Yeungnam University Department of Electrical Engineering Wins Grand Prize at 'I.E. Competition'... "Outstanding Results in Driving Speed and Accumulated Power"

Students from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yeungnam University (President: Choi Oechul) have won first place overall in the competitive category of the 23rd Industrial Electronics (I.E.) Competition, receiving the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award (Grand Prize).

The competition, which was organized by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE) and held in Gyeongju on July 14, marked its 23rd edition this year. As a prestigious event, it assesses the excellence of innovative system designs and control algorithms utilizing power electronics technology. In the participant screening held in May, a total of 38 teams from across the country applied. Based on the submitted project descriptions, the teams were subjected to a rigorous evaluation, considering the superiority of their inverter design methods and motor control algorithms. Only the top 10 teams secured their tickets to the final round. These finalists competed in the final event on July 14, engaging in intense competition.

Students from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yeungnam University and their advising professor who won the Grand Prize (Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award) by securing first place overall in the competition category of the 23rd Industrial Electronics (I.E.) Contest.

As a result, the Yeungnam University team, composed of senior students Choi Woongyeol, Lee Kyungdeok, Son Hyeongjun, and Shim Hyeona from the Department of Electrical Engineering, placed first. The final round featured both on-site presentations of their works and practical performance evaluations of the hardware. The performance assessment combined their 23-meter straight-line driving record, which measured acceleration performance, with the cumulative power consumption calculated during a dynamo test at 6,000 RPM—a key performance indicator for motor control. The Yeungnam University team recorded overwhelming results in both driving speed and accumulated power metrics, achieving the highest total score and thus securing the Grand Prize.

The Yeungnam University team credited "an innovative engineering approach that integrated both hardware and software (control algorithm) aspects" as the key to their success at the competition.

Meanwhile, following this award, the Yeungnam University Department of Electrical Engineering team participated in the Young Engineers Poster Session of the Industry Applications Society (IEEJ-IAS) conference, held in Japan on August 31.

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