Jonathan Kimball began his career in industry at Motorola, designing IGBT modules, and Baldor Electric, designing industrial motor drives. He co-founded Smart Spark Energy Systems to commercialize technology from the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty at Missouri S&T in 2008. From 2019 to 2022, he was the director of the Center for Research in Energy and the Environment. Since 2022, he has been the chair of the ECE department.

Selected Publications

• K. J. P. Veeramraju, J. A. Mueller, and J. W. Kimball, “An Extended Generalized Average Modeling Framework for Power Converters,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 9581–9592, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2023.3276631
• A. Sharma and J. W. Kimball, "Hybrid model to evaluate the frequency-dependent leakage inductance of partially-filled transformers," Power Electronic Devices and Components, vol. 5, p. 100038, Jun. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.pedc.2023.100038.
• J. A. Mueller and J. W. Kimball, “Modeling and Analysis of DC Microgrids as Stochastic Hybrid Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 9623–9636, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3055456.
• V. R. Chowdhury and J. W. Kimball, “Virtual charge-based synchronisation and feedback linearisation-based current control of a three-phase grid-connected inverter without grid voltage sensors,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 13, no. 15, pp. 3496–3504, 2020, doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2020.0145.
• J. M. Henry and J. W. Kimball, "Practical performance analysis of complex switched-capacitor converters," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 26, pp. 127–136, Jan. 2011.

Selected Honors and Awards

• Faculty Research Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology, December 2018.
• Dean’s Scholar awarded, Fall 2016 for AY’16 and AY’17.
• Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology, February 2015.
• Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology. Selected in November 2014 and February 2015.
• Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Outstanding Academic Advisor, Faculty Role, September 2014.