Ph.D. Graduate Research Position Fuel Cell and Turbine Hybrid System

Job Title: Ph.D. Graduate Research Position Fuel Cell and Turbine Hybrid System

Job Number: 84825

Location: Morgantown, US

Job Description

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at the West Virginia University anticipates filling Ph.D. graduate research positions to investigate the design and system development of a solid‐oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and gas turbine hybrid energy systems.  This work is in collaboration with the US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Morgantown, WV, USA to further develop their cyber-physical system which permits dynamic operability studies of the fuel cell/turbine hybrid system.  In addition, the researcher will assist in the electrical testing of actual SOFC cells and stacks to obtain operational and degradation data for inclusion into the system models.  This appointment requires general knowledge in basic programming (such as Matlab/Simulink), mechanical design (AutoCAD, Solidworks, or Inventor), and controls would also be beneficial (but not required). Projects will require the candidate to work both independently and within a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists.

West Virginia University (WVU) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. WVU is a

comprehensive land grant institution with over 30,000 students in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. WVU has been recently ranked as one of the R1‐Doctoral Universities in the US. This indicates that WVU is among a select group of universities in the US showing the highest research activity as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The MAE department has thirty‐three faculty, offering B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering.

Application Deadline: 2024-10-31