Prof. Katherine A. Kim
Hsin-Hsuan Tsai is an incoming M.S. student in Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at NTU in 2023. She received the ITRI Power School Outstanding Project Proposal Award (電網學校暨人才發展聯盟獎學金) in 2022, as well as Dean’s List Award while at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in 2020. Her research interests include grid-tied inverters and electric vehicles.
Ying Jiun Chen received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Ilan University (NIU) in 2020. She received the M.S. degree in the Electrical Engineering in 2023 from National Taiwan University (NTU). Her research focus is on voltage balancing control of flying capacitor multilevel converters.
Papers:
Katherine A. Kim, F. Selin Bagci, and Kristen L. Dorsey, “Design considerations for photovoltaic energy harvesting in wearable devices,” in Scientific Reports, vol. 12, pp. 1-12, October 28, 2022, art. no. 18143, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-22232-x. (Nature Link)
Taiwei Chen and Katherine A. Kim, “Nanosatellite Power System with A Variable DC Bus Voltage for Improved System Efficiency,” IET International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applications (IET-ICETA), Oct. 2022, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/IET-ICETA56553.2022.9971477. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Yu-Ting Yang received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan, in 2020. She received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2022. Her research interests include system control methods of bidirectional CLLC resonant converters for charging Li-ion batteries in an integrated photovoltaic microinverter.
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Chi Jui Lo received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2020 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2022. His research focuses on power converters and control development for photovoltaic systems.
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Shang-You Chiu received the B.S. degree in energy engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, in 2020, and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2022. Since 2022, he has been with Hitachi Energy Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. His research interests include electrical power system design for CubeSat applications, dynamic analysis and control design of dc-to-dc power conversion system.
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Guan-Ru Li received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in 2020 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2022. His research focus is on the verification and small-signal analysis of power factor correction (PFC) boost converters with average current mode (ACM) control in SIMPLIS.
Papers:
F. Selin Bagci, Katherine A. Kim, Yu-Chen Liu and Yi-Hua Liu, “Evaluation of Power Maximization and Curtailment Control Methods for Converters in Wearable Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Applications,” in IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, pp. 508-520, August 2022, doi: 10.1109/OJPEL.2022.3194185. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Bo-Xiang Lee received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Taiwan, in 2022. He is currently a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include dc-dc converter power transfer and analysis of dc-dc converters.
Shih-Fan Liu received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Taiwan, in 2022. He is currently a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. His research interests include dc-dc converter development.
Katherine A. Kim, Lauren E. Kegley, Stephanie Watts Butler, Christina DiMarino, Marium Rasheed, and Radha Sree Krishna Moorthy, “Women in IEEE PELS: Progress and Opportunities [Women in Engineering],” in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 74-81, June 2022. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Yu-Chen Liu, Chen Chen, Yu-Chen Chung, Meng-Chi Tsai, and Katherine A. Kim, “Integrated magnetics optimization process for an interleaved three-phase buck converter at 500 kHz,” IET Power Electronics, pp. 1-11, June 2022. (IET Digital Library Link)
Saksham Consul, Krishna Veer Singh, Hari Om Bansal and Katherine A. Kim, “Intelligent switching mechanism for power distribution in photovoltaic-fed battery electric vehicles.” Environment, Development and Sustainability, 18 May 2022. (Springer Link)
Shang-You Chiu, Katherine A. Kim, and Yu-Chen Liu, “Analysis of Nanosatellite Impedance Interaction and Stability Based on System Operation Mode,” in Proc. International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9662020. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Yu-Ting Yang, Katherine A. Kim, and Jonghoon Kim, “Bidirectional CLLC Resonant Converter Design for Photovoltaic Microinverters with Li-Ion Batteries,” in Proc. International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9661628. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Guan-Ru Li, Katherine A. Kim, Aishworya Roy, and Thomas G. Wilson, “Examining Power Factor Correction Boost Converter Feedback Control Using SIMPLIS,” in Proc. International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9662029. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Chi Jui Lo and Katherine A. Kim, “System Control and Reset Algorithm for Differential Power Processing Converters in a Photovoltaic Microinverter,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL52922.2021.9646000. (IEEE Xplore Link)
F. Selin Bagci and Katherine A. Kim, “Performance Comparison of Burst-Mode MPPT and Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithms for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Applications,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress Exposition (ECCE), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oct. 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Darsana Deo had received the Bachelor’s in Technology degree from National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), India. She received the Master’s degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan in 2024. Her research focuses on different simulation and emulation techniques of photovoltaic systems compatible for microinverter systems. In the future, she will work as a Senior Engineer in the department of Notebook Power (PSBG) at Delta Electronics, Taiwan.