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KAKIGANO HIROAKI

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Science and Engineering
2.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Research Center for Sustainability Science

Academic background
1.	2009/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Osaka University Ph.D in Engineering
2.	2004/10～2006/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Department of Electrical Engineering │ Graduate School of Engineering │ Osaka University │ Unfinished
3.	1999/04～2001/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Department of Energy Engineering and Science │ Graduate School of Engineering │ Nagoya University │ Completed Master of Engineering
4.	1995/04～1999/03	Department of Nuclear Engineering │ School of Engineering │ Nagoya University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2019/04/01	Professor │ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2013/04/01 ～ 2019/03/31	Associate Professor │ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2013/01/01 ～ 2013/03/31	Associate Professor │ Division of Electrical, Electronic and InformationEngineering, Graduate School of Engineering, │ Osaka University
4.	2011/09/01 ～ 2012/03/08	Visiting Professor │ │ KU Leuven,
5.	2007/04/01 ～ 2012/12/31	Assistant Professor │ Division of Electrical, Electronic and InformationEngineering, Graduate School of Engineering, │ Osaka University
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Committee and society
1.	2024/01 ～	IEEE IES Japan Joint Chapter Chair
2.	2019/04 ～	THE Japan Institute of Power Electronics Councilor
3.	2016/01 ～ 2019/12	IEEE IES Japan Joint Chapter Secretary
4.	2015/01 ～ 2015/12	IEEE IES Japan Joint Chapter Treasurer
5.	2013/05 ～ 2014/03	Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association Secretary
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Research activities
1.		IEEE
2.		The Japan Institute of Power Electronics
3.		The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Research summary
Power electronics for power system applications Electrical energy is essential for our society, and ‘Power Electronics’ plays an important role to use the electrical energy effectively because it is deeply related to generation, storage, supply and usage. Our laboratory researches the power electronics applications in power supply systems for high stability, high quality and high efficiency. We can get fully understanding of power electronics and power system engineering through these research activities.

Present specialized field
Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery (Keyword：Power Electronics, Power System)

Books
1.	2017/12	(In Japanese) 例題で学ぶはじめての電源回路

Papers
1.	2020/03	An Impedance Measurement Method of Solar Panels by Power Converter using PRBS │ IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications │ 140 (3),pp.140-147
2.	2020/03	DC Capacitor Voltage Control for STATCOM Based on Star-Connected Modular Multilevel Converter under Phase Voltage Sag Conditions │ IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications │ 140 (3),pp.158-167
3.	2020/03	A Stability Analysis of Output Voltage Control for DAB DC-DC Converter with Discrete Time Model │ Journal of the Japan Institute of Power Electronics │ 45,pp.113-120
4.	2019/01	Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converter with Tunable Dual Pulse-Width Modulation for Complete Zero Voltage Switching Operation │ IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications │ 8 (1),pp.98-107
5.	2018/03	Combined Pulse-Width Modulation of Dual Active Bridge DC–DC Converter to Increase the Efficiency of Bidirectional Power Transfer │ IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications │ 7 (2),pp.166-174
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/12/16	A study on Control for Δ-connected MMC-STATCOM with Pseudo Inertia Force
2.	2023/12/16	A Study on Modeling Error of PID Control in Current Sensorless Bidirectional Chopper
3.	2023/12/16	A Study on Control Method including Current Minor Loop for Single-Phase GFM Inverter
4.	2023/12/16	A Fundamental Study on MMC for Multi-level Output in Response to Changes in Synchronous Generator Speed
5.	2022/05/19	A High Side Voltage Fluctuation Suppression Control of Bidirectional Chopper to Reduce Capacitance of DC Bus
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Winning science prize
1.	2016/04	IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Japan Joint Chapter IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Japan Chapter Young Engineer Award (Application of SiC MOSFET to a Boost Chopper for Each PV Module for a Mobile PV System using Thin Film Solar Cell)
2.	2015/10	IEEE 37th IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference Outstanding Paper Award 3rd Prize (DC Capacitor Voltage Regulation of Modular Multilevel Cascade Converter (MMCC-SSBC) for DC-Powered Data Center)
3.	2009/10	The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (In Japanese) 電気学会　電力・エネルギー部門大会優秀論文発表賞
4.	2006/03	The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (In Japanese) 電気学会　産業応用部門　部門優秀論文発表賞

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2016/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	A Study on Stabilization Method for Residential DC System including PV System and Battery │ Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
2.	2010/04 ～ 2012/03	リアルタイムシミュレータを用いた直流配電システムの模擬評価装置に関する研究 │ 若手研究(B)
3.	2007/07 ～ 2009/03	Study on DC Voltage Control for DC Microgrid

Achievements of joint.Funded research
1.	2017/04 ～ 2018/03	Super Cluster Program, Kyoto, "Motor Control Application
2.	2017/04 ～ 2018/03	Satelite Cluster in Super Cluster Program, Kyoto, "Converter for PV System
3.	2016/04 ～ 2017/03	Super Cluster Program, Kyoto, "Motor Control Application
4.	2016/04 ～ 2017/03	Satelite Cluster in Super Cluster Program, Kyoto, "Converter for PV System
5.	2015/10 ～ 2016/09	Dvelopment of a communication device using dc 380 V power line," Matching Planner Program from Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST
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Teaching achievements

●Other Special Instructions about Teaching Activities

1.	2017/06 ～ 2017/06	The first grade students from Ikueinishi high school visited our laboratory.
2.	2016/12 ～ 2016/12	Students from IITH in India visited our laboratory as one part of a international project.
3.	2015/10 ～ 2015/10	I gave a lecture about electrical energy and power electronics to junior high school students.
4.	2015/10 ～ 2015/10	I gave a lecture about electrical energy and power electronics to students from Masuda High School.
5.	2015/10 ～ 2015/10	I gave a lecture about electrical energy and power electronics at a joint program between high school and university.
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