Power Electronics for Advanced Renewable Systems Laboratory
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.
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).
Xuan Hung Mai, Jee-Hoon Jung, and Katherine A. Kim, “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Characteristics Validation,” in Proc. Int. Conf. on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Nov. 2016, pp. 208-213. (IEEE Xplore Link)
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).
Hyeun-Tae Cho received the B.S degree in ECE in 2016 and M.S. degree in ECE in 2018 from the Electrical and Computer Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). His main research interests are power factor correction (PFC) converter design and analysis. His extra activities are listening to music and E-sports.
Papers:
PELS/IAS/IES Taipei Joint Symposium Group Photo
Additional photos: http://pelab.et.ntust.edu.tw/PELS,IAS,IES%20Taipei%20Joint%20Symposium_2016.html
Xuan Hung Mai and Katherine A. Kim, “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Validation Using Real-Time Simulations,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 357-358. (DBpia Link)
Kyoungjun Kwon and Katherine A. Kim, “Efficiency Analysis for Differential Power Processing Converter Configurations in Photovoltaic Electric Vehicles,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 215-216.
권경준, 김예린, “태양광 발전차량의 차동전력 조절기 배열에 따른 효율분석,” 전력전자학회 전력전자학술대회 논문집, 2016.7, pp. 215-216. (DBpia Link)
Hyunji Lee and Katherine A. Kim, “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for a Photovoltaic-Powered Bag,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 175-176.
이현지, 김예린, “Differential Power Processing 컨버터를 적용한 PV 충전 가방,” 전력전자학회 전력전자학술대회 논문집, 2016.7, pp. 175-176. (DBpia Link)
Hyunji Lee and Katherine A. Kim, “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for Photovoltaic Wearable Applications,” in Proc. Int. Power Electronics and Motion Control Conf., May 2016, pp. 463-468. (IEEE Xplore Link)
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.
Kyoungjun Kwon received the Bachelor of Science degree from Pusan National University in 2016. He majored in electrical engineering. He received the Masters of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in February 2018. He is currently an Engineer at LG in Korea. His research interests are DC-DC converters and inverters for photovoltaic Applications.
Papers:
Katherine A. Kim, Gab-Su Seo, Bo-Hyung Cho, and Philip T. Krein, “Photovoltaic Hot-Spot Detection for Solar Panel Substrings Using AC Parameter Characterization,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 1121-1130, Feb. 2016. (IEEE Xplore Link)
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:
Seulkirom Kim, Katherine A. Kim and Franklin Bien, “Fluorescent Light Energy Harvesting Using a Capacitive Touch Screen,” Electronics Letters, vol. 51, no. 21. pp. 1695-1697, Oct. 2015. (IET Digital Library Link)
Somasundaram Essakiappan, Pradeep Shenoy, Katherine Kim and Christina DiMarino, “PELS Young Professionals Are Hard at Work [Society News],” in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 54-56, Sept. 2015. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim and Philip T. Krein, “Reexamination of Photovoltaic Hot Spotting to Show Inadequacy of the Bypass Diode,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 5. pp. 1435-1441, Sept. 2015. (IEEE Xplore Link)
