07 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Aalborg University, Denmark

The positions are offered in relation to the research program”Reliability of Power Electronic Converters”,“Power Electronic Control, Reliability and System Optimization”, and“EMI/EMC in Power Electronics”. They are also in relation to AAU Energy Mission on“Digital Transformation and AI”. The postdocs will be positioned in the section for“Applied Power Electronic Systems”.

Research areas will be aligned with the respective projects on 1) artificial intelligence application for the design, and condition and health monitoring for power electronic converters and systems, 2) Solar Operational Lifecycle and Asset Reliability Intelligence System, 3) Compatibility and Low electromagnetic Emission Advancements for Next generation Power electronic systems.

We are a dynamic workplace with high professionalism and efficiency, a good working environment, and with a focus on work-life balance. We strive for a culture with collaboration that promotes openness and curiosity towards new initiatives and ideas and with a constructive approach to problem solving. As an employee at the department, you will be part of an international research environment, with a focus on innovation, knowledge sharing and excellency as well as interdisciplinary collaborations.

The successful candidate will work on an innovative project aimed at exploring the microbiomes of hyperthermophilic anaerobic digesters. This research will leverage state-of-the-art long-read genomics to predict the functional roles, resilience, and stability of the major microorganisms involved in biogas production under extreme conditions.

The Connectivity Section is seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our team to contribute to its significant research output, reputation, and visibility outside. The successful candidate will contribute to the design and development of cross-layers protocols and control strategies for future generation of wireless networks with a goal-oriented perspective. The research will be carried out contributing to an EU project related to semantic and goal-orient communications. This part-time position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to innovative research in the intersection of sensing, communication, and intelligent network systems.

Research areas will be within comprehensive CFD modelling of oxy-fuel combustion of biomass(or biomass/ coal co-firing) in a 30MW circulating fluidized bed(CFB) boiler, CFD validation with existing experimental data in the boiler, and then CFD-based virtual testing of this boiler for advancing oxy-fuel CFB technology(e.g., new gas-staging, oxygen-staging, oxy-steam combustion). It will be exciting to closely collaborate with highly competent partners across the EU on different oxy-combustion CCS technologies such as oxy-CFB, CLC, and oxy-MILD.

The successful applicant should have a PhD degree in thermal, mechanical, or the relevant field, and should have evidenced experience in advanced CFD modelling of turbulent, dense multiphase, reacting flows. Previous experience in CFB simulations and in use of Ansys Fluent is an advantage.

We are excited to announce a postdoc within a new research project that examines how weight-related understandings and practices shape body images and well-being of school children. The main responsibilities of the successful candidate are initiating and conducting ethnographic fieldwork within peer-groups of school children. Furthermore, the candidate is responsible for organizing member reflection workshops with the children involved and communicating findings to scientific and public audiences. As part of the broader research project, the postdoc will also collaborate with a PhD scholar, whose go-along studies with children will span school, home and leisure settings.

The Postdoc position is part of the project”Association Participation among Immigrant Children: A Vehicle for Integration?” funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The project investigates how participation in associations such as football clubs, scout troops, role-playing groups, and choirs varies among children of immigrants from different social and ethnic backgrounds in Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Additionally, it examines how their participation affects their educational performance, social networks, and values.

The Postdoc will be responsible for conducting Work Package 2. This work package examines how participation in associations affects various aspects of immigrant children’s integration in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, England, and Denmark. Key indicators of integration to be studied include educational performance, social networks, and values. The work package will employ advanced quantitative methods, such as panel data and instrumental variable estimators, to analyze data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study in Four European Countries(CILS-EU) and the Danish Citizenship Survey, combined with administrative register data

The postdoc positions are part of the EU Horizon Europe projects“CIRCWIND- Development of CIRCular optimised material solutions for WIND turbine blades and support structures”and“MADE4WIND– Innovative circular materials and design methods for the development of Floating Wind Turbine components for offshore Wind Farms of the future”.Both projects aim to develop and validate innovative technologies for current and future wind turbines(WT), to enhance reliability and lifetime, performance, recyclability, operability and maintainability, as well as to find cost-efficient pathways towards complete circularity in a context where a growing number of WT are reaching their end-of-life.