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At the Power Electronics Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering ESAT / ELECTA, several Ph.D students and post-docs are working on modelling and on applications of power electronics. We currently have a post-doc position available in Energyville, located in Genk.

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This project develops novel magnetic design concepts that enhance the performance and scaling laws of high-frequency transformers and inductors,



enabling power converters with substantially higher power density. It integrates in the "High-Frequency Magnetics" research line established in the group, introducing novel winding and core structures as central to enabler to miniaturize modern power converters.

The application focus is isolated power conversion in applications such as electric vehicle onboard and fast chargers, data-center power supplies, aerospace, and other size- and cost-constrained, high-power-density domains. The work spans planar and PCB-winding magnetics, integrated and matrix transformers, wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) resonant converters (LLC, CLL, CLLC) operating from the hundreds of kHz and into the MHz range, high-frequency loss and thermal modeling, and finite-element-driven multi-objective (Pareto) optimization, validated through hardware prototyping and experimental characterization. The researcher can build on the research group's

📌 Post-doctoral assistant: high-frequency magnetic components (Modinagar)
🏢 EnergyVille
📍 Modinagar