EPSRC iCase PhD in Engineering: Highly Efficient Integration of Lithium Batteries to Improve Reliability and Power Density of WBG-based Medium Voltage Direct Current Converters

Outline

This project is proposed to reduce DC capacitors by integrating high performance compact Lithium batteries into power converters.

This EPSRC Industrial CASE four year PhD Scholarship is in collaboration with Toshiba.

What is funded

Tuition fee support: Full UK/EU tuition fees

Maintenance stipend: Doctoral stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum

Duration

4 years

Eligibility

Residency: UK Research Council eligibility conditions apply

Academic criteria: You should hold or expect to gain a first class degree or a good 2.1 and/or an appropriate master’s level qualification (or their equivalent).

You should have a good level of proficiency in electrical/electronic engineering particularly power electronics.

Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the English language (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent).