Prof. Katherine Kim Receives Research and Teaching Awards from NTUEE

On December 29, 2023, Prof. Katherine A. Kim received two prestigious awards from the National Taiwan University Electrical Engineering Department (NTUEE):

  • NTU EECS 112th Annual Academic Contribution Award
  • NTU EECS Outstanding EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) Teaching Award
Prof. Katherine Kim receiving the 112th Annual Academic Contribution Award.
Prof. Katherine Kim receiving the Outstanding EMI Teaching Award.

Prof. Kim was honored to recieve the awards and gives thanks to all the mentors, collaborators, and colleagues who have supported her work during her career. She will continue to work hard on transformative research and create an exceptional education environment for her students.

Lien-Chieh Chen (陳廉杰) – M.S. Student

Lien-Chieh Chen received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Feng Chia University (FCU), Taiwan, in 2021. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 2023. His research interests include dc-dc converters from solar panel applications.

Papers:

Lien-Chieh Chen, F. Selin Bagci, and Katherine A. Kim, “Comparison of Bidirectional Flyback and Split-Inductor Boost Converter Topologies for Photovoltaic Differential Power Processing Systems” IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia (WiPDA Asia), Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WiPDAAsia58218.2023.10261924.

Prof. Katherine A. Kim (김예린,金藝璘)

Dr. Katherine A. Kim received the B.S. degree in Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 2007. She received the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in ECE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011 and 2014, respectively. From 2014 to 2018, she was an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Ulsan, South Korea. Since 2019, she has been an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Her research focuses on power electronics and control for solar photovoltaic applications.

Dr. Kim received the Award for Achievements in Power Electronics Education from the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) in 2022, recognition as an Innovator Under 35 for the Asia Pacific Region by the MIT Technology Review in 2020, and the Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from PELS in 2019. Since 2017, she has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. For IEEE PELS, she served as the Student Membership Chair in 2013-2014, a Member-At-Large for 2016-2018, the Women in Engineering Chair in 2018-2020, and the PELS Constitution and Bylaws Chair in 2021-2024.

ORCID: 0000-0001-9144-1001

Google Scholar: Katherine A. Kim

PEARS Lab Attends WiPDA-Asia 2023 in Hsinchu, Taiwan

Prof. Katherine A. Kim, Selin Bagci, and Lien-Chieh Chen attended the Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia (WiPDA-Asia 2023) in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on August 27-29, 2023. Master’s student Lien-Chieh Chen presented his work on “Comparison of Bidirectional Flyback and Split-Inductor Boost converter Topologies for Photovltaic Differential Power Processing Systems” (photo below). His paper recieved the “Best Student Presentation Award”!

Lien-Chieh Chen presenting his work at WiPDA-Asia 2023 in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Richard Angsetya – Undergrad Intern

Richard is Indonesian and is soon to be an Electrical Engineer bachelor graduate. He is interested in power electronics and is planning to pursue a Master’s degree in Professor Kim’s lab. His research interest is in energy harvesting for wearables.

F. Selin Bagci, Richard Angsetya, Sean Logi, Katherine A. Kim, “Flexible PCB Connection Methods for Wearable Energy Harvesting Applications,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2023, pp. 1881-1887, doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131451.

Dong Heng Tsai (蔡東衡) – M.S. Student

Dong Heng Tsai received the B.S. degree in Electric Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in 2023. He is a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include power converters and battery charging.

Sean Logi – M.S. Student

Sean Logi received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Technology (NTU), Taiwan, in 2023. He is a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include flexible PCBs for power electronics used in energy harvesting wearables.

Papers:

F. Selin Bagci, Richard Angsetya, Sean Logi, Katherine A. Kim, “Flexible PCB Connection Methods for Wearable Energy Harvesting Applications,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2023, pp. 1881-1887, doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131451.

Yun-Jen Xu (徐昀湞) – M.S. Student

Yun-Jen Xu received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan, in 2023. He is a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include the analysis of dc-dc converters.

Yu-Kai Liao (廖昱凱) – M.S. Student

Yu-Kai Liao received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan, in 2022. He is a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include circuit analysis and improving converter efficiency.

Prof. Katherine Kim Gives a Talk for the Center for Bilingual Education (CBE) at National Taiwan University (NTU)

Prof. Katherine Kim gave a talk on May 16, 2023, at the English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Happy Hour in her talk entitled “Ideas and Tools for Evoking Student Engagement in EMI Courses.” It was an excellent opportunity to share her experience with using flipped learning in electrical engineering classes and hear ideas from the attendees. A full article about the event was published by NTU’s Center for Bilingual Education here: https://www.facebook.com/NTUCBE/posts/pfbid0tqAM28xA9UtyTYqpK8JkBzjER2TdMJyTooP4ecAmuvkWryq4qM64MRJEQpBaHMLAl

Picture courtesy of the Center for Bilingual Education, NTU

IEEE Conference: APEC 2023

Yu-Quan Chen, Iris Hui-Ru Jiang, Katherine A. Kim, “PV Inverter Control Algorithm Using Reinforcement Learning to Mitigate the Duck Curve Problem,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2023, pp. 2293-2298, doi: 10.1109/APEC43580.2023.10131475. (IEEE Xplore Link)

Prof. Katherine Kim Gives Plenary at APEC 2023

Prof. Katherine Kim was honored to give a Plenary Talk on “Developing the Power Electronics Workforce Through MOOC Degree Programs and Public Educational Videos” with Dr. Robert W. Erickson at APEC 2023 in Orlando, Florida, USA on March 20, 2023. The recorded version of the talk is below.

https://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/pels/apec-2023-keynote-developing-the-power-electronics-workforce-through-mooc-degree-programs-and-public-educational-videos-robert-w-erickson-katherine-a-kim-

Journal Publication: IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems

Shang-You Chiu and Katherine A. Kim, “System Analysis and Design for Multiconverter Electrical Power Systems in Nanosatellites,” in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 41-53, March 2023, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2022.3221277. (IEEE Xplore Link)

Link to Nanosatellite Electrical Power System (EPS) Design tool: http://katherinekim.net/wp/nanosateps/