Offer Description
About the Project BESCAPE is an Advanced Wide Bandgap-based Power Processing and Management for Future Space Exploration initiative developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and leading European space companies. The project addresses emerging challenges in power conversion, advanced control, and power distribution systems for future human space exploration missions. BESCAPE brings together a highly international consortium comprising 11 Doctoral Candidates distributed across leading European universities and research institutions. The academic beneficiaries include Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM, Spain), Universiteit Twente (UT, The Netherlands), Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI, Spain), KU Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium), Université de Mons (UMONS, Belgium), Ghent University (UGent, Belgium), Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD, Italy), and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH, Spain). These academic partners collaborate closely with space-sector stakeholders, including the European Space Agency (ESA, The Netherlands), Leonardo S.p.A.



(Leonardo, Italy), IMEC (Belgium), Thales Alenia Space Belgium (TAS-B, Belgium), OHB System AG (OHB, Germany), and CRISA-AIRBUS (Spain), creating a unique research and training environment that combines academic excellence with industrial and space-sector expertise.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) offers one fully funded PhD position ‘Wireless battery charging Unit for future space missions: drones and rovers’. Host Institution: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Supervisors from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM, Spain). Joint Degree Partner: Université de Mons (UMONS, Belgium). Industrial Mentors: European Space Agency - ESA (The Netherlands). Objective: This project aims to advance wireless power transfer technologies for future space missions. The selected candidate will design innovative wireless charging solutions, including universal transmitting coils an

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