Dae-Kyong Kim (M'06–SM'14) is a native of Jinju, Korea. He received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering and his PhD from the Department of Electronic, Electrical, Control, and Instrumentation Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. From 2001 to 2005, he was a Senior Engineer with the Home Appliances R&D Center, where he was engaged in research and development of sensorless motor drive systems for refrigerators and air-conditioners at Samsung Electronics, Korea. From 2005 to 2011, he was the Center Director of the Digital Convergence Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI). From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Since 2011, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Control Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea. His current research is concerned with the analysis, design, and drives of electrical machines for energy saving and high performance.