Young-Man Kim, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

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Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

(434) 582-3488

ykim81@liberty.edu

Education

Ph.D., Wichita State University
M.S., Kyung Pook National University
B.S., Kyung Hee University

Biography

Dr. Young-Man Kim is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at Liberty University.

Dr. Kim has held several engineering positions in the automotive and consumer electronics industries as a research engineer, quality controller, and R&D director. After teaching electrical and computer engineering at several universities as an assistant professor, Dr. Kim joined the School of Engineering at Liberty University as an associate professor in electrical engineering.

His research interests include machine learning, system identification, robust control, fault detection, and its application to wind turbines.

Publications

Y.-M. Kim, “Robust Data-Driven H-infinity Control for Wind Turbine,” J. Franklin Institute, Vol. 353, Issue 13, pp. 3104-3117, 2016.
Y.-M. Kim, “Threshold Selector for Fault Detection on Closed-loop Predictor-based Recursive System Identification,” Int’l J. Control, Automation, and Systems, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1375-1381, 2015.
Y.-M. Kim, “Array Algorithm for Recursive Identification of Wind Turbine Benchmark Model,” Int’l J. Systems, Control, and Communications, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 198-211, 2015.
Y.-M. Kim, “Data-driven Modeling, Control, and Fault Detection of Wind Turbine Systems,” Int’l J. System Control and Information Processing, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 298-318, 2014.
Y.-M. Kim, “Predictor-based System Identification in Closed-loop under Noise,” Int’l J.Modelling, Identification, and Control, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 329-336, 2013.
Y.-M. Kim, “Fault Sensitivity Analysis of Data Feedback Control Design based on Multiobjective Optimization,” Proc. ASME 2016 Int’l Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2016), Nov. 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Y.-M. Kim, “Robust Fault-Tolerant Control of Wind Turbine Benchmark Model,” Proc. 2015 Summer Simulation Multi-Conf. (SummerSim’15), July 26-29, 2015, Chicago, IL, USA.
Y.-M. Kim, “Subspace-based Fault Detection – Multiplicative and Additive Fault,” Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conf. 2015, Mar. 7-13, 2015, Big Sky, MT, USA.
Y.-M. Kim, “Threshold Selector for Fault Detection on Closed-loop Predictor-based Recursive System Identification,” Proc. ASME 2014 Int’l Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2014), Nov. 14-20, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Y.-M. Kim, “LQG Controller Design for Identified Wind Turbine Systems,” Proc. ASME 2014 Int’l Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2014), Nov. 14-20, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Y.-M. Kim, “Identification of Unstable System using LQG Controller,” Proc. 2013 IEEE 56th Int’l Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems (MWSCAS 13), pp. 1431-1434, Columbus Ohio, USA, Aug. 4-7, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4799-0066-4/13.
Y.-M. Kim, “Predictor-based System Identification under Noise,” Proc. 2013 IEEE 56th Int’l Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems (MWSCAS 13), pp. 1419-1422, Columbus Ohio, USA, Aug. 4-7, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4799-0066-4/13.
Y.-M. Kim, “Comparison of Subspace-based System Identification Techniques,” Proc. 2013 13^th Int’l Conf. Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS 2013), Gwangju, South Korea, Oct. 20-23, 2013, ISBN: 978-89-93215-05-2-95560.
Y.-M. Kim, “Probabilistically Robust Model Predictive Control,” Proc. 2013 13th Int’l Conf. Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS 2013), Gwangju, South Korea, Oct. 20-23, 2013, ISBN: 978-89-93215-05-2-95560.
Y.-M. Kim, Yixuan Chi, “Pole Placement Technique for Wind Turbine,” Proc. 2013 Annual Vibration Institute Training Conf., Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 19-21, 2013.
Y.-M. Kim, Kyle Stokes, Yixuan Chi, “Digital Tachometer with Use of Dragon Board-12,” Proc. 2013 Annual Vibration Institute Training Conf. Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 19-21, 2013. Page 3 of 3
Y.-M. Kim, “Mixed H_/H-infinity Fault Detection Filter Design based on Probabilistic Robustness,” Proc. 6th Int’l Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (ISRCS 2013), San Francisco, USA, Aug. 13-15, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4799-0501-0.
R. B. Bachnak, R. Goonatilake, E. Chappa, and Y.-M. Kim, “Work in Progress-Programs for Recruitment and Retention of STEM Majors,” Proc. 40th ASEE/IEEE Conf. on Frontiers in Education, pp. T4G-1~T4G-3, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6262-9, 2010.
Y.-M. Kim, John M. Watkins, “A New Approach for Robust and Reduced-Order Fault Detection Filter Design,” Proc. 2007 American Control Conf., pp. 1137-1142, New York, USA, July 11- 13, 2007.
Y.-M. Kim, John M. Watkins, “A New Approach for Robust and Reduced-Order H-infinity Filtering,” Proc. 2006 American Control Conf., pp. 5171-5176, Minneapolis, USA, June 14-16, 2006.
Y.-M. Kim, John M. Watkins, “Robust and Reduced-Order H-infinity Filtering via LMI Approach and its Application to Fault Detection,” Book Chapter 19 in In-Tech, edited by W. Zhang, ISBN: 978-953-307-037-7, 2010.