Keynote Speakers

Prof. Susumu Sasaki (JAXA, Japan)

    Title:
	Wireless Power Transmission Technologies for Solar Power Satellite
 
    Abstract:
	Solar Power Satellite (SPS) is an energy system which collects solar energy in space
	and transmits it to the ground. It has been believed as a potential infrastructure to
	resolve global environmental and energy problems for human beings. One of the most 
	critical technologies for the SPS is the wireless power transmission from the 
	geostationary orbit to the ground. 
	Microwave power transmission has been investigated and demonstrated for more than 
	40 years, but still requires further research regarding high-efficiency power 
	conversion and high-accuracy beam control for SPS application. The keynote speech 
	will address technological advances in the past, major challenges we are confronting,
	and future prospects for the wireless power transmission in the long range from space
	to the ground.
 
    Biography:
	Susumu Sasaki received the D.Sc. from the University of Tokyo in 1976. 
	He joined the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science in 1975. 
	Since 2000, he has been a professor of the Institute of Space and 
	Astronautical Science (ISAS)/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
	working in the field of space power systems.


Prof. Joungho Kim (KAIST, Korea)

    Title:
	Resonant Magnetic Field Technology for High Power and Enhanced Efficiency
	Wireless Power Transfer

    Abstract:
	Recently, KAIST has introduced the novel on-line electric vehicle (OLEV), in which the
	automotive vehicle constantly receive energy from the power lines embedded underneath 
	the surface of the road. OLEV has the reduced battery capacity to about 20 percent 
	compared to that of the conventional battery-powered electric vehicles, while it can 
	consequently minimize the weight and the price of the vehicle and power station. In 
	this paper, we have introduced OLEV and its wireless power transfer mechanism. 
	The suggested electromagnetic field design methods were successfully demonstrated 
	passive and active shield method to improve the power transfer efficiency and to suppress
	the leakage magnetic flux lower than 62.5 mG.

    Biography:
	Dr. Joungho Kim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Seoul National
	University, Seoul, Korea, in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and Ph.D degree in electrical 
	engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1993. In 1994, he joined Memory 
	Division of Samsung Electronics, where he was engaged in Gbit-scale DRAM design. In 1996, 
	he moved to KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).
	He is currently a Professor at Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, and 
	the group director of Convergence Device and System Group. 
	Since joining KAIST, his research centers on EMC modeling, design, and measurement 
	methodologies of 3D IC, System-in-Package(SiP), multi-layer PCB, and wireless power transfer
	technology. Especially, his major research topic is focused on chip-package co-design and 
	simulation for signal integrity, power integrity, ground integrity, timing integrity, and 
	radiated emission of 3D IC and SiP. He has successfully demonstrated low noise and high 
	performance designs of numerous SiP's for wireless communication applications such as ZigBee, 
	T-DMB, NFC, and UWB. 
	He was on a sabbatical leave during an academic year from 2001 to 2002 at Silicon Image Inc.,
	Sunnyvale CA. He was responsible for low noise package designs for SATA, FC, HDMI, and Panel
	Link SerDes devices. Recently, he started a new research on wireless power transfer technology
	using magnetic field resonance. He has been one of the co-leaders in a national project, OLEV 
	(Online Electrical Vehicle), for EMI and EMF reduction design. The OLEV was selected as one of
	 the 50 Best Inventions in 2010 by Times Magazine. 
	

Dr. Vijayalaxmi (University of Texas Health Science Center, USA)

    Title: 
	Biological Effects in Mammalian Cells Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields

    Abstract: 
	A multitude of devices emitting electromagnetic fields are used in medicine, industry and for
	a variety of military purposes. During the last several decades, numerous researchers have 
	examined the effects of exposure of electromagnetic fields in mammalian cells. The potential
	'adverse' effects of such exposures on the genetic material (DNA) are very important. Damage 
	in the DNA of somatic cells can lead to the development of cancer or cell death. 
	Changes in the DNA of germ cells can lead to mutations that can be transmitted to subsequent
	generations. Hence, several investigators have used a variety of laboratory techniques to test
	for the induction of genetic damage following 
	in vitro and in vivo exposure of animal and human cells to electromagnetic fields.
	The overall data will be presented and discussed in connection with human health.

    Biography:
	Dr. Vijayalaxmi is at the Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center 
	in San Antonio, Texas, USA. After completing her Ph.D in Southern India, she received a post-
	doctoral fellowship from the World Health Organization for advanced training in cytogenetics 
	in Scotland and Holland. She accepted the position of a Scientist in British Medical Research
	Council's Human Genetics Unit in Scotland and continued to work there for the next 10 years.  
	Then, she moved to Switzerland for 2 years to work at the Swiss Federal Radiation Research 
	Institute. Since 1994 she is focusing her research on the biological effects of non-ionizing
	radiation in Texas. She has published >85 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals; four 
	of them were in prestigious journals, three in Nature (London) and one in Science.


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