Ph.D. Positions Available in Electric Power Area

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There are two Ph.D. positions in electric power area currently available with full scholarship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky for 2019 Fall Semester. One position is in the area of electric machine design, and another position is in the area of power electronics and electric motor drives. Both of these two positions will be under the supervision of Prof. Dan Ionel (IEEE Fellow) and Prof. Jiangbiao He. Please check the ECE website to learn more information: https://www.engr.uky.edu/researc ... -engineering/people

Applicants with a master degree or working experience in electric motor designs, power electronics, and electric motor drives will give prior consideration. For the GPA, and TOEFL/GRE score, you need to meet the following minimum requirements from the graduate school: GPA>3.0 (for both B.S. and M.S.); TOEFL>80; GRE>300. If your background matches these requirements, you are very welcome to apply for it. The application deadline is April. 30, 2019. Please send your CV (and representative publications if you have) to the following emails for prompt consideration if you are interested: dan.ionel@uky.edu, jiangbiao.he@uky.edu

The University of Kentucky is one of the flagship 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 NSF 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 and employment rate in USA. It has a very moderate weather in all seasons. There are many internship and job opportunities in power energy field from local industries around Lexington area, such as Toyota, Honda, Ford Motor, GE Aviation, Duke Energy, Emerson, GE Appliance (Haier), and the like. Please feel free to reach out if your background and intertest meet the requirements.