Electromagnetic metamaterials are emerging as a key technology for advancing wireless power transfer systems. By engineering artificial materials with unique electromagnetic properties, electromagnetic metamaterials enhance magnetic coupling, extend power transfer distance, improve misalignment tolerance, and mitigate electromagnetic interference, thereby addressing critical challenges in modern wireless power transfer applications. These advancements enhance the convenience of wireless charging in consumer electronics, biomedical implants, drones, and robotics. This section explores recent advancements in electromagnetic metamaterials-assisted wireless power transfer technologies, including system modelling, novel metamaterial design and optimization, advanced control strategies, and practical implementations that are shaping the evolution of next-generation wireless power transfer systems.

 

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Heshou Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Biography:  Dr. Heshou Wang is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR. He serves as the Associate Editor for Wireless Power Transfer.

 

Cancan Rong, China University of Mining and Technology, China

Biography:  Dr. Cancan Rong is currently an associate professor at the School of Electrical and Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. He was General Co-Chair of EEE CIYCEE in 2020 and is General Conference Secretary of ICWPT 2024.

 

Ching-Ming Lai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Biography:  Prof. Ching-Ming Lai is currently a professor and the director of the Intelligent Electric Vehicle and Green Energy Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. He serves as the Founder and Chair of the IEEE Systems Council Taipei Chapter. Besides, he serviced as the TPC vice Chair of IEEE ECCE Asia-2025, General Chair of IEEE RASSE-2024, the Finance Chair of IEEE ICSSE-2022, the Co-Chair of IEEE IFEEC-2021, the Tutorial Chair of IEEE IFEEC-2021, IEEEWiPDA-2019, and IEEE IFEEC-2015. He has been the Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, since 2017, and an Associate Editor for IEEE ACCESS, since 2021. He is Fellow of IET and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy.

 

Yun Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Biography:  Dr. Yun Yang is currently an assistant professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Yang’s research encompasses power electronics, wireless power transfer, energy storage technologies, and smart grid systems. He has published over 100 technical papers, including more than 50 prestigious journals. Dr. Yang is a member of the IEEE Society and has served as an Associate Editor for several journals, a committee member, and a session chair at various international conferences and seminars.