PhD Position : Advanced Measurement and Data-Driven Techniques for Automated Structural Assessment

Siemens Digital Industry Software – IntelliWind Network

Based : Leuven Belgium. Hybrid / Working on-location. Full Time Research Position

IntelliWind seeks to appoint 16 highly motivated Ph.D. candidates to a range of positions across Europe. These Doctoral Candidate (DC) positions offer a great opportunity to work with leading experts across Europe to develop Intelligent systems for autonomous wind power plant operations via the IntelliWind MSCA Doctoral Network funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme.

About the project :

The scientific aim of IntelliWind consists in reducing the role of humans in the decision process, as well as reducing the need for direct human interventions in the operations and maintenance process. This frees up human resources to carry out more elaborate, better planned, and more efficient operations – leading to significant improvements in cost efficiency (3-5% lower Levelized Cost of Energy), and reduced labour-intensiveness of wind farm operations. The project will trigger a change in thinking in the skills and tasks that are being used in Wind Power Plant operations from classical engineering tasks to designing, analysing, and interacting with automatic machine algorithms.

The IntelliWind network consists of leading academic institutions and leading industry partners from 8 different countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, France, and Switzerland).

About the PhD Position hosted by Siemens Industry Software (SISW) Belgium :

The scientific aim of IntelliWind is to radically improve the level of trust that can be attributed to virtual models of the dynamic behaviour of engineering structures by augmenting models with data and advanced uncertainty analysis. These new developments will be implemented as a series of new verification and validation methods, with applications focused primarily on the wind energy sector.

DC2, will be hosted by Siemens Industries Software (SISW), matriculated at the University of Porto (UPorto) , and closely collaborate with ETH Zurich. The candidate will primarily focus on advanced measurement and data-driven techniques for automated structural assessment. The objectives of this thesis include :

• Develop, combine, and synchronize several optical measurement techniques (camera-based, optical fibers, and optical accelerometers) with conventional measurements.
• Implement data-driven automated system identification and damage detection methods.

This doctoral student position is offered by SISW. The student will be enrolled at UPorto.The primary academic advisor is Prof. F. Magalhães (UPorto). The DC will be co-advised by Dr. S Vettori (SISW), Dr. E. Di Lorenzo (SISW) and Prof. E. Chatzi (ETH Zurich).

About the candidate's profile :

For this research position applicants must hold a M.Sc. Diploma or equivalent (120 ECTS points) in civil, mechanical, aerospace or electrical engineering, geosciences, physics, applied mathematics, computer sciences or related fields, and be at the beginning of their research career. Principal qualifications include :

The eligibility criteria :

Approval and Enrolment :

The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval. For Academic year 2024 / 2025, PhD applications at UPorto can be submitted from October 23rd to November 20th 2024. Enrollment will then happen between January 8th to 20th 2025

More information on the Doctoral Program at UPorto (FEUP) is available at these links :

Dates & Benefits :

The earliest start time is 1st October 2024, the latest start time is 1st February 2025. The Marie Curie grant foresees funding for a duration of 36 months. Furthermore, in order to stimulate inter-sectoral and international mobility, the ESR will have the opportunity to have short research visits (so-called “secondments”) to other Beneficiary / Partner Organisations.

The PhD candidate will receive an attractive salary in accordance with the MSCA regulations. The financial package will include :

To apply :

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