ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research has a vacancy in the research group »Wind Energy Systems« at the Institute of Physics of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg starting as soon as possible for a
(E13 TV-L, 75 %)
Analysing and interpreting measurement data is becoming increasingly important for the wind industry. Modern data processing methods pave the way to a deeper understanding and more efficient operation of wind turbines and wind farms. In particular, remote sensing devices like lidar or radar can estimate complex meteorological conditions and the flow field around wind farms. Data fusion with operational data recorded at the turbines can be used for new predictive control techniques, validating control strategies, and mining data in real-time or historic analyses.
Job description
The main aim of your PhD project is to further develop data processing methods for remote sensing systems, meteorological devices, and wind turbines gaining a scientific understanding and enabling new business cases for the operation of wind farms. A multidisciplinary team of wind energy experts will be available for support and guidance throughout the project.
Among others, your tasks will comprise:
Job offer
We offer you the opportunity to develop your scientific career in a young and lively academic environment. You will be working in the WindLab – one of the university's most modern office and lab spaces – while you will also have the opportunity to do flexible and mobile work. Your pathway towards the PhD is actively supported by, e.g.,
The employment is initially limited to three years with an intention to further prolong up to four years to facilitate a PhD. The payment is based on the collective agreement for the public service in the German federal states, TV-L E13, for a 75 % position.
Candidate profile
Requirements for employment include:
Desired (but not mandatory) qualifications are:
The Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg strives to increase the proportion of women in science. Therefore, women are strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance with § 21, para. 3 NHG, female applicants will be given preferential consideration in the case of equivalent qualifications. Severely disabled persons will be given preference in the case of equal suitability.
Further, the university cares for a family-friendly working environment and offers a family service centre and children's daycare on campus.
Research environment at ForWind – Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Wind energy research at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg has gained international recognition by its integration into ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities of Oldenburg, Hannover and Bremen and the national Wind Energy Research Alliance of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) and ForWind.
At ForWind, we maintain and value collaboration between our research groups and partner institutions such as the European Academy of Wind Energy members. In Oldenburg, our 50 researchers from physics, meteorology and engineering are collaborating at the »Research Laboratory for Turbulence and Wind Energy Systems« centred on wind physics. Our mission is to develop an improved understanding of atmospheric and wind power plant flow physics required to serve the global demand for clean and affordable electricity. Therefore, we conduct laboratory experiments, free-field measurements and HPC-based numerical simulations. The main topics include the description and modelling of wind turbulence, the analysis of interactions of turbulent atmospheric wind flow and wind energy systems, as well as control of wind turbines and wind farms. The covered scales range from small-scale turbulence up to meteorological phenomena. Our research facilities comprise three turbulent wind tunnels, various equipment for free-field measurements at on- and offshore wind farms and a high-performance computing cluster. Almost all our projects combine analyses at more than one of these infrastructures. For instance, virtual lidar measurements can be performed in simulated three-dimensional flow fields to verify the analysis algorithms. Our multi-lidar systems, equipped with up to three scanning lidars, are particularly important for the abovementioned research.
Contact
For questions regarding this job opportunity, please contact Prof. Dr. Martin Kühn at
+49(0)441/798-5061 or preferably by email at martin.kuehn@uol.de. Further information is available at www.forwind.de/en/ and https://uol.de/en/physics/research/we-sys.
Please submit your application electronically as one PDF file by 27.10.2024 to wesys.bewerbungen@uni-oldenburg.de and include reference #AC108.
The pdf file must include either in English or German:
A second PDF file containing your Master Thesis or relevant research papers (if available) is an optional attachment.
We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Please submit your application electronically as one PDF file by 27.10.2024 to wesys.bewerbungen@uni-oldenburg.de and include reference #AC108.
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