Postdoc in Hospital Energy Systems and Infrastructure Resilience

Job description

This project investigates energy optimisation and resilience of critical infrastructure, focusing on hospitals. The researcher will model hospital HVAC, heating, cooling and backup energy systems and examine their dependencies on wider energy and healthcare supply chains. Research combines dynamic energy simulation, scenario-based risk and resilience assessment, life-cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declaration (EPD) data to quantify energy performance, environmental impacts and service continuity during climate-related disruptions. Building on these analyses, the researcher will develop and assess advanced control and decision-support methods, potentially including AI, to improve efficiency, flexibility and operational resilience. Validation will emphasise realistic operating constraints and collaboration with healthcare and infrastructure stakeholders. The position includes 20% teaching or departmental duties.

Qualifications

Requirements

A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
PhD in building energy engineering, energy systems, HVAC, control engineering or a related discipline.
Experience in building energy modelling, simulation and optimisation, including thermal comfort assessment.
Ability to analyse complex technical systems and communicate findings in scientific papers and technical reports.
Strong written and spoken English, as this will be required in day-to-day work.

Preferred qualifications

A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
Knowledge of supply-chain risks, critical-infrastructure resilience and scenario-based assessment.
Experience with LCA, EPDs and environmental impact modelling.
Experience with advanced or AI-based control, hospital technical systems and real-world implementation.
Skills in preparing project deliverables, research proposals and presentations; teaching experience.
Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality
Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.
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The application must include:

CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.
Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.
A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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