A PhD position in Engineering is available at the Chair for Energy Mix (Prof. Dr. Jean-Régis HADJI-MINAGLOU), Department of Engineering. The successful candidate will be hired in the frame of the ADAPT project "Promoting adaptation to climate change, disaster risk prevention, and resilience, considering ecosystem-based approaches" funded by the Interreg Greater Region (Principal Investigator: Prof. Sabine Hoffmann, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany).

The building sector must evolve as soon as possible to address the climate change, whose heat waves cause the increase of the number of deaths in the population. Uni.lu provides a reduced-scale laboratory prototype, which is capable to cover any building-relevant types of energy, namely thermal (space heating, space cooling and domestic hot water) and electrical energy. The setup encompasses thermal and electrical energy storing and generating devices such as a heat pump, thermal energy storage tanks, photovoltaic & solar thermal panels, and a battery storage.

Requirements 

• Diploma or Master's degree in Energy & Environment Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering or related disciplines
• Writing a doctoral thesis in engineering science based on this research project
• Assisting in Bachelor/Master projects and courses
• Curiosity, a genuine passion for scientific research
•  Openness to interdisciplinary research and commitment to teamwork
• Interdisciplinarity is requested with research domains in building science, physiology and psychology
• Commitment and capacity to critical thinking and good research ethics