1) Dr. Subiyanto presented at the Indonesian Higher Education Forum on Electrical Engineering (FORTEI) at the Bandung Institute of Technology from June 2-4, 2014 about improving boost converter circuit performance. 2) He proposed a new boost converter design using a coupled inductor and active snubber circuit to achieve higher voltage gain and efficiency compared to conventional boost converters. 3) Simulation and experimental results showed the proposed boost converter provided significantly higher output voltage than conventional designs while also improving efficiency.