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Advisor 

Dr. Yong-June Shin shinjune(at)cec.sc.edu

Dr. Yong-June Shin received the B.S. degree from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 1996 with early completion honors and the M.S. degree from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1997. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, in 2004. He is a member of Seoul Science High School Alumni Society and is a recipient of National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career Development Award (CAREER), and GE Korean-American Education Commission scholarship. Upon his graduation, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor. His area of research is power engineering/ power electronics, with emphasis on power quality and harmonics. His research interests include advanced signal processing theory: time-frequency analysis, wavelets, and higher order statistical signal processing. Dr. Shin's current research interests are characterized by the application of novel digital signal processing techniques to a wide variety of important transient and nonlinear problems in science and engineering. His fields of interdisciplinary research extend to network communication engineering, measurement & instrumentation, and biomedical engineering. Dr. Shin is in charge of Digital Signal Processing (ELCT 321), Introduction to Communication Systems (ELCT 332), Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis (ELCT 899), and power quality (ELCT 752). You can find his teaching history here. Collection of Class Pictures

PhD Candidates

Patrick Mitchell mitche45(at)email.sc.edu	Larry Patrick Mitchell finished his undergraduate degree in the fall of 2008 with a Major in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Music Education.  He was on the Dean’s list throughout his academic career, and graduated with Honors.  He has extensive knowledge of psychoacoustical systems and modelings, as well as recording and acoustical engineering.  During his time in the School of Music he was a member of two audition-only ensembles, and took courses focusing in cross-application of music and audio engineering to electrical engineering.  His primary interests include DSP applications to modeling of human physiological systems, especially with concern for audial perception, as well as of physical audio reproduction modeling.  His current research interests are developing a voltage-only fault location system for Santee Cooper, as well as working with Palmetto Health Richland on developing a new methodology for diagnosis and progress monitoring for patients suffering from motor skills impairments of varying levels using advanced signal processing techniques.
David Coats coats(at)email.sc.edu	David Coats is currently a PhD student at the University of South Carolina who received the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, the Valedictorian Scholars Award, the NASA EPSCoR Undergraduate Scholarship, and the Magellan Scholar Award over the course of his undergraduate degree program. Named Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior in 2009, he began research in the summer of 2008 and is currently working in an accelerated program graduating in 2009 with a B.S. degree and concurrently working toward an M.E. degree in Fall 2011 and PhD in 2013. Over the course of his graduate studies he received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2010 and the USC Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant award in 2011. Research interests include power electronics, condition based maintenance (CBM) in aging aircraft components, and audio engineering. He is a Student Member of IEEE and a member of the IEEE Power Electronics and Electrical Insulation Societies.
Moinul Islam islammm2(at)email.sc.edu	Md. Moinul Islam is a PhD student in the EE department of the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He obtained his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He stood first in order of the combined merit list in the Higher Secondary Certificate exam (equivalent to "A" level) from one of the six education boards in Bangladesh. He has been a teaching assistant for Digital Signal Processing (four times). His undergraduate major was power engineering. His primary research interests include power quality of wind turbine generators and advanced digital signal processing.
Mohammed Hassan hassanm(at)email.sc.edu	Mohammed A. Hassan received the B.S. degree with honors in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University Fayoum Campus, Fayoum, Egypt, and the M.S. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Due to his outstanding academic performance during his undergraduate study, he was hired as a teacher assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department of Fayoum University in 2001. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in the Electrical Engineering department at the University of South Carolina.
Hossein Mohommadpour mohammah (at)email.sc.edu	Hossein Ali Mohammadpour received a B.S. and a M.S. degree both in Electrical Engineering-Power Systems from the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He has teaching experience in the following courses: Power System Analysis, Principles of Electrical Measurement, Electric Machine Lab, and Electrical Circuit Lab. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. His primary research interests include power system dynamics and control, power electronics, and power quality.
Cuong Nguyen nguyench(at)email.sc.edu	Cuong Nguyen received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Technology in 2009. After graduation, he joined the National Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering – Vietnam as an engineer. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree at the Department of Electrical Engineering - University of South Carolina. His research interest includes power electronics, power systems and applications of digital signal processing techniques.
Qiu Deng deng6(at)email.sc.edu	Qiu Deng received the B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2008 and 2011 respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering department at the University of South Carolina. He also start his internship working for the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute in Wuhan, China, in 2009, to further develop the working relationship between the Power group at HUST and the SGEPRI. He joined the Central Southern China Electric Power Design institute of China Power Engineering Consulting Group Corporation, as a Design Engineer after graduation. His primary research interests include power electronics, high-voltage electrical, and time-frequency-based advanced digital signal processing applied specifically to wiring diagnostics/prognostics.
Amin Ghaderi ghaderi(at)email.sc.edu	Amin Ghaderi was born in Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. both in Electrical Engineering-Power Systems from University of Tehran, and Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He has teaching experience in the following courses: Power System Protection, Electromagnetics, and Power System Installation. In his thesis, he worked on an active islanding detection method, for inverter based distributed generation. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. His primary research interests include power system quality, renewable energy resources, and power system protection.

MS Candidates

Ryan Lukens lukensm(at)email.sc.edu

Ryan Lukens is currently a MS student in the University of South Carolina Department of Electrical Engineering.  He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina in May 2010.  Ryan's research interests include the application of advanced signal processing to power system stability.  His current research deals with wavelet analysis of power system synchrophasor data.

Alumni

John Abrams (MS Degree, Summer 2008)	John Abrams received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering with cum laude honor from the University of South Carolina in 2006.  He received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering at the University of South Carolina in 2008.  His dissertation is entitled, “Voltage-Only Fault Location on Power Transmission Systems via Digital Signal Processing Techniques.” Upon his graduation, he joined Santee Cooper as an Associate Engineer. His primary research interests include applications of digital signal processing to electrical power systems.
Kwangik Cho (MS Degree, Spring 2009)	Kwangik Cho received his B.S. degree from Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea, in 1999.  He is an ROK Army Major (p) and he is an army attack helicopter pilot.  He was selected as an ROK Army scholarship recipient for overseas education and he received his M.S. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Carolina.  His primary research interests include power electronics, wireless communication, and condition-based maintenance (CBM) of military aging aircraft.
Philip Stone (PhD, Spring 2010) crapsep(at)email.sc.edu	Philip Stone received a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of Engineering degree, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from USC in 2005, 2008, and 2010, respectively.  While studying as an undergraduate, he was the recipient of the Pirelli Engineering scholarship, the University scholarship, and the SC Life scholarship. He served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina (USC) and an Electrical Engineer for Systems Engineering Design & Analysis (SysEDA) through August of 2011.  Philip worked as a research assistant at USC from 2005-2010 while earning his degrees.  As a graduate student he was the primary author for four conference papers, co-authored three journal papers, co-authored four additional conference papers, and gave four presentations at major conferences, most recently at the American Society of Naval Engineers EMTS in 2008.  Philip was the recipient of the Honorable Mention award from the National Science Foundation for their Graduate Research Fellowship Program in 2006.  He also spent the summer of 2007 working for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, to further develop the working relationship between the Power IT group at USC and the NRL.  Philip has also been a teaching assistant for the following courses: Digital Signal Processing (twice), Power System Design and Analysis, and the Capstone Electrical Engineering Design Project course (twice). Philip’s research focused on the power quality-related effects of renewable wind turbine generation on the electric grid utilizing multiple electrical system simulation environments and advanced time-frequency analysis.  He worked on electric ship IPS simulation, design, and analysis. His research interests include power system harmonic and transient disturbance analysis, time-frequency-based advanced digital signal processing applied specifically to wiring diagnostics/prognostics and arc fault analysis, and study of the all-electric ship being developed by the Navy.  He is a IEEE Member and a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
Jingjiang Wang (PhD, Fall 2010) wang66(at)email.sc.edu	Jingjiang Wang received the B.S. and M.S. degree from HuaZhong University of Science & Technology, WuHan, China, in 2000 and 2003. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, China University of Geosciences, as an Assistant Professor after graduation. He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering department at the University of South Carolina in the Fall of 2010. His primary research interests include power electronics, power quality, and wiring diagnostics and prognostics.

Hall of Fame

Dr. Gwang Kim (Visiting Scholar, Spring 2008) kimg(at)engr.sc.edu

Dr. Gwang Won Kim received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1989, 1991, 1996, respectively. He has been a professor of University of Ulsan, Korea, from 1996, and visiting scholar of University of South Carolina in 2008. His research interests include artificial intelligence applications to power systems and power system reliability assessment.

Dr. Soo Nam Kim (Visiting Scholar, Summer 2009 - Summer 2010) kimsoo(at)engr.sc.edu

Dr. Soo Nam Kim received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Hanyang University, South Korea, in 1996, 1998, 2003, respectively. He has been a researcher for the Electro-Mechanical Research Institute at Hyundai Heavy Industries since 2003, and a visiting scholar of the University of South Carolina during 2009-2010. His primary interests include power system stability assessment and protection. His current research interests are the design process for the power system of the electric propulsion ship and SMART grid.