University College of Southeast Norway
PhD Program in Process, Energy and Automation Engineering
- Rauland, Norway
- Hønefoss, Norway
PhD
DURATION
6 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About the programme
The aim of the PhD programme is to educate candidates with knowledge and skills that make them competent to improve production processes and reduce environmental impacts of such processes. This may be achieved through new or modified equipment and procedures, and through improved process control. The ultimate goal is to increase the industrial sustainability.
The successful candidate will typically find employment in companies, universities or research institutes working on design, operation, control and measurements of industrial processes.
Research groups
PhD students enrolled in the program are involved in one of the following research groups:
- Energy and CO2 capture (ECC)
- Hydro Power, Transmission and Distribution
- Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technologies (SMART)
- Telemark Modeling and Control Centre (TMCC)
- Telemark Process Safety, Combustion and Explosion Laboratory (TPSCEL)
Examples of research areas are (in alphabetic order):
- Alternative fuels
- Catalysis
- Biogas production
- Chemometrics
- CO2 capture
- Gasification
- High-voltage power systems
- Hydrogen safety
- Hydro power
- Multiphase flow processes
- Process control
- Sensor technology
- Smart houses
The faculty research groups cooperate with many international partners, mainly through joint research projects.
Academic content
The Ph.D. programme activities are the backbone of the research conducted at the faculty. The research done by the Ph.D. students is an integral part of the activities in the five faculty research groups. The Ph.D. program comprises the implementation of independent research work in active cooperation with supervisors and other researchers, an approved training component, participation in active research groups, and academic dissemination that is closely related to the ongoing Ph.D. work.
The aim of the Ph.D. program is to educate candidates of the highest international standards who can acquire knowledge, skills and general competence to carry out high-level research suitable for publication in leading academic journals and other outlets. Our candidates should be capable of addressing research issues important to both academia and business practice.
Study Plan
A study plan describes the content, structure, and organization of a study programme. To each study plan, there is a set of subject plans that describes the different subjects. In the subject plan, you will also find a reading list. Below you will find a study model that shows you which subjects are taught each term. In the study model, you'll also find links to each subject plan.
Link to the latest published study plan
Link to the latest published course plan
Elective courses
- Our elective courses
Our elective Ph.D. courses are currently not published on our webpage. Please ask the Ph.D. coordinator Mariken Kjøhl-Røsand to receive information about our elective courses.
Doctoral projects and candidates
- Presentation of the candidates currently enrolled
- Previous Ph.D. candidatesç
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