PhD Candidate in Demonstration of safety and reliability of novel control technologies
NTNU
- Trondheim, Trøndelag
- Fast
- Fulltid
- Cover sea water treatment and chemical storage
- To be operated in an autonomous way, including the control of injection tree, at an autonomy level 4, here defined as a system in full control in certain situations and where humans may supervise and intervene as needed.
- Not physically tied to a floating production unit
- All electric solutions, not dependent on hydraulic power supplies
- Power supplied by an external source (e.g., floating wind turbines)
- Can communicate and transfer essential data to the control room
2. Technology qualification process
3. Qualitative and quantitative safety and reliability analysis methods
4. Modeling and simulation of autonomous control system
5. Simulation-based testing of autonomous control strategies
6. Incorporation of digital twins to support the qualification process, including exploration of industry standards like asset administration shell (AAS)The project will involve relevant use cases from industry and active industry collaboration.The main supervisor of the research is Professor Mary Ann Lundteigen as main supervisor, with co-supervision by Professor Jørn Vatn at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The PhD project is part of which is a larger research center with industry partners.Your immediate leader is Professor Mary Ann Lundteigen.For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.Duties of the position
- Take part in the mandatory Ph.D. research education program.
- Conduct independent research and publish the result in recognized scientific journals and conferences.
- Participate actively in activities of SUBPRO-Zero and in relevant Ph.D. seminar series.
- Present achieved results at SUBPRO-Zero reference group meetings.
- Interact with industry partners, including short mobility visits.
- You must have a professionally relevant background in Cybernetics (Control Engineering) and/or Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS).
- If you are a student at NTNU starting in the last year of the master education in study programs related to engineering cybernetics at the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, you may apply for qualification for integrated PhD, see
- You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade from the master's degree program, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared with NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic basis. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education.
- Master's students can apply, but the master's degree must be obtained and documented within start-up date.
- You must meet the requirements for admission to the faculty's doctoral program in Engineering Cybernetics
- For applicants with primary background in control engineering: Ability and willingness to carry out at least one PhD or master course within safety analysis and probabilistic reliability modeling.
- Experience in the use of Python and/or MATLAB, and a strong will to learn more.
- Excellent English writing and oral skills.
- Experience in writing scientific papers and/or reports
- Some experience with safety systems
- Some experience with autonomous control systems
- Some experience with safety and reliability analysis
- Problem-solver
- Focused on results
- Team-player
- Good communicator
- Willing to learn
- exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
- an open and
- CV and certificates
- transcripts and diplomas for bachelor's and master's degrees. If you have not completed the master's degree, you must submit a confirmation that the master's thesis has been submitted.
- A copy of the master's thesis. If you recently have submitted your master's thesis, you can attach a draft of the thesis. Documentation of a completed master's degree must be presented before taking up the position.
- Project proposal
- Name and contact information of three referees
- If you have publications or other relevant research work