The course counts for 3 ECTS credit. All students will receive a diploma stating participation in the course.

Remarks - workload:
In total about 84 hours (preparation based on the provided literature: 10 hours; lectures: 32 hours; solving of assignments: 26 hours; report writing: 16 hours)

• Batteries
• Performance and Degradation
• Electrochemistry
• State Estimation
• Electro-Thermal Modeling
• Stationary Applications
   

The participants should have knowledge and competencies comparable to those of an engineer with an MSc in electrical engineering. Furthermore, they should be familiar with MATLAB/Simulink or any other programming software (e.g., Python, C++, etc.) to complete the assignments. It is up to the course participants to decide which software they would like to use to complete the assignments.

After successfully completing this PhD course, the participants will be able to:

• Identify the most suitable battery chemistry for specific applications, with respect to performance characteristics and lifetime expectations.
• Develop and parametrize battery performance (electrical and thermal) models utilizing battery data sheets and laboratory characterization tests.
• Select the appropriate SOC/SOH estimation algorithm based on the application-specific requirements (e.g., accuracy, computation complexity, etc.).
• Parametrize SOC and SOH algorithms using data obtained from laboratory performance characterization and lifetime testing.
• Understand the relationship between macro-scale battery degradation (e.g., capacity fade, resistance increase etc.) and micro-scale phenomena (e.g., lithium plating, mechanical cracking, SEI layer formation etc.) to inform battery lifetime estimation models.
• Utilize the battery models and state estimation algorithms in real-life battery operation scenarios.

Evaluation form:Each participant should submit an individual report detailing the solution of all the assignments. The assignments are introduced during specific lectures and are to be solved by the course participants after the course. The report should be submitted no later than one month after the course is finished.

Criteria for assessment: To graduate the course, the participants should complete correctly at least 50% of each assignment.

Selected articles, book chapters, presentations and software will be announced to the participants at the course site in PhD moodle. 

Please register here at the website of The Doctoral School in Engineering and Science here.

Please observe that it is impossible to register for PhD courses until 4 months before start

Outside of AAU
If you are from outside Aalborg University and you wish to enroll in one of our PhD courses, you must create a profile. This is done by clicking on “create new account” and filling out the form in PhD Moodle.

Cancellation
Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. The Doctoral School has a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up.

Registered illness sent to the course organizer and the aauphd@aau.dk is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days.

Diploma
All passed participants will receive a diploma as a PDF file.
The Doctoral School kindly ask for your patience, as it might take a while before you receive the final course diploma. This is due to the process of gathering evaluations.

Please address questions regarding the evaluation or issue of the diploma to the Doctoral School, via email at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk

More information: www.energy.aau.dk/research/phd   

6000 DKK for PhD students outside of Denmark and 8000 DKK for other participants (Private, Industry and Universities) VAT-FREE Education)

PhD Student from Danish universities: The Danish universities have entered into an agreement that allows PhD students at a Danish university (except Copenhagen Business School) the opportunity to free of charge take a subject-specific course at another Danish university. Read more here: https://phdcourses.dk/ 

Guests at AAU Energy: Enrolled Guest PhD Students at AAU Energy can attend free of charge on the course if  available seats.

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor, Daniel-Ioan Stroe, dis@energy.aau.dk 

Course Administrator: Louise Levisen, lmle@energy.aau.dk

AAU's Doctoral School, phdcourses@adm.aau.dk