Keynote Speech 2

Biography

Dr. Rae-Young Kim received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2009, all in electrical engineering.
From 1999 to 2004, he was a Senior Researcher at the Hyosung Heavy Industry R&D Center, in Seoul, Korea. In 2009, he was an Engineering Researcher at National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA, involved in a smart home energy management system. In 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and State University, Blacksburg. Since 2010, he has been with Hanyang University, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include the design of high-power density converters, optimizing WBG power devices, and distributing controls in the applications of renewable energy or micro and smart grid. Dr. Kim was a recipient of the 2007 First Prize Paper Award from the IEEE IAS and the Best Paper Award from IEEE ACEPT 2018.