RESEARCH FIELDPower electronics play a key role in the energy transition. Especially the field of power electronics related to extreme environments and challenging applications is expanding. These extreme conditions impose several boundary conditions that impact device choices, reliability and fault tolerance and require excellent electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). In the PhD studies, new power electronic solutions will be developed for challenging applications that need out-of-the-box thinking and innovative implementations in order to meet the boundary conditions of the extreme conditions the power electronics is supposed to operate in. The research will be performed in close collaboration with industry, with one of the positions focusing on maritime electrification.
The research topics include and are not limited to:
- Technical requirement capture and optimization of several parameters related to the harsh conditions
- Utilization of WBG devices (eg: GaN) for extremely high efficiency and power densities
- Extreme efficient power electronic topologies for processing high power at high frequencies
- Compare several intelligent gate driver options and their implementation for high frequency applications
- Active power buffer and implementation for compliance testing and to meet relevant EMC standards
- Multi-objective optimization of the power electronics system considering several objectives including high efficiency, high power density, low weight, EMC (upfront) among others
- Advanced power electronics + EMC co-design, hardware prototype development, testing and measurements
- Environmental testing including temperature and humidity in climate chambers among others