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Ansök senast: 2025-02-24
Research Assistant
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Glasgow Caledonian University - the University for the Common Good - is a vibrant, values-led, multi-cultural, civic University with a global outlook and strong commitment to delivering social innovation and sustainable development in its education and research. Our organisational strategy is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and our globally recognised researchers advise governments, industry and international bodies. In we rocketed into the top 40 universities in the UK in the highly regarded Guardian University Guide, were ranked the UK’s 2nd top performing modern university in the inaugural Daily Mail guide, and entered the top highly coveted 50 UK universities in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for the first time. We are the top performing modern University in Scotland in all three guides. We are the only Scottish university with EcoCampus Platinum accreditation and were ranked second in Scotland for sustainability in the most recent People and Planet league table.
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering within the School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, has an excellent track record in funded and impactful research projects. Building on this successful track record, the department wishes to appoint a Research Assistant to be part of a vibrant team contributing to an upcoming exciting project funded by the UKRI to develop novel methods for Robust Volt/VAr control for modern power distribution networks.
The main purpose of the role is to contribute to the delivery of a fully funded project which aims to develop novel methods for voltage regulation of modern power distribution networks which have appreciable renewable energy integration. The position involves undertaking full time research in the area of electrical power distribution optimal operation and control.
The duties and responsibilities will include –
We are seeking a research assistant who holds a master’s level qualification in Electrical Engineering with a focus in power systems. They must be eligible to meet the academic requirement to register for a PhD at Glasgow Caledonian University. They must be confident in their own abilities, be eager to take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team.
The essential requirements include –
Desirable requirements are;
Applicants not to have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date — unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
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