There are two Ph.D. positions in electric power area currently available with full scholarship in the ECE Department at the University of Kentucky for 2018 fall semester. If your background and interest includes power electronic, electric motor drives, and renewable energies, you are very welcome to apply for it. The application deadline is May 1, 2018. Applicants with a master degree in electric power engineering, power electronics, and electric motor drives will give prior consideration. Please send your CV and representative publications to my email (jiangbiao@ieee.org) for prompt consideration if you are interested.
The University of Kentucky is one of the top public universities in the United States, which is also the highest ranked research university in the state according to U.S. News and World Report. It ranks at 26th among all the national public universities in terms of research funding for science and engineering. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the most secure cities with very high education rate in USA. It has a very moderate weather in all seasons. Lexington is neighboring to a few other big cities including Cincinnati and Louisville, with tons of internship and job opportunities from local industries, such as Toyota, Honda, Ford Motor, GE Aviation, Duke Energy, Emerson, GE Appliance (Haier), and the like.