Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Full time, 12 months fixed term. Located on the Darlington Campus at the School of Civil Engineering

• Solidify the understanding on the methodology of renewable energy sharing among energy entities in modern urban systems. Advance the study peer-to-per energy trading in energy demand side and its impact for the grid’s operation and reliability.  

• Base Salary, Level A $101,507 – $112,462 p.a + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The School of Civil Engineering is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Smart Grid and Sustainable Energy Systems to carry out an ARC Discovery Project (DP220103881), specifically: conduct research on peer-to-peer energy trading schemes in smart cities, transactive energy demand side management techniques, and building-to-grid integration with high renewable penetration.    

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• work with Dr Fengji Luo on ARC DP220103881 in School of Civil Engineering

• establish numerical models of distributed energy resources, building envelopes, and power distribution networks in Matlab and/or Python

• develop peer-to-peer energy trading and transactive energy demand side management algorithms in Matlab and/or Python

• perform numerical simulation for the developed models and algorithms in Matlab and/or Python

• prepare academic manuscripts to report the research work.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who has:

• a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Computer Science

• solid understanding in smart grids and modern energy systems

• solid understanding in optimisation and machine learning techniques

• proficient skills in Matlab and Python programming

• good academic publication record in the areas of smart grids and energy-efficient buildings

• professional English communication skills (reading, writing and oral presentation).  

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