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)
IEEE Conference: IFEEC 2021
Shang-You Chiu, Katherine A. Kim, and Yu-Chen Liu, “Analysis of Nanosatellite Impedance Interaction and Stability Based on System Operation Mode,” International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9662020. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: IFEEC 2021
Yu-Ting Yang, Katherine A. Kim, and Jonghoon Kim, “Bidirectional CLLC Resonant Converter Design for Photovoltaic Microinverters with Li-Ion Batteries,” International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9661628. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: IFEEC 2021
Guan-Ru Li, Katherine A. Kim, Aishworya Roy, and Thomas G. Wilson, “Examining Power Factor Correction Boost Converter Feedback Control Using SIMPLIS,” International Future Energy Electronics Conferences, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IFEEC53238.2021.9662029. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: COMPEL 2021
Chi Jui Lo and Katherine A. Kim, “System Control and Reset Algorithm for Differential Power Processing Converters in a Photovoltaic Microinverter,” IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL52922.2021.9646000. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: ECCE 2021
F. Selin Bagci and Katherine A. Kim, “Performance Comparison of Burst-Mode MPPT and Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithms for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Applications,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress Exposition (ECCE), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oct. 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Ting-Yu Lin (林亭妤) – M.S. Student
Ting-Yu Lin received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Ilan University (NIU), Taiwan, in 2021. She is currently a Masters student in the Electrical Engineering Department at National Taiwan University. Her research focus is on loss analysis of dc-dc converters.
Journal Publication: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Mina Kim, Sangkyu Kwak, Katherine A. Kim and Jee-Hoon Jung, “Enhanced Computation Performance of Photovoltaic Models for Power Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 6952-6961, Aug. 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Journal Publication: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Hoejeong Jeong, Seungbin Park, Jeehoon Jung, Taewon Kim, A-Rong Kim, and Katherine A. Kim, “Segmented Differential Power Processing Converter Unit and Control Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 7797-7809, July 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: APEC 2021
Yu-Chen Liu, Meng-Chi Tsai, Ying-Jiun Chen, Katherine A. Kim, Chen Chen, and Nguyen Anh Dung, “Design and Implementation of a Stepped Air-Gap Inductor for Buck Converters,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Phoenix, AZ, USA, June 2021, pp. 875-880, doi: 10.1109/APEC42165.2021.9487053. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Magazine Article: IEEE Power Electronics Magazine
Katherine A. Kim, Lauren E. Kegley, Stephanie Watts Butler, Nayara Brandao de Freitas and Christina DiMarino, “Women in IEEE PELS: Learning From the Past, Defining the Future [Women in Engineering],” in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 70-75, June 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: ECCE Asia 2021
F. Selin Bagci and Katherine A. Kim, “Burst-Mode Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm for Low-Power Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Applications,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress Exposition Asia, Singapore, May 2021, pp. 1-6. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Journal Publication: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Yu-Chen Liu, Chen Chen, Kai-De Chen, Yong-Long Syu, De-Jia Lu, Katherine A. Kim, and Huang-Jen Chiu, “Design and Implementation of a Planar Transformer with Fractional Turns for High Power Density LLC Resonant Converters,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 2111-2123, May 2021. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: IPEMC 2020-ECCE Asia
F. Selin Bagci, Katherine A. Kim, Ting-Yu Lin and Yu-Chen Liu, “Power Profile Measurement and System Design Analysis for a Wearable Photovoltaic Application,” International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference – ECCE Asia, Nanjing, China, Dec. 2020, pp. 1469-1474. (IEEE Xplore Link)
IEEE Conference: ECCE 2020
Yu-Chen Liu, Chen Chen, Yu-Chen Chung, Meng-Chi Tsai, and Katherine A. Kim, “Integrated Magnetics Design for an Interleaved Three-Phase Buck Converter,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, Oct. 2020, pp. 4533-4538. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Taiwei Chen (陳泰瑋) – Ph.D. Student
Taiwei Chen received his B.S. degree in Engineering Science from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). He earned his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (UTSA), where he was involved in research on EMI/EMC performance in power electronics. His Master’s thesis was on “Inductor Design for Common-mode and Differential Mode Inductors” published in Dec. 2014. He has more than 6 years of experience in inverter circuit design, product testing and certification as an electrical engineer in the renewable energy industry. He is pursuing his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University. His research interests include energy harvesting power electronics, electric vehicles, improvement of microinverters, and electric power subsystem design of nano-satellites.
Papers:
Journal Publication: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Yu-Chen Liu, Yong-Long Syu, Nguyen Anh Dung, Chen-Chen, Kai-De Chen and Katherine A. Kim, “High Switching Frequency TCM Digital Control for Bidirectional Interleaved Buck Converters Without Phase Error for Battery Charging,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 2111-2123, Sept. 2020. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Bo-Kyung Yoon (윤보경) – M.S. (Co-Advisee)
Bokyung Yoon received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in 2018 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from UNIST in 2020. Her research interests are in analysis, control, and hardware development for energy harvesting power electronics.
Papers:
Webinar for IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala, India
The IEEE IA/IE/PELS Joint Chapter in Kerala, India, invited Prof. Katherine Kim to give a webinar on “Differential Power Processing DC-DC Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Applications” on May 18, 2020. The Chapter in Kerala is very active and the webinar was well attended by the members, with over 100 attendees. Thanks to the chapter organizers for their great efforts.
Taiwan Patent:
Yu-Chen Liu, Chen Chen, Kai-De Chen, Lin, De-Jia Lu, Katherine A. Kim, and Huang-Jen Chiu. “Series Resonant Converter (串聯諧振式轉換器 ),” Taiwan Patent, April 21 , 2020.