BYUNG-IL KWON was born in 1956. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, machine analysis from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1989. From 1989 to 2000, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Faculty of Science and Engineering Laboratory, University of Waseda, Tokyo, Japan. In 1990, he was a Researcher with the Toshiba System Laboratory, in Yokohama, Japan. In 1991, he was a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Machinery and Materials Magnetic Train Business, Daejeon, South Korea. From 2001 to 2008, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA. He is currently a Professor at Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea. His research interests include the design and control of electric machines.