Prof. Katherine A. Kim
Hyunji Lee received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. She is working as an Assistant Engineer with Fine Inc., Seoul, South Korea. Her research interests include design and analysis of differential power processing systems for photovoltaic applications.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0265-1902
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Two undergraduate students have joined the PEARS Lab and are working on power converters for the 2015 International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC):
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Prof. Katherine A. Kim attended the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Annual Meeting on October 5-9, 2014 in Vancouver, Canada.
At the meeting she:
Katherine A. Kim (김예린) has officially started as an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). In Fall 2014, she will be starting up her research lab and teaching the following courses:
EE313: Introduction to Control [자동제어공학개론]
Level: Undergraduate 3rd-year course
Description: This course introduces fundamentals of linear systems control: mathematical modeling, analysis, and design of systems, transfer function, root locus, bode diagram, Nyquist method, and state space method.
ECE637: Special Topics: Power Systems [전자회로설계및응용특수토픽III]
Level: Masters Course
Description: This special topic course on Power Systems is a graduate level course where you will learn the basics of the electric power grid and the challenges of moving towards a more intelligent grid.
Sairaj V. Dhople, Katherine A. Kim and Alejandro D. Domínguez-García, “Time-optimal control in dc-dc converters: A maximum principle perspective,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth, TX, 2014, pp. 2804-2808. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Nathan Dostart, Julia Huynh and Philip T. Krein, “Low-cost solar simulator design for multi-junction solar cells in space applications,” Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, Champaign, IL, 2014, pp. 1-6. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Chenyang Xu, Lei Jin, and Philip T. Krein, A Dynamic Photovoltaic Model Incorporating Capacitive and Reverse-Bias Characteristics, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 3, no. 4. pp. 1334-1341, Oct. 2013. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim and Philip T. Krein, “Hot spotting and second breakdown effects on reverse I-V characteristics for mono-crystalline Si Photovoltaics,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO, 2013, pp. 1007-1014. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim and P. T. Krein, “Photovoltaic hot spot analysis for cells with various reverse-bias characteristics through electrical and thermal simulation,” IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013, pp. 1-8. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Pradeep S. Shenoy, Katherine A. Kim, Brian B. Johnson, and Philip T. Krein, “Differential power processing for increased energy production and reliability of photovoltaic systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 6. pp. 2968–2979, June 2013. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Philip T. Krein, Gab-Su Seo and Bo-Hyung Cho, “Photovoltaic AC parameter characterization for dynamic partial shading and hot spot detection,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Long Beach, CA, 2013, pp. 109-115. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Shibin Qin, Katherine A. Kim, and Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, “Laboratory emulation of a photovoltaic module for controllable insolation and realistic dynamic performance,” IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, Champaign, IL, 2013, pp. 23-29. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Pradeep S. Shenoy and Philip T. Krein, “Photovoltaic differential power converter trade-offs as a consequence of panel variation,” IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Kyoto, 2012, pp. 1-7. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Pradeep S. Shenoy, Katherine A. Kim, and Philip T. Krein, “Comparative analysis of differential power conversion architectures and controls for solar photovoltaics,” IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Kyoto, 2012, pp. 1-7. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Pradeep S. Shenoy, Katherine A. Kim, Philip T. Krein, and Patrick L. Chapman, “Differential power processing for efficiency and performance leaps in utility-scale photovoltaics,” IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, TX, 2012, pp. 1357-1361. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Sutchaya Lertburapa, Chenyang Xu, and Philip T. Krein, “Efficiency and cost trade-offs for designing module integrated converter photovoltaic systems,” IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, Champaign, IL, 2012, pp. 1-7. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Ran M. Li, and Philip T. Krein, “Voltage-offset resistive control for DC-DC converters in photovoltaic applications,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL, 2012, pp. 2045-2052. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Philip T. Krein, Jay J. Lee, Hyunsu Bae, and Bo-Hyung Cho, “Irradiance and temperature transient sensitivity analysis for photovoltaic control,” International Conference on Power Electronics – ECCE Asia, Jeju, 2011, pp. 393-400. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Ali M. Bazzi, Katherine A. Kim, Brian B. Johnson, Philip T. Krein, and Alejandro Domínguez-García, “Fault impacts on solar power unit reliability,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth, TX, 2011, pp. 1223-1231. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim and Philip T. Krein, “Photovoltaic converter module configurations for maximum power point operation,” 2010 Power and Energy Conference At Illinois (PECI), Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2010, pp. 77-82. (IEEE Xplore Link)