Jiwon Yoo

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Last Update: 2023-09-01

Assistant Professor in Inha University

• Dept. of Smart Mobility Engineering
• Power Electronics and Motor Drive for Future Mobility
• Lab Website is under construction.
  If you are interested in power electronics and electric vehicle, please feel free to contact me. (jwyoo [no spam] at inha.ac.kr)

Research Interests

• Power Electronics
• Control of Electrical Machines
  • PMSM Drives
  • Induction Motor Drives
  • Sensorless Drives

Education

• Sep. 2017 ~ Aug. 2022
  PhD. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  at Seoul National University, Korea
  
  Dissertation: MTPA Tracking Control of Sensorless IPMSM Based on Pulsating Voltage Signal Injection (Distinguished Dissertation Award)
  Advisor: Prof. Seung-Ki Sul(Fellow, IEEE)
• Mar. 2009 ~ Feb. 2017
  Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  at Seoul National University, Korea

Work Experience

• 2023 ~ Present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Smart Mobility Engineering, Inha University, Korea
• 2022 ~ 2023 Institute of Advanced Technology Development (IATD), Hyundai Motor Group, Korea
• 2013 ~ 2017 Department of Inverter R&D, Seoho Electric, Korea

Industrial Projects

• Mar. 2020 ~ Jul. 2021 with Stellantis, USA.
• Oct. 2019 ~ Dec. 2019 with Seoho Electric, Korea.
• Jan. 2018 ~ Dec. 2018 with Yaskawa Electric, Japan.
• Jul. 2017 ~ Nov. 2017 with FCA, USA.

Publications

• May 2023 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  J. Yun, J. Yoo, S. Cui and S. -K. Sul, “Model Predictive Control for Six-Step Operation of PMSM Based on Adapted Fast Gradient Method,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 5952-5962, May 2023.

• Oct. 2022 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  J. Yoo, H. Kim, and S. Sul, “MTPA Tracking Control of Sensorless IPMSM Based on Square-Wave Voltage Signal Injection,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 12525-12537, Oct. 2022.

• Jan. 2023 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  Y. -R. Lee, J. Yoo, I. Hwang and S. -K. Sul, “Analysis of Position Estimation Error in Signal-Injection Sensorless Control Induced by Inverter dv/dt-Based Current Measurement Noise,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 839-851, Jan. 2023.

• Jun. 2022 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Dynamic Overmodulation Scheme for Improved Current Regulation in PMSM Drives,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 7132-7144, June 2022.

• Apr. 2022 IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics
  J. Yoo, H. Kim, and S. Sul, “Design of Frequency-Adaptive Flux Observer in PMSM Drives Robust to Discretization Error”, in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 3334-3344, April 2022.

• Apr. 2022 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  H. Kim, J. Yoo, and S. Sul, “Online MTPA Operation of IPMSM based on Dual-Loop Control in Polar Coordinates,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 4431-4441, April 2022.

• Sep. 2021 IEEE Trans. Power Electronics
  J. Yoo, J. Lee, and S. Sul, “Analysis of Instability in Torque Control of Sensorless PMSM Drives in Flux Weakening Region”, in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 10815-10826, Sept. 2021.

• Jul. 2020 IEEE Trans. Industry Applications
  J. Yoo et al., “Stator Resistance Estimation Using DC Injection with Reduced Torque Ripple in Induction Motor Sensorless Drives,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 3744-3754, July-Aug. 2020.

International Conferences

2023

• ICPE(ECCE-Asia) 2023, Jeju
  H. Kim, J. Yoo and S. -K. Sul, “Harmonic Current Regulation of SMPMSM by Discrete-Time Current Controller Design.”

2022

• ECCE 2022, Detroit
  J. Yoo, Y. -R. Lee, H. Kim and S. -K. Sul, “Shielding Technique for Noise Reduction in Hall-Effect Current Sensor of Voltage Source Inverter.”
  J. Yun, J. Yoo, S. Cui and S. -K. Sul, “Fast Gradient Method Based on Dynamic Programming in Model Predictive Control for PMSM Drives.”
• IPEC(ECCE-Asia) 2022, Himeji(Hybrid)
  J. Yoo et al., “FEA-Assisted Experimental Parameter Identification of Induction Motor.”

2021

• ECCE 2021, Vancouver(Virtual)
  J. Yoo et al., “Gain Scheduling of Full-Order Flux Observer for Sensorless PMSM Drives Considering Magnetic Spatial Harmonics.”
  Y. Lee, J. Yoo, and S. Sul, “Switching Frequency Signal-Injection Sensorless Control Robust to Non-Ideal Characteristics of Inverter System for Dual Three-Phase PMSM.”
• ITEC 2021, Chicago(Virtual)
  J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Stability Analysis of PI-Controller-Type Position Estimator for Sensorless PMSM Drives in Flux Weakening Region.”
• ECCE-Asia 2021, Singapore(Virtual)
  J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Effect of Speed Estimation Error on Control Stability in Model-Based Sensorless PMSM Drives.”

2020

• IPEMC(ECCE-Asia) 2020, Nanjing(Virtual) Best Paper Awards
  J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Analysis of Torque Control Stability of PMSM Sensorless Drives in Flux Weakening Region.”
• ECCE 2020, Detroit(Virtual)
  J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Dynamic Overmodulation for Improved Current Regulation of PMSM.”
  J. Lee, J. Yoo and S. Sul, “Stator Resistance Estimation using DC Injection Robust to Inverter Nonlinearity in Induction Motors.”
• ITEC 2020, Chicago(Virtual)
  J. Yun, J. Yoo, H. Jung and S. Sul, “Simple Overmodulation Scheme for Improved Dynamic Performance of IPMSM.”

2019

• ECCE 2019, Baltimore
  J. Yoo et al., “ Torque Ripple Reduction in Stator Resistance Estimation using DC Current Injection for Induction Motor Sensorless Drives.”
• ICPE(ECCE-Asia) 2019, Busan Best Paper Awards-1st Prize
  J. Yoo et al., “Design of Full-Order Flux Observer for Induction Motor Drive Robust to Rotor Time Constant Variation.”

2018

• ECCE 2018, Portland
  J. Yoo et al., “Back-EMF Based Sensorless Control of IPMSM with Enhanced Torque Accuracy against Parameter Variation.”

Awards and Honors

• 2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award, Seoul National University
• 2020 Best Paper Award in IPEMC(ECCE-Asia) 2020, Nanjing
• 2019 Best Paper Award First Prize in ICPE(ECCE-Asia) 2019, Busan

Scholarships

• 2019 ~ 2022
  Scholarship in Hyundai Motors Chung Mong-Koo Foundation, Korea
  (정몽구재단 미래산업인재장학생)
• 2009 ~ 2017
  Presidential Science Scholarship, Korea
  (대통령 과학 장학생)