Prof. Katherine A. Kim
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Hoejeong Jeong attended COMPEL 2018 on June 25-28 in Padova, Italy. On Tuesday, June 26, Hoejeong Jeong presented the paper on “A Scalable Unit Differential Power Processing System Design for Photovoltaic Applications” at the Galileo Galilei Main Hall in Palazzo Bo. A job well done presenting important research on new PV differential power processing applications. Hoejeong Jeong also received a Student Travel Grant to attend COMPEL.
Prof. Katherine Kim and undergraduate intern Bo-Kyung Yoon attended the International Power Electronics Conference (ICPE 2018-ECCE Asia), May 20-24, 2018, in Niigata, Japan. Bo-Kyung Yoon presented a poster on “Circuit Modeling Approach for Analyzing Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting” on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
Also, Bing-Siang Huang from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, presented a collaboration paper on “Design and Implementation of a High Power Density Active-Clamped Flyback Converter” at the High Performance Power Converters session on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
Prof. Kim also served as a session chair for session “23G4 Renewable Energy and Storage Applications” and “21B2 Dual Active Bridge Converters” at ICPE 2018-ECCE Asia. All attendees enjoyed the excellent conference and delicious Japanese food.
Prof. Katherine Kim, Bo-Kyung Yoon, and PEARS Lab members attended the International Conference on Nanogenerators and Piezotronics (NGPT), May 8-11, 2018, in Seoul, Korea.
Prof. Kim Co-Chaired a Technical Session on “Piezotronics/Tribotronics for Sensors, MEMS and NEMS 1” on Thursday, May 10 and gave talk entitled “Implementation Considerations for Low-power Energy Conversion Circuitry in Triboelectric Nanogenerator Energy Harvesting Applications” on Friday, May 11.
Undergraduate intern Bo-Kyung Yoon presented a poster on “Circuit Modeling of a Three-plate Triboelectric Nanogenerator with Ground System for Energy Harvesting” on Friday, May 11. Attending NGPT 2018 was a great opportunity to learn more about transducers and better understand how to develop better power circuitry for energy harvesting.
Prof. Katherine Kim attended the Applied Power Electronics Conference 2018 in San Antonio, TX, USA in March 2018.
Prof. Kim was a chair for the morning technical session “T30: Renewable Energy Topics” on March 8, 2018. The poster for the collaboration paper on “Integrated Magnetics Design for a Full-Bridge Phase-Shifted Converter” was presented by Chen Chen, Yu-Chen Liu, and Prof. Kim on March 8, 2018 (picture shown below).
Prof. Katherine A. Kim and undergraduate student intern Bo-Kyung Yoon attended the IEEE Seoul Section Student Paper Contest 2017 at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea. Bo-Kyung presented her paper on “Circuit Modeling of a Three-Plate Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting” at the competition (picture below). As one of the few undergraduate students in the competition, she presented and took questions on her research at the same level as the graduate students in the competition. A job well done.
Graduate student Hyeun-Tae Cho represented the PEARS lab in exhibiting the U-Loop future transportation system at the International Public Transportation Forum held in Ulsan, South Korea. The research project on the U-Loop is a collaborative project, with the PEARS Lab designing and implementing the linear motor drive and photovoltaic system. Hyeun-Tae helped demo the small-scale U-Loop prototype at the exhibition, as show below (original photo here).
For more information, please UNIST’s New Center Article: UNIST’s U-Loop Displayed at International Public Transport Forum or 한국형 하이퍼루프, ‘U-Loop’모델, 대중교통 포럼에 첫 선
Prof. Katherine Kim attended the Asian Conference on Energy, Power and Transportation Electrification (ACEPT) in Singapore on October 24-26, 2017. On Wednesday, October 25, Prof. Kim served as the session chair for “Parallel Session 5: Microgrid and Smart Grid (MGSG).” On Thursday, October 26, Ph.D. student Kai-De Chen from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) presented the paper entitled “Output Double-Line Frequency Ripple Reduction Method for High Power Density Interleaved Boost Converters in Power Factor Correction Applications,” which is a collaboration paper with PEARS Lab.
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Hyeun-Tae Cho attended the Symposium on Semiconductor Power Conversion (S2PC) in Changhua, Taiwan on October 13-15, 2017.
On October 14, 2017, Hyeun-Tae Cho presented a poster on “Model and Control of a Scaled-Down Permanent Magnet Linear Synchronous Motor (PMLSM) for High-Speed Transportation Systems” during Poster Session I (A). Prof. Katherine Kim was a Session Chair for Oral Session II.
Prof. Katherine Kim attended the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL) 2017 in Stanford, CA, USA, on July 9-12, 2017. She was honored to give a talk on “Perspective on Developing Educational Lecture Videos for Power Electronics Courses” on July 10 (see picture below).
PEARS Lab members attended the Korean Institution of Power Electronics (KIPE) 2015 Annual Conference (전력전자학술대회). The PEARS Lab presented five papers during the conference:
Hoejeong Jeong presented a poster for the paper entitled “GaN Boost Converter Development for High Power Density” on July 4, 2017.
Hyunji Lee presented the paper entitled “Comparison of Two Parallel Differential Power Processing Configuration” on July 5, 2017.
Kyoungjun Kwon presented the paper entitled “Photovoltaic Panel Orientation Study for Tube-Enclosed Transportation Systems” on July 5, 2017.
Hyeun-Tae Cho presented a poster for the paper entitled “Sensorless Field-Oriented Control Design for High-Power 3-Level PMSM Drive Inverter” on July 6, 2017.
Kyu Taek Oh presented a poster for the paper entitled “Comparison & Analysis of The Permanent Magnet DC Motor Control Method” on July 6, 2017.
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate students Hyunji Lee and Kyoungjun Kwon attended IFEEC 2017-ECCE Asia in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 3-7, 2017. Hyunji Lee presented her research paper on “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for Photovoltaic-Powered Charging Bag” as shown below.
Kyoungjun Kwon also presented his research paper on “Photovoltaic Panel Configuration Study for Tube-Enclosed Transportation Systems” as shown below.
Prof. Jun Moon (PI) and Prof. Katherine Kim (Co-PI) were honored to receive one of the 2016 Republic of Korea Science Technology and Research (ROKST&R) Projects from Lockheed Martin. The project research topic is on “Optimal Distributed Control of Unmanned Vehicle Groups.” More information on the ROKST&R projects can be found here.
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Xuan Hung Mai attended the IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET) in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 14-16, 2016.
Xuan Hung Mai presented a poster on “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Characteristics Validation” on November 15 in the Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal Technical Session (see photo below).
PEARS Lab undergraduate student HoeJeong Jeong received the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE) Best Student Award for 2016. The award was presented by Prof. Katherine A. Kim and Prof. Jeehoon Jung of the School of ECE at UNIST.
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Kyoungjun Kwon attended the Symposium on Semiconductor Power Conversion (S2PC) in Nagaoka, Japan on October 14-16, 2016. Prof. Katherine Kim gave a presentation on “Differential Power Processing Converter Techniques for Emerging Photovoltaic Applications” (see photo below).
Kyoungjun Kwon presented a poster on “Buck Converter Development for Charging and Characterization of Low-Power Battery Cells” (see photo below).
Prof. Katherine Kim visited the Power Electronics Lab at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (國立臺灣科技大學) in Taipei, Taiwan, and also gave a talk on “Photovoltaic Power Converters for Smart Grid Capability” at the PELS/IAS/IES Taipei Joint Symposium on August 10, 2016. The symposium featured research presentations from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), National Taiwan University (NTU), and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU).
PELS/IAS/IES Taipei Joint Symposium Group Photo
Additional photos: http://pelab.et.ntust.edu.tw/PELS,IAS,IES%20Taipei%20Joint%20Symposium_2016.html
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Hyunji Lee attended IPEMC 2016-ECCE Asia in Hefei China. Hyunji Lee presented her research paper on “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for Photovoltaic Wearable Applications” as shown below.
Prof. Katherine Kim gave a career development talk at the IEEE PELS Women in Engineering breakfast entitled “Impedance Matching your Power Electronics Career” and served as a Session Chair for the “Smart Grid Technologies I” Session.
Prof. Katherine Kim attended the Applied Power Electronics Conference 2016 in Long Beach, CA, USA in March 2016.
Prof. Kim and Prof. Jeehoon Jung (UNIST, Electrical and Computer Engineering) gave a Professional Education Seminar on “Photovoltaic Modeling and Why it Matters for Power Electronics.”
At the IEEE PELS Women in Engineering breakfast, Prof. Katherine Kim gave a career advice talk entitled “Impedance Matching your Power Electronics Career” and served as a Session Chair for the “Renewable Energy Systems” technical session.
Prof. Katherine A. Kim has been elected to serve as a Member-At-Large for the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Administrative Committee. She will serve for three years from 2016 to 2018. Prof. Kim has previously been involved in PELS as the PELS Student Membership Chair in 2013-2014 and as a member of the PELS Student and Young Professionals Committee from 2013 to present. She is honored to receive the Member-At-Large position and looks forward to contributing to the IEEE PELS and the world-wide power electronics community.
The official annoucement can be found here: http://www.ieee-pels.org/mobile-news/2654-results-of-the-2015-pels-member-at-large-election
The Fall 2015 semester is underway at UNIST!
This semester, Prof. Katherine A. Kim is teaching an undergraduate and graduate course as follows:
EE313: Introduction to Control [자동제어공학개론]
Level: Undergraduate Course
Description: Introduction to Controls is an upper-level undergraduate course where you will learn the fundamentals of dynamic system analysis and control theory. Projects and teamwork are important aspects of this flipped-learning-based class. The primary goal of the course is for students to finish the semester with a clear understanding of various realistic dynamic systems and how to design and analyze an effective controller.
Video Lectures: Introduction to Control EE313
ECE839: Special Topics – Power Electronics for Energy Harvesting [에너지 하베스팅 전력전자공학]
Level: Graduate Course
Description: Power Electronics for Energy Harvesting is a Special Topics PhD level course where you will learn the basics of energy harvesting technologies and associated power electronics topology and control methods. The primary goal of the course is for students to gain a clear understanding of power electronics techniques for low-power energy harvesting applications.
We are excited to have a new undergraduate student, HoaeJeong Jeong (정회정), who has joined the PEARS Lab!
Two journal papers from the PEARS Lab have also come out this Fall:
