also required to have:
- Documented background at
the highest level in physics, optics, and mathematics.
- Capabilities in data
analysis and programming
- Ability to work in a
project team and take responsibility for own research goals
- Fluency in
communicating and reporting in English
In addition, the successful candidate should satisfy
at the time of the recruitment the following mandatory characteristics:
- having not more than 4
years of equivalent research experience (i.e. working as researcher after
obtaining your master’s degree);
- having not been awarded
a title of PhD;
- having not resided or
carried out her/his main activity in Denmark; for more than 12 months in the
last 3 years.
The successful candidate must also fulfill the
requirements for admission to a doctoral program at DTU.
The present PhD project will take advantage of
collaboration with researchers at DTU, and laboratories or companies in Germany
in the United States.
Starting Date: 1st January 2020
(preferable) and latest 1st April 2020.
Duration: 36 months.
Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the
candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For
information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general
planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.
Assessment
The assessment of the applicants will be made by Head
of Section, Dr. Hans E. Jørgensen, Prof. Jakob Mann and Dr. Charlotte Hasager
from DTU, and an employee from Metek GmbH, Germany.
We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally
recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and
scientific advice. We offer a rewarding job in an international environment. We
strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial
respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.
Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective
agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The
allowance will be agreed with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3
years.
For more info about salary calculation, the requisites
for Family allowance and more details on the employment conditions, please see
the founding body rules: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-msca_en.pdf
The workplace will be DTU Wind Energy, Risø Campus in
Roskilde. During the 3 years of employment, one stay at the
meteorological instrument company Metek GmbH in Germany planned to be of 3
months duration will take place. Also
one stay at an American research laboratory of 3 months duration is foreseen.
You can read more about career paths at DTU
here.
Further information
Further information may be obtained from Supervisor of the present PhD project,
Professor Jakob Mann, jmsq@dtu.dk, +45 2136 2962.
You can read more about DTU Wind Energy on www.vindenergi.dtu.dk/english.
Application
Please submit
your online application no later than 23
October 2019 (local time).
Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing
all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link
"Apply online", fill in the online application form, and attach all
your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:
- A letter motivating
the application (cover letter)
- Curriculum vitae
- Grade transcripts and
BSc/MSc diploma
- Excel sheet with translation of grades to the
Danish grading system (see guidelines and excel spreadsheet here)
- A 1-page research statement. Through the
research statement, the applicants have the chance to present a research
problem that interests them and propose how it might be investigated. The
research problem should be preferably related to the topic of the
advertised PhD position.
Candidates may
apply prior to obtaining their master's degree, but cannot begin before
having received it.
All interested candidates irrespective of
age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are
encouraged to apply.
The Department of Wind Energy is
one of the world’s largest centres of wind energy research and knowledge, with
a staff of more than 240 people from 37 countries working in research,
innovation, research-based consulting and education. DTU Wind Energy has
approximately 40 PhD students. The department’s cross-disciplinary research is
organized through strategic research programmes that collaborate with Danish and
international universities, research institutions and organizations, as well as
the wind industry.
DTU is a technical university providing internationally leading research,
education, innovation and scientific advice. Our staff of 6,000 advance science
and technology to create innovative solutions that meet the demands of society,
and our 11,200 students are being educated to address the technological
challenges of the future. DTU is an independent university collaborating
globally with business, industry, government and public agencies.