Education

09/1997 ~ 05/2001

Ph. D in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

03/1990 ~ 08/1997

B.S. & M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Employment History

03/2013 ~ Present

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

03/2008 ~ 02/2012

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

09/2004 ~ 02/2008

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

08/2010 ~ 07/2011

Researcher, Mobility Department, Austrian Institute of Technology (Aka Arsenal Research Laboratory), Vienna, Austria

06/2001 ~ 09/2004

Senior Professional Research Staff, Advanced Electric Machines & Drives Laboratory, GE Global Research Center, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Academic Activities

01/2017 ~ Present

Fellow of the IEEE (Member since 1995)

- For contributions to off-line testing and on-line condition monitoring for ac electric machines

01/2014 ~ 12/2015

IEEE IAS Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Industry Applications Society

01/2016 ~ 12/2016

IEEE IAS Prominent Lecturer, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- Testing and Diagnostics of Induction Machines in an Industrial Environment

- Mitigation of False Fault Indications Produced by Motor Inspection Technology

- Condition Monitoring of Adjustable Speed Drive Systems

05/2007 ~ Present

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

09/2011 ~ Present

Secretary and International Steering Committee Member, IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics, and Drives

09/2005 ~ 09/2011

Awards Chair and International Steering Committee Member, IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics, and Drives

10/2008 ~ Present

International Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Electric Machines (ICEM)

2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

Topic Chair for “Diagnostics”, "Vibration and Noise", IEEE Energy Conversion Conference & Exposition

2003, 2013

Technical Program Chair, IEEE SDEMPED 2003, 2013, IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics, and Drives

10/2001 ~ Present

Reviewer, IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Engineering, Power Electronics Societies

- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications/Power Electronics/Industrial Electronics/Energy Conversion

- IEEE ECCE, SDEMPED, IEMDC, IECON Conferences

IEEE Prize Paper Awards

08/2017

SDEMPED Prize Paper Award, Technical Committee on Diagnostics, IEEE Power Electronics Society

- “Experience With Stator Insulation Testing and Turn/Phase Insulation Failures in the Power Generation Industry ,”

May/June 2018 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

06/2017

First Prize Prize Paper Award, Industrial Drives Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “Permanent Magnet Temperature Estimation in PM Synchronous Motors Using Low-Cost Hall Effect Sensors,” 

Sept/Oct 2017 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

06/2015

First Prize Technical Paper Award, Pulp and Paper Industry Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “Identification of false rotor fault indications produced by on-line MCSA for medium voltage induction machines," 

Mar./Apr. 2016 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

09/2014

Second Prize Paper Award, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “Reliable detection of induction motor rotor faults under the rotor axial air duct influence,” 

Sept./Oct. 2014 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

06/2014

Second Place Technical Paper Award, Pulp and Paper Industry Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “Experimental evaluation of low voltage off-line testing for induction motor rotor fault diagnostics,” 

Mar./Apr. 2015 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

09/2013

SDEMPED Prize Paper Award, Technical Committee on Diagnostics, IEEE Power Electronics Society

 - “Detection of Stator Slot Magnetic Wedge Failures for Induction Motors without Disassembly”, 

Sept./Oct. 2014 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

09/2012

First Prize Paper Award, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “Detection and Classification of Rotor Demagnetization and Eccentricity Faults for PM Synchronous Motors”, 

May/June 2012 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

09/2011

SDEMPED Prize Paper Award, Technical Committee on Diagnostics, IEEE Power Electronics Society

- “Detection of Broken Outer Cage Bars for Double Cage Induction Motors under the Startup Transient”, 

Sept./Oct. 2012 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

09/2009

Second Prize Paper Award, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “A Stator Core Quality Assessment Technique for Inverter-fed Induction Machines”, 

March/April 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

08/2009

SDEMPED Prize Paper Award, Technical Committee on Diagnostics, IEEE Power Electronics Society

- “A New Strategy for Condition Monitoring of Adjustable Speed Induction Machine Drive Systems”, 

Feb. 2011 issue of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

10/2006

First Prize Paper Award, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “An On-line Groundwall and Phase-to-Phase Insulation Quality Assessment Technique for AC Machine Stator Windings”, 

July/Aug. 2006 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

06/2005

IEEE PES Prize Paper Award, IEEE Power Engineering Society

- “A New Method for Synchronous Generator Core Quality Evaluation”, 

Sept. 2004 issue of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

10/2002

Second Prize Paper Award, Electric Machines Committee, IEEE Industry Applications Society

- “An On-line Stator Winding Resistance Estimation Technique for Temperature Monitoring of Line-connected Induction Machines”, 

May/June 2003 issue of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Honors & Awards

2005 ~ 2016

Excellent (SEOKTOP) Teaching Award (Upper 5%), Korea University, Seoul, Korea

- Power Electronics (1st Semester, 2005, 2013)

- Electric Machines (2nd Semester, 2006, 2012)

- AC Electric Machines (1st Semester, 2016)

2007 ~ Present

Teaching Award (Upper 20%), Korea University, Seoul, Korea

- Electric Machines (2nd Semester, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)

- AC Electric Machines (1st Semester, 2007, 2010)

- Electric Circuits I (1st Semester, 2015)

04/2003

Management Award, GE Global Research Center, Schenectady, NY

05/1999

he 98'-99' Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA