Postgraduate and Postdoctoral positions in Energy Efficiency

andDemand Side Management

The South African National Hub for the Postgraduate Programme in Ener

-gy Efficiency and Demand Side Management, funded by the South African

National Energy Research Institute (SANERI), a subsidiary of CEF (Pty)

Ltd and a joint initiative of the Department of Science and Technology

and the Department of Minerals and Energy, is hosted at the Centre of

New Energy Systems (CNES), University of Pretoria, South Africa. The

postgraduate and postdoctoral research programmes aim at attracting a

large number of qualifying undergraduates from across the country, as

well as an increasingly strong contingent of international students.

The range of research specialisations and the breadth of knowledge

within the Hub, contribute to make it a truly unique learning environ

-ment in energy efficiency and demand side management.

Analytic techniques from engineering and optimisation are the main

tools in the quantitative study of energy efficiency related topics

such as power system scheduling, power system efficiency with alterna

-tive energy resources and co-generation, motor and transportation

efficiency, fuel efficiency, and energy efficient architecture and

housing. The study extends also to demand side management schemes,

smart load control and computer networks, and efficient lighting.

These research topics are clustered among different research groups

across faculties within the University of Pretoria: power and energy

systems, industrial electronics, electric drive and transportation,

control and computer network systems, chemical engineering, and

architecture and housing. These include, but not restricted tothe

following:

Energy optimisation

Power systems

Motor and transportation

Fuel efficiency

Architecture and housing efficiency

Energy computer network

Energy efficient lighting

Opportunities of postgraduate and postdoctoral studies and bursaries

exist in all aspects of energy efficiency and demand side management

for perspective candidates with background in electrical engineering,

electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering,

civil engineering, computer, mathematics, and architecture. Excellent

skills in English, written and spoken,are required, likewise and

ability to communicate research results.

The Hub is striving for a more even gender balance and women are

specially invited to apply for these positions. Information about the

formal application procedures can be found in the website of the

University of Pretoria (www.up.ac.za), however applicants are welcome

to contact research groups for relevant research topics and other

academic information.

General enquiries can be made to

Prof. X. Xia, Director

National Hub for Postgraduate Programme on Energy Efficiency and DSM

Centre of New Energy Systems

University of Pretoria

Email ：xxia@up.ac.za