氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管振荡器-整流器电路非线性建模与优化方向博士职位

The BiWPT Doctoral Network on Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer for Next-Generation Electric Mobility has a clear mission: to train a new generation of experts who possess the skills and fundamental knowledge required to effectively address the challenges of bidirectional WPT systems for electric mobility, enabling vehicle-grid integration in support of Europe’s energy transition. The network will advance fundamental understanding and practical implementation of efficient, compact, and misalignment-tolerant bidirectional WPT technologies. Expected innovations include novel electromagnetic coupling and converter designs, integrated shielding concepts and real-world demonstrators that enable seamless, efficient, and high-power electric vehicle charging and discharging. The network delivers a training programme to 15 Doctoral Candidates (DC), providing capabilities to become leaders of tomorrow’s R&I in Europe. Objective of the doctoral position : Design of reconfigurable GaN-HEMT-based circuits for bidirectional wireless power transfer (WPT) systems, exploiting the time-reversal duality between oscillators and synchronous rectifiers to achieve comparable efficiency in power generation and rectification modes. The DC will target MHz-range operation and will include the development of accurate empirical models for nonlinear FET-like devices, with particular focus on third-quadrant I–V characterization to predict operation under negative drain–source voltages. Analytical and nonlinear CAD-based design methodologies for bidirectional WPT systems will be developed, followed by the implementation and experimental validation of the most promising circuit topologies, assessing key performance metrics such as conversion efficiency in both operating regimes.

The DC will participate in two planned secondments as part of the doctoral training programme: an academic secondment at the co-supervising university abroad and an industrial secondment at the mentor’s company. The DC is expected to submit regular progress reports to the local and network supervisors. In addition, the DC will actively participate in BiWPT’s training, dissemination, communication, and exploitation activities. The DC will prepare a doctoral thesis and publish scientific articles related to the research project.

Requirements / required education level / degree: Master Degree or equivalent

Requirements / required education level / discipline: Engineering

Requirements / skills: • Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Communication Engineering, Mechatronics, Applied Physics, or equivalent. Master's students in their final year may apply. • Having earned an MSc’s degree no more than 6 years ago and meeting the admission requirements by the application deadline. • Transcripts of the master’s degree should be obtained before signing the contract. • Outstanding academic results. Moreover, applicants must have the necessary academic skills and background to make the success of a doctoral degree. • Applicants must have the ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English to a level that is sufficiently high for them to derive the full benefit from the network training. • Motivation and commitment to interdisciplinary and intersectoral training. • Ability to work both individually and in a team with adequate communication skills. • Eligible to enrol in a PhD program at the host institution.

Requirements / specific requirements: You must comply with the MSCA Eligibility Criteria: • Mobility Rule: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the recruiting host institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent by the researcher as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account. • Doctoral Candidate Rule: Applicants must not already hold a doctoral degree on the date of recruitment. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.

Requirements / required languages / language: ENGLISH

Requirements / required languages / language level: Good

Research experience / main research field: Engineering

Research experience / research sub field: Electrical engineering

Research experience / years of research experience: None

Additional information / info website: https://biwpt.eu/

Work location / nr job positions: 1

Work location / job organisation institute: University of Bologna

Work location / job country: Italy

Work location / job city: Bologna

Hiring contact / organisation institute: University of Bologna

Hiring contact / organisation institute type: Higher Education Institute

Hiring contact / division faculty: Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi"

Hiring contact / country: Italy

Hiring contact / city: Bologna

Hiring contact / e mail: biwpt@uantwerpen.be

Hiring contact / website: https://dei.unibo.it/en

Application / how to apply: website

Application / application website: https://biwpt.eu/

EU funding / framework programme: Horizon Europe - MSCA

EU funding / cofund nr job position: 1

EU funding / cofund destination countries: Italy

Research field / main research field: Engineering

Research field / sub research field: Electrical engineering

Research field / main research field: Engineering

Research field / sub research field: Electronic engineering

Researcher profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions: PhD Positions

Contract: Temporary

Job status: Full-time

Application deadline (as exported; timezone unverified): 2027-04-30T21:59:00