Thesis Work on AI-assisted Automated Stability Assessment for Industrial Grids with MATLAB/Simulink interface

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This Position reports to:

R&D Team Lead

 

Your role and responsibilities

Industrial grids are becoming increasingly converter-dominated due to growing adoption of drives, battery storage, and other power electronic technologies.

This coupled with weak grid point-of-connection raises the risk of control interactions and converter-driven oscillations. Currently, stability studies are manual and done case by case.

This thesis explores how AI can automate the workflow, from model setup and scenario sweep to interpreting results and providing control strategies.

 

Details:

• Period: January 2027-June 2027, 5 months
• Number of credits: 30 ECTS
• Number of students for this thesis work: 1
• Location: ABB Corporate Research (Västerås)

 

This thesis will provide a framework for using AI for performing stability checks and design optimal control strategy for stability assurance of a given Industrial Grid across a range of operating scenarios.

 

Goals:​

• Develop a source library with relevant standards (IEEE, IEC, etc.), guidelines (CIGRE, system operators, etc.), model bank, and technical reports.
• Develop scripts for automating the stability analysis (frequency and time-domain) and sweep across dispatch or load profiles.
• Provide optimal control strategies for varying system conditions to ensure stability margins.

Qualifications for the role

• Background in Electrical Engineering with keen interest in power grids.
• Knowledge of control systems and interested in applying AI to engineering problems.
• Good programming skills in MATLAB/Simulink and Python.
• Familiar with GitHub Copilot.​

More about us

Recruiting Manager Linus Thrybom, +46 730 80 9906, will answer your general questions. Supervisors Debargha Brahma (debargha.brahma@se.abb.com) and Stefan Thorburn (stefan.thorburn@se.abb.com) will answer questions about the thesis topic and expectations. 

 

Positions are filled continuously. Please apply with your CV, academic transcripts, and a cover letter in English.

 

We look forward to receiving your application!

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