Gilsoo Jang, Ph. D.
- Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University
- Director, Advanced Power System Research Center, Korea University
- Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Korea
- Phone : +82-2-3290-3246 Fax : +82-2-3290-3692
- Email: gjang@korea.ac.kr / gjang77@gmail.com
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Electric Power Systems) Auguest 1994 - August 1997
Iowa State University, Ames, IowaMajor Professor : Dr. Vijay Vittal
Dissertation:Nonlinear Control Design for Stressed Power Systems Using the Normal Forms of Vector Fields
- M.S. Electrical Engineering March 1992 - February 1994
Korea University, Seoul,Korea Thesis : Analysis of Small Signal Stability of Large-Scale Power Systems
- B.S. Electrical Engineering March 1986 - February 1991
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experience
- Editor, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE, USA (1/11 - present)
- Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (3/11 – 3/13)
- Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, NY, USA (1/06 – 1/07)
- Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (3/08 – present)
- Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (3/03 – 2/08)
- Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (3/00 – 2/03)
- Senior Research Engineer, Power Systems Lab., Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Daejon, Korea (8/98 – 2/00)
- Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, IA, USA (9/97 – 8/98)
- Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, IA, USA (1/95 - 8/97)
- Research Engineer, Samsung Heavy Industry, Changwon, Korea (2/91 - 10/91)
Memberships
- Senior Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Seoul Section Secretary & treasurer (1995 ~ )
- Senior Member, KIEE (Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers), Division director, Financial Director, International Director (1992 ~ )
- Member, KSEE (Korean Society for Engineering Education)
- The Korean National Committee of CIGRE AORC Representative, the chief technical officer (2009 ~ )
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Editor (2011 ~ 2016)
Research Interests
- Power System Dynamics and Controls
- Power Quality
- Integration of Renewable Energy Resources
- Applications of Power Electronics to Power System
Honors and Awards
- MKE Minister Citation Award, Oct. 30, 2012
- Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 2006~2009
- KIEE Award, 2006, 2007, 2013 and 2015
- Yeonam Foundation Fellowship, 2006
- Korea University Best Teacher Award, 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2019
- IEEE Seoul Section Award, 2016
- Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, commendation from minister, 2017
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy, 2012
Books or Chapters of Books
- C. Kim, G. Jang, S. Lim, J. Choo, “HVDC and Power Electronics,” Life & Power Press, February 2006
- G. Jang, J. Cha, “Understanding Electric Power Systems (Korean Version),” Kyowoo Publishing, January 2007
- C. Kim, V. K. Sood, G. Jang, S. Lim, S. Lee, “HVDC Transmission: Power Conversion Applications in Power Systems,” Wiley, April 2009
- C. Kim, S. Moon, K. Hur, J. Kim, G. Jang, "HVDC Transmission+1: MMC based VSC Technology in Power Systems," World Scientific, July 2020
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