Komsan Hongesombut, Ph. D. (Osaka Univ.)

Working Address:

• Tokyo Electric Power Company, Power system technology group, R&D Center, Engineering R&D division, 4-1 Egasaki-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8510 Japan

Education:

• June 1993 - June 1997: B.Eng. (First class honors)), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

• June 1997 - June 1999: M.Eng., King Mongkut’s Insstitute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

• October 2000 - September 2003: Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan

Memberships in Professional Societies:

• Member, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)

• Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

• Reviewer of The Transaction of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) on section B, C, and D

Awards and Honors:

• Japanese government scholarship, April 2000 - September 2003

• Gold medal from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) for the best paper in Power and Energy System Conference, December 2002

• Postdoctoral fellowship award for foreign researchers from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), November 2003 - November 2005

• Outstanding paper award from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), The Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE), The Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) and The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE) in International Conference on Electrical Engineering 2004 (ICEE2004), July 2004

• Outstanding paper award in 2005 National Convention of IEE of Japan (co-author)

• International research meeting subsidization from Kyushu Industry Techno Center year 2005

• Co-author of a recommended paper from IPEC2005 technical committee for publication in the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) Journal

Work Experiences:

     Electrical Engineer:

• 1997: Maintenance engineer at Siam Cement Public Company Ltd., Khaowong cement plant, Saraburi, Thailand (project achievement: Reduction of maximum power demand of Khaowong cement plant)

     Academic Career:

• 1999: Invited lecturer at South East Asia University, Bangkok, Thailand (Teaching subjects: 1. Power electronics, 2. Electric drive systems)

• 1999: Invited lecturer at Technology Thonburi Colleage, Bangkok, Thailand (Teaching subject: Electrical engineering materials)

    Research career:

• 2003 – 2005: Postdoctoral fellowship (JSPS), Mitani laboratory, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Research area: Research on Power System Monitoring by Application of GPS Synchronized by Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs))

• 2005 – present: Power system specialist, R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Research area: Development of technology for power system analysis packages)

Technical Training:

• 1996: Design and installation of electrical systems for high-rise buildings, Worajak International Company Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

• 1997: Cement and concrete technology, Siam Cement Public Company Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

• 2002: Modelica advanced tutorial by Dynasim AB company, German Aerospace Center, Munich, Germany

• 2004: MidFielder, TEPCO Systems Inc., Tokyo, Japan

• 2005: Electrical Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

Technical Visiting:

• China Xi'an Electric Group, Xi'an, China, July 26, 2001

• ABB Corporate Research Ltd., Utility Solutions, Information Technologies Dept., Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland, September 14, 2001

• Kii Channel HVDC Link - The world largest HVDC link bridged between Kansai and Shikoku electric power systems (Kihoku converter station, Anan-Kihoku DC trunk line), The Kansai Electric Power Company, Japan, October 19-20, 2001

• German Aerospace Center - Satellite control center and Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Munich, Germany, Mar 19, 2002

• Keage Power Station - Birthplace of utility hydropower generation in Japan, The Kansai Electric Power Company, Japan, July 15, 2002

• Imajuku Experimental Center - Experiment of SMES in real power system, Hakata, Japan, January 24, 2004

• Genkai Nuclear Power Plant, Saga, Japan, January 31, 2004

• Nippon Steel Yawata Works - Production process and energy center, Kitakyushu, Japan, June 10, 2004

• Tracebel Engineering – Dispatching Training Simulator, Brussels, Belgium, August 16, 2005

• Shin Nippon Steel – Distributed generators, Yahata, Kitakyushu, November 17, 2005

Main Publications:

1. K. Hongesombut , Y. Mitani, and K.Tsuji, “ Simultaneous Tuning of Power System Stabilizer Based on a Combined Method of a Micro-GA, HGA and Minimum Phase Control”, The Transaction of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) on Power and Energy, Vo. 122, No. 12 (special issue on Power & Energy 2002), December 2002, pp. 1270-1279 (Best paper).

2. K. Hongesombut , Y. Mitani, and K.Tsuji, “ Fuzzy Logic Controller Based on Observed Signals and a Genetic Algorithm Application with STATCOM for Power System Stabilization ” , The Transaction of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) on Power and Energy, Vol. 123, No. 5 (special issue on papers written in English), May 2003, pp. 589-596.

3. K. Hongesombut , Y. Mitani, and K.Tsuji, “ Optimal Location Assignment and Design of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters Applied to Loop Power Systems ” , IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 13, No.2, June 2003, pp. 1828-1831. (Presented at Applied Superconductivity Conference 2002, ASC'2002, Houston, Texas, USA, August 4-9, 2002) .

4. K. Hongesombut , Y. Mitani, and K.Tsuji, “ Allocation and Circuit Parameter Design of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters in Loop Power Systems by a Genetic Algorithm”, The Transaction of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) on Power and Energy, Vol. 123, No.9, September 2003, pp. 1054-1063.

5. S. Dechanupaprittha, K. Hongesombut, Y. Mitani and I. Ngamroo, “Frequency Stabilization of Interconnected Power System with Wind Farms by Controllable Distributed Generator”, IES Electrical Engineering Journal (special issue), 2005.

6. S. Dechanupaprittha, K. Hongesombut, M. Watanabe, Y. Mitani and I. Ngamroo, “A Heuristic-Based Design of Robust SMES Controller Taking System Uncertainties into Consideration”, IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy. (Accepted)

Other Publications: 7 journal papers in Thailand, 18 international conference papers, 16 conference papers in Japan.

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