Host: University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Co-supervisor/mentors: A. Babaki & R. Maheshwari (SDU, DK), C. Lecluyse (MPW, BE)
Required profile: Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent
Desirable skills/interests: Simulation engineering and modelling; Energy systems; Electrical and electronic engineering; Mathematical physics; Embedded systems; Systems engineering.
Objectives: Extending the concept of parity–time symmetry to bidirectional and dynamic capacitive WPT systems. The DC will develop an equivalent circuit model of the PT-symmetric capacitive WPT system enabling bidirectional energy flow. Analytical criteria will be derived to maintain exact PT symmetry under varying alignment and load conditions, ensuring constant power and high efficiency. Adaptive control strategies exploiting the self-tuning behaviour of parity-time symmetry will be designed and simulated to eliminate active impedance matching. The concept will be experimentally validated.
Project: Parity-time symmetry for dynamic bidirectional WPT (WP1)
