Early-Stage Research Positions
QuickLink: ESR1 ESR2 ESR3 ESR4 ESR5 ESR6 ESR7 ESR8 ESR9 ESR10 ESR11 ESR12 ESR13 ESR14 ESR15
ESR1 - Statistical Electromagnetic Risk Analysis of Large and Complex Systems, Development of Theoretical Description of Risk Assessment Methodologies
Doctoral School: Graduate Academy of Leibniz Universität Hannover (GE)
Promotors:
- Prof. H. Garbe (LUH)
- Dr. M. Suhrke (FHG)
- Ing. JK van der Ven (RHM)
Objectives:
- Prediction of the probability of the electromagnetic risks taking into account the systems topology, the different subsystems and non-technical aspects
- Description of the overall system based on the stochastic disturbance functions of the subsystems.
- Development of methods to combine the different probability functions with the topology of the system other non-technical aspects.
- Analysis of the susceptibility of a subsystem and describing it as probability function with respect to the non-linear disturbance behaviour
ESR2 - Statistical Electromagnetic Risk Analysis of Large and Complex Systems, Experimental Analysis and Model Verification
Doctoral School: Graduate Academy of Leibniz Universität Hannover (GE)
Promotors:
- Dr. F. Sabath (WIS)
- Prof. H. Garbe (LUH)
- Ing. R. Deseine (Barco)
Objectives:
- Experimental analysis and model validation of theoretical stochastic risk descriptions developed by ESR1
- Define, design and develop measurement procedures to verify the theoretical concepts at subsystem and system level
- Measure the stochastic disturbance functions of subsystems
- Measure the susceptibility of a system
ESR3 - Risk-Based Automotive Electromagnetic Engineering Approach aligned with the ISO26262 Functional Safety Approach
Doctoral School: York Graduate Research School (UK)
Promotors:
- Dr. A. Ruddle (Mira)
- Prof. T. Kelly (UoY)
- Dr. F. Lafon (Valeo)
Objectives:
- Improved treatment of EMC aspects in ISO26262 functional safety analysis
- Integration of computational electromagnetics into risk and hazard analysis methods
- Optimization of vehicle system architectures for electromagnetic performance
- Enhance the efficiency of wider vehicle development by enabling re-use of risk-based EMC analysis for EMC-related functional safety and cyber security
ESR4 - Risk-Based EMI-Aware Design of Complex Systems
Doctoral School: Twente Graduate School (NL)
Promotors:
- Prof. F. Leferink (UTwente)
- Dr. M. Mijwaart (Nedap)
- Prof. D. Pissoort (KU Leuven)
Objectives:
- Architectural design method of complex systems, how and what, including quantification
- Definition of EM zones for several electromagnetic environments, the method and implementation in complex systems
- Description of the risk based EMI management process, acceptable for classification societies and customers (B2B)
ESR5 - IEC 61508 Techniques & Measures for EMI Risk Reduction, Hardware-based Techniques & Measures
Doctoral School: Arenberg Doctoral School (BE)
Promotors:
- Prof. D. Pissoort (KU Leuven)
- Prof. G. Vandenbosch (KU Leuven)
- K. Armstrong (CCC)
Objectives:
- Development of an efficient simulation framework that allows to apply a large variation of EMI disturbances (incoming fields, transient disturbances, ESD, etc.) to simplified models of safety-related systems
- Integration of statistical analysis into the simulation framework to check how electromagnetic disturbances affect e.g. the Bit Error Rate (BER)
- Comparison of effectiveness of different types of diverse redundancy (inversion, spatial, frequency, time, etc.) for different types of EMI
- Ruggedized EMI hardening for single-point-of-failures (e.g. voters)
ESR6 - IEC 61508 Techniques & Measures for EMI Risk Reduction, Software-based Techniques & Measures
Doctoral School: Arenberg Doctoral School (BE)
Promotors:
- Prof. J. Boydens (KU Leuven)
- Prof. E. Steegmans (KU Leuven)
- K. Armstrong (CCC)
Objectives:
- Validate the use of existing single-bit bit-flip measures, but now against EMI-induced multi-bit faults
- Verify how existing software redundancy measures described by IEC 61508 (N-Version, recovery-block, etc.) are resilient against EMI;
- Develop tools to implement the measures in software, avoiding human error during implementation
- Develop new software protection measures that target EMI effects
ESR7 - Evaluation of Electromagnetic Hazards due to Environmental Stresses, Obsolescence and/or Ageing, Evaluation at the Integrated Circuit Level
Doctoral School: Ecole Doctorale MathSTIC (FR)
Promotors:
- Prof. R. Perdriau (ESEO)
- Prof. M. Ramdani (ESEO)
- Dr. H. Pues (Melexis)
Objectives:
- Extension of the IC-IM and IC-EM models to take into account environmental stresses and ageing
- Combination of EMC testing with Highly Accelerated Lifetime Testing (HALT) which makes it possible to age ICs in a reduced period of time
- Performing EMC testing during a HALT test (in order to check out that the IC still operates as it should) or after a HALT test (in order to evaluate possible changes in fault margins)
ESR8 - Evaluation of Electromagnetic Hazards due to Environmental Stresses, Obsolescence and/or Ageing, Evaluation at the System Level
Doctoral School: Ecole Doctorale MathSTIC (FR)
Promotors:
- Dr. F. Lafon (Valeo)
- Prof. M. Ramdani (ESEO)
- Prof. D. Pissoort (KU Leuven)
Objectives:
- Develop a test set-up and method for the characterization of the shielding effectiveness / ground connection performance under vibration and thermal influences
- Develop a methodology to perform a global EMC risk analysis considering multi parameter influence to assess safety targets
ESR9 - Statistic Verification and Validation of Immunity and Enclosure Shielding Effectiveness – Risk of Susceptibility
Doctoral School: York Graduate Research School (UK)
Promotors:
- Dr. J. Dawson (UoY)
- Dr. M. Trefzer (UoY)
- Dr. H. Pues (Melexis)
Objectives:
- Demonstration software for susceptibility risk prediction validated against measured data
- Measurement procedures to determine enclosure and contents parameters for power balance models
- Instrumented IC for susceptibility measurement and validation
ESR10 - From Rule-Based Standards to Risk-Based, Cost-Effective, Up-to-Date, Maritime EMC Standards
Doctoral School: Twente Graduate School (NL)
Promotors:
- Ing. JK van der Ven (RHM)
- Prof. F. Leferink (UTwente)
- Dr. R. Bridgeman (LR)
Objectives:
- Apply the PETER methodology to complex maritime systems, i.e. analysing the actual EM environments on-board maritime vessels, with a focus on maritime communication and SOLAS, and evaluation of protection due to the available structure of (metal) vessels, such as shielding of bridge, cabins etc
- Simulation and experimental validation of the basic reference levels for risk-based EMC for maritime systems
- Cost-effective measures for integration of COTS equipment in complex systems, following the risk-based approach
ESR11 - Modelling and Reasoning about Electromagnetic Interactions in Autonomous and Complex Vessels
Doctoral School: York Graduate Research School (UK)
Promotors:
- Prof. T. Kelly (UoY)
- Dr. R. Bridgeman (LR)
- Prof. F. Leferink (UTwente)
Objectives:
- To develop a modular certification process to enable a building block approach to qualification and the use of multi-party certification
- To understand and ensure the deficits in EMC/ EMI specifications, qualification and certification are identified and assessed
- To determine how EMC/ EMI modelling and simulation can be conducted in a way that the results can be demonstrated to be reliable with a known level of certainty in the context of its contribution to the system hazards, and how a robust and understandable assurance case can be presented
ESR12 - EMI-Resilient Medical Displays for Surgical-, Diagnostic Imaging- and Modality Applications
Doctoral School: Arenberg Doctoral School (BE)
Promotors:
- Ing. R. Deseine (Barco)
- Prof. G. Vandenbosch (KU Leuven)
- Dr. F. Sabath (WIS)
Objectives:
- Complete and to optimize the existing Design-for-EMC process for and with IEC 60601-1-2:2014 ed4 EM-risk management compliance
- Specify different test-cases that are based on different types of medical displays and -display systems for surgical-, diagnostic imaging- and modality applications
- Apply and assess the novel EM-risk analysis methodology on the test-cases to reveal, to qualify and to quantify the potential hazards
- Formulate, implement and test possible mitigation- and resilience techniques and -scenarios
ESR13 - EMI Risk Management Applied to the Next Generation Vehicular Communication Devices
Doctoral School: Twente Graduate School (NL)
Promotors:
- Dr. M. Mijwaart (Nedap)
- Prof. F. Leferink (UTwente)
- Dr. P. Fernandez-Lopez (Valeo)
Objectives:
- Analysis of emission and immunity of conventional and expected (GALILEO, 5G) systems for V2V, V2I, V2X
- Definition of resilience level and Safety Integrity Levels for critical systems
- Analysis of anti-jamming technologies, techniques and fall-back scenario’s for hardening at system level
ESR14 - Risk-Based EMI-Aware Design of an Automotive Integrated Circuit
Doctoral School: Arenberg Doctoral School (BE)
Promotors:
- Dr. H. Pues (Melexis)
- Prof. W. Dehaene (KU Leuven)
- Prof. R. Perdriau (ESEO)
Objectives:
- Extension of the existing ISO 26262 functional safety design strategy to include EMI
- Extension of the existing design-for-EMC approach to include ageing and environmental stresses
- Extension of the existing design-for-EMC approach to include unexpected non-standard EMI disturbances and combinations thereof
- A significant improvement of the intrinsic robustness of automotive ICs against EMI in all reasonably foreseeable conditions throughout their lifetime
ESR15 - EMI Risk Management on the Scale of the Smart Grid as a Network of Systems
Doctoral School: LUH (GE)
Promotors:
- Dr. M. Suhrke (FHG)
- Dr. F. Sabath (WIS)
- Prof. F. Leferink (UTwente)
Objectives:
- Application of the stochastic risk assessment on a typical smart grid as a large, interconnected system-of-systems
- Identification of single-point-of-failure and weak spots, as well as cascading effects detrimental to system stability
- Application of mitigation measures applicable to the identified weak spots to detect and/or quickly recover from EMI-induced faults
- Analyse the effectiveness of the countermeasures
