KTH in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning. There are a total of just over 15,000 first and second level students and more than 1,600 doctoral students. KTH has almost 4,300 employees.

The School of Electrical Engineering conducts research and education in the fields of electrical engineering, systems engineering, information and communications theory, space and fusion plasma physics, and electrical power engineering. 300 people work in this creative and dynamic environment, out of which half are Ph.D. students, many from other countries. Our research projects are carried out in close collaboration with industry partners as well as with research colleagues from Sweden and other countries. The school is responsible for educating civil engineers in electrical engineering and five masters programs which are in great demand and which have a close connection to our main fields.

Research activities

The conceivable research areas focus on but are not limited to:

• Power management, control solutions, demand-side participation and end-user interaction for efficient distributed and supervisory electric grid control using solutions based on emerging Information and Communication Technology
• Analysis, design and modeling of technologies and components for controllable static power conversion in transmission and distribution systems integration including deployment of renewable energy sources and energy storage solutions

Subject

Power Grid Technologies

Subject description 

The subject area deals with fundamentals and principles for analysis, development and implementation of methods, components and products in systems for transmission and distribution of electrical energy.

Eligibility requirements

Qualified to be employed as professor is applicant, who has shown both scientific and pedagogical skills within the area in question.

Assessment criteria 

Documented excellence in scientific, pedagogical, technical, administrative and leadership skills commensurable with the rank of a (full) professor. Broad knowledge and understanding of the subject area, with significant knowledge in electric power systems, automatic control, power electronics, applied information- and communication technologies and the ability to synthesis of these.

Of special relevance is the assessment. Major emphasis will be put on industrial experience, research and development on European level, the ability to create a research programme with external funding and the ability to recruit PhD students.

Furthermore, the applicant´s ability to collaborate with and inform the general public about her/his research will also be taken into consideration.

Employee Status

Job Type: Permanent employment
Starting date: By appointment 

Application procedure

Application deadline: April 10, 2012
Reference number: VL-2010-0105

The application should be sent in hard copy to:
Royal Institute of Technology
Registrar
Valhallavägen 79
SE 100 44 Stockholm
Sweden

Applications must be received by the Royal Institute of Technology latest April 10, 2012.

For information on application procedures, see "CV template concerning the application for employment as and promotion to professor/associate professor”. The application template can be found in  www.kth.se/om/work-at-kth/1.2112?l=en_UK

All documents, including referred publications, must be submitted in three copies each of three identical packages. The reference number of VL-2010-0105 must appear on all copies.

For information about the application procedure, please contact: 

Kia Vejdegren, Phone: + 46 8 790 69 32, E-mail:  kiav@kth.se .

For general information about KTH refer to our website www.kth.se and for School o Electrical Engineering, www.kth.se/ees

Contact

Contact persons:
Professor Stefan Östlund, Dean, School of Electrical Engineering
Phone: +46 (0)8 790 77 45
stefan.ostlund@ee.kth.se

Annica Fröberg, Personnel manager, information about conditions of financial compensation and employment
Phone: +46 8 790 70 77
annica.froberg@kth.se

Trade union representation

Hans Edin
+46 8 790 76 39
hans.edin@ee.kth.se

Niclas Carlsson, ST
Phone: +46 8 790 8416

nc@kth.se

Per-Ove Öster, LO/SEKO
Phone: +46 70 690 8382
perove@admin.kth.se