Areas of research

Areas of research

 

The main scientific areas of interest for the ESE-PhD program are listed below, and represent the multidisciplinarity of the program, that is needed in today’s energy research and development, and are related to the main objectives of the program:

A. Thermo- fluid Dynamics and Thermal Science
B. Energy Systems
C. Chemistry and Material Science
D. Electrical, Automation, and Management Engineering

 

Within this scientific framework, the ESE Ph.D. course focuses on the following specific research topics:

  • Energy sources and energy conversion systems
  • Fuel cells
  • Heating and air conditioning systems
  • Energy consumption and planning
  • Energy management, simulation and modelling
  • Transition to Sustainable Energy Systems
  • Solar thermal and photovoltaic
  • Geothermal Engineering
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Energy Efficient Buildings and Industry
  • Distributed Generation and Grid Integration of Renewables
  • Materials for sustainable energy production, storage and conversion
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Heat and mass transport
  • Multiphase flows
  • Turbulence physics
  • Computer methods for energy flow simulations
  • Thermo-fluid-dynamic in bio-engineering
  • Fundamentals of chemical processes for energy