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.