SaskPower Chair in Power Systems Engineering

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan invites applications from qualified individuals for a senior SaskPower Chair in Power Systems Engineering.  This is a tenured full professor position with a competitive salary and significant research funding. The Chair will have an exceptional opportunity to maximize research collaboration with a prominent industry partner, SaskPower. Creation of the Chair recognizes and builds on the historical preeminence of the Department in research related to power systems engineering. Once appointed, the SaskPower Chair will immediately pursue an NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC).

The successful candidate must hold an earned Ph.D. in electrical engineering and be eligible for registration as a professional engineer in Saskatchewan. The ideal candidate will be an internationally recognized researcher working on various smart grid technologies applied to power systems, with an outstanding track record, both in terms of publications and the training of highly-qualified personnel. Complementing the current faculty, the successful candidate is expected to provide leadership to the department’s teaching and research programs in power systems engineering.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues in both academia and industry.

Proud of its history and thriving within Saskatchewan’s prosperous and growing economy, the College of Engineering is dedicated to developing tomorrow’s leaders and professionals through teaching, research, and service. The College currently offers degrees at the undergraduate (B.Sc.) and post-graduate (M.Eng., M.Sc. and Ph.D.) levels in a wide range of disciplines to more than 1,600 undergraduate and 320 graduate students.

Located on one of Canada’s most beautiful campuses, the University of Saskatchewan is internationally recognized for its contributions to teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. The university’s community comprises more than 18,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, 7,500 faculty and staff and offers a wide selection of degrees, diplomas and certificates in more than 100 areas and disciplines. Its 17 colleges and schools offer an array of discipline-based, interdisciplinary and professional programs. With a focus on teaching, learning and research, the University of Saskatchewan is poised to make discoveries that will shape the city, the province and the world now and in the future.

SaskPower is the main electric utility in Saskatchewan, Canada, owned by the Province of Saskatchewan. Following its vision of becoming a world leading utility though innovation, performance and service, fueled by the growing Saskatchewan economy, SaskPower has a very ambitious program for development and system renewal.  With many active projects in innovative areas from Clean Coal to Advanced Metering, covering generation, transmission and distribution specific applications, the cooperation between the new Chair, the College of Engineering, and SaskPower is expected to provide many power systems focused research project opportunities.

Interested individuals are requested to submit via email a curriculum vitae, a research plan outlining specific interests in smart grid technologies in power systems, a statement of teaching focus and philosophy including potential courses to be taught, and the names and contact information of three references to:

Professor Brian Daku
Chair of the Search Committee
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Saskatchewan
57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Email: SaskPower.Chair@usask.ca

The review of applications will commence on March 1, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. Additional information related to this position can be viewed at www.ece.usask.ca/SaskPowerChair.php