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Distributed Energy Systems Postdoc

Penn State University Park💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-07-31

Core

Researching and optimizing distributed energy resource (DER) configurations, including combined heat and power (CHP) and hybrid systems with solar and storage, for industrial and commercial buildings.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher in distributed energy systems

Builds

Research reports, publications, and research proposals

Domain

Energy systems / Architectural Engineering

Deliverable

research

Required skills

DER system configuration analysis, waste heat recovery technologies, economic return-on-investment analysis, research leadership, mentoring graduate students

Preferred skills

Microgrid design, district thermal networks design, operation of existing working systems

Technologies

CHP, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, electrical and thermal storage

Responsibilities

Analyzing DER configurations relative to conventional separate heat and power systems, leading research on emerging technologies, publishing and presenting research findings, mentoring graduate students, contributing to proposal development

Seniority

Postdoctoral, hands-on IC

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