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Electrical Energy Conversion Systems MSc video

Group overview

The efficient conversion and control of electrical energy is a vital infrastructure technology that underpins much of what we take for granted in an industrialised country; electricity generation & distribution, land, sea and air transport, computer and communications systems, & countless industrial processes.

 

Power Conversion Group

The Power Conversion Group is active in many areas, undertaking both fundamental and applied research that covers:

  • Electrical Machines
  • Power Electronic Circuits and Systems
  • Motor Drivers & Actuators
  • Superconducting Devices
  • Supercapacitor and Battery-Based Energy Storage Systems
  • Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines
  • Power Electronics Enabled Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Vehicles & Marine.

With eight Academic Staff & a team of over thirty Research Staff & Students, the Group is one of the largest in this area, in the UK. In addition to EPSRC, DTI & EU Grants, the Group's funding portfolio includes the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Electrical Systems for Extreme Environments.

The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC)

Electrical Systems for Extreme Environments

The Centre, part of the University’s Power Conversion Group, will design electrical systems for air, sea and land vehicles which operate in ‘extreme environments’ like those experienced by planes at altitudes of 60,000ft and by ships submerged in freezing waters.

Studentships and Scholarships

  • Fully funded PhD studentship: Condition Monitoring in Wind Turbine Generators. For more information, click here, or contact Dr Sinisa Durovic. Deadline: 31st October 2011.

  • MSc and other PhD funding has been awarded for the 2011/2012 academic year. Please check back or contact the Group Administrator, Dr JT Welsch, regarding opportunities for 2012.
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