ETH Zurich is one of the leading universities of the world with a strong focus on science and engineering. In 2011 it established the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in collaboration with the National research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore to do interdisciplinary research on pressing problems. In collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and Singapore Management University (SMU), SEC is undertaking a research programme on “Future Resilient Systems”, providing an opportunity for about 40 PhD students and 25 PostDoc researchers to get a PhD degree and/or to strengthen their research skills in an inspiring cross-disciplinary research environment. Within this framework the NUS is announcing the following job opening. Workplace is Singapore.
PhD Position – Operations, Maintenance Policies, Flexibility, and Resilience
The project focuses on the operations and maintenance of complex energy systems to ensure better system functionality, reliability, and flexibility. In the short term, condition monitoring and optimal maintenance models will be developed to accurately assess the system conditions, and to plan for necessary maintenance in a cost-effective way. In addition, system flexibility will be built in, using real options analysis techniques to accommodate operational and strategic changes over the long term, and in the face of uncertainty in operating environments, regulatory, markets, and technology.
The successful candidate has a Bachelor or Master’s degree in an Engineering and/or Decision Science discipline (e.g. Civil, Industrial, Operations Research, Systems), or other relevant discipline like Computer Science. Good research background; strong analytical and operations research skills are a plus , so is good experience with relevant programming language. We expect good scientific writing skills (English).