Junior Professor in Electrical Engineering: High Voltage Power Systems

Research

• You develop a research program in high/medium voltage applications, developing and testing high voltage power electronics, asset condition monitoring techniques, sensors, materials and components, … The scale of these applications may vary from small stand-alone systems to large-scale grid-connected systems. Key elements in the research are conversion technologies enabled by power electronics and power systems, as well as asset monitoring technologies enabled by sensors and signal analysis.
• You look forward to cooperating intensively within the ELECTA group, where R&D has a strong component of low-voltage power electronics, DC grids, and electricity grid planning, control and protection, and energy flexibility. You also bring a multidisciplinary approach to the subject to drive collaboration beyond the group. You take responsibility for setting-up future group research projects and collaborations with academic partners, as well as national and international industrial partners (including SMEs).
• You take responsibility of the research infrastructure and guide its evolution to meet future research, industrial, and societal needs.
• You work closely with the members of EnergyVille and Diepenbeek Campus, and actively contribute to ongoing research projects.
• You are capable of acquiring competitive funding.
• You publish at the highest scientific level, acquire resources for fundamental/applied research, develop international collaborations and supervise PhDs internationally.
• You give the necessary attention to the valorisation on behalf of government and business in applied research.

Teaching

• You ensure high-quality education in the field of electrical engineering in the Bachelor and Master in Engineering Technology – Electromechanics – Energy – Electronics-ICT in the Faculty of Engineering Technology, with a clear commitment to the programme’s quality as a whole. You are expected to teach or coordinate courses in Energy Management Systems, Power Systems, Microgrids, Power Quality, etc.
• You are enthusiastic about pedagogic projects and coaching students in the bachelor, master and PhD programs.
• You develop teaching activities aligned with KU Leuven’s focus on activating and research-based education. You make use of specific educational training programmes offered by the faculty and the university.
• Besides your teaching duties at Diepenbeek Campus, you may be asked, within the multi-campus model, to collaborate with teaching at another campus. Online education is possible.

Service

• You are prepared to provide scientific, societal, and internal services.
• You like to contribute to promoting STEM and electr… For more information see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60195127