Title of the special session: Emerging Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer Technology in Electric Vehicles

Brief Description of the topic (<200 words): Since the Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) launched the industry-wide specification guideline J2954 for wireless charging of light duty electric and plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), research activities on interoperability, electromagnetic compatibility, minimum performance, safety and testing of wireless power transfer (WPT) in EVs are intensified over the last few years. The current version of SAE TIR J2954 only addresses the unidirectional charging from grid to vehicle, while the bidirectional energy transfer is not covered. The guideline J2954 calls for an operating frequency of 85 kHz and power levels of 3.7 kW, 7.7 kW, 11.0 kW and 22.0 kW, but other operating frequencies and power levels (e.g., above 50 kW) are not discussed. Besides, safety issues, such as human exposure to electromagnetic fields, are not included in the proposal. This special session will focus on the emerging WPT technologies to solve the current and future issues of WPT in EVs.

Topics of this special session include, but are not limited to the following:  Static charging for pure EVs and plug-in hybrid EVs  Dynamic charging for road-powered EVs (RPEVs)  Inductive power transfer, capacitive power transfer and hybrid power transfer  Modeling, simulation and design of coils, resonators and ferrites,  Compensation topologies  Integrated circuits, wide bandgap components and circuits and power converters  System modelling, control and monitoring  Foreign objective detection (FOD), passive electromagnetic field (EMF) cancellation, EMF shielding, other safety issues  In-band and out-of-band communication technologies  Modular WPT systems  Directional and omni-directional WPT

Names of special session organizers: 1. Yun Yang, Research Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Email: [email protected], Tel: (+852)27666186 2. Wenxing Zhong, Professor, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected], Tel: (+86)0571-87951728 3. Eric Ka-wai Cheng, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Email: [email protected], Tel: (+852)27666162

Short biography of the organizers: 1. Yun Yang received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 2012 and Ph.D. degree in power electronics from The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2017. From November 2017 to August 2020, he was a Post-doctoral Fellow in The University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Dr. Yang has authored or coauthored more than 30 technical papers, including 10 leading journals published as the first author. He was a Session Chair of 2018 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW). His research interests include wireless power transfer and power electronics. 2. Wenxing Zhong received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2007 and Ph.D. degree from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, in 2012. From Mar. 2016 - May 2017, he was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Prof. Zhong received two first prize paper awards from IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics. His research interests include wireless power transfer and power electronics 3. Eric Ka-wai Cheng, received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from University of Bath, U.K., in 1987 and Ph.D. degree from University of Bath, U.K., in 1990. He was then employed by the University of Bath as a research officer and in 1991 he joined the University of Birmingham as a research fellow. He worked on a number of projects in the Birmingham University including development of power conditioning system for high power ion-thruster for space application, high frequency magnetics, AC to AC conditioning system for future drive applications. He joined Lucas Electronics as a Senior Engineer in 1995, and in 1996 he joined Lucas Advanced Vehicle Systems Development and in 1997 he joined Lucas Aerospace as a Principal Engineer. During his three years in Lucas, he was the project leader of a number of projects with multinational companies and leader of the power electronics group. He developed the advanced power electronics concept for civil aircraft power system, high temperature power semiconductor and aircraft power conditioning and actuation systems. He has developed a number of electric vehicle techniques including the battery charging system, battery management, electric drive, lighting, power conversion, in-wheel and integrated charger. He is also the project leader of a number of electric vehicle projects. He is also then project leader of a number of power electronics projects including medical robotics, intelligent clothing, DC distribution, electromagnetic modeling and excitation. He received the IEE Sebastian Z De Ferranti Premium Award (1995), outstanding consultancy award (2000), Faculty Merit award for best teaching (2003) from the University, Faculty Engineering Industrial and Engineering Services Grant Achievement Award (2006), Brussels Innova Energy Gold medal with Mention (2007), Consumer Product Design Award (2008), Electric vehicle team merit award of the Faculty (2009), Special Prize and Silver Medal of Geneva’s Invention Expo (2011) and Eco Star award (2012), Seoul International Invention Fair Gold prize (2015)for his contribution in super-capacitor to electric vehicles, iCAN Gold Medal (2016) for his contribution in active suspension , and Gold Award – 7th Hong Kong innovation and technology Award – for the contribution body integrated upper-capacitor electric vehicle. He has published over 450 papers and 7 books. His research interests are all aspects of power electronics, electric vehicles, electromagnetics, motor drives, renewable energy and energy systems.

List of potential authors: 1. Siew Chong Tan, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 2. Shu Yuen Ron Hui, The University of Hong Kong and Imperial College London, Email: [email protected] 3. Huawei Yuan, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 4. Liangxi He, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 5. Ying Huang, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 6. Yiming Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Email: [email protected] 7. Shuxin Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Email: [email protected] 8. Xin Li, Nanyang Technological University, Email: [email protected] 9. Yi Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Email: [email protected] 10. Juan M. Arteaga, Imperial College London, Email: [email protected] 11. Grant A. Covic, The University of Auckland, Email: [email protected] 12. Vahid Zahiri Barsari, The University of Auckland, Email: [email protected] 13. Feiyang Lin, The University of Auckland, Email: [email protected] 14. Dai Bui, The University of Auckland, Email: [email protected] 15. Jongeun Byun, Sunkyunkwan University, Email: [email protected] 16. Sangjoon Ann, Sunkyunkwan University, Email: [email protected] 17. Won-Jin Son, Sunkyunkwan University, Email: [email protected] 18. Jae Han Lee, Sunkyunkwan University, Email: [email protected] 19. Byoung Kuk Lee, Sunkyunkwan University, Email: [email protected] 20. Omer C. Onar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Email: [email protected] 21. Xin Zan, University of Michigan, Email: [email protected] 22. Zhuhaobo Zhang, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 23. Chen Zhu, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 24. Fan Zhu, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 25. Dehong Xu, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 26. Jing Zhou, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 27. Hao Ma, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 28. Changsong Cai, Wuhan University, Email: [email protected] 29. Qi Zhu, Central South University, Email: [email protected] 30. Jinde Wu, Chongqing University, Email: [email protected] 31. Ruozhong Gao, Chongqing University, Email: [email protected] 32. Jincheng Jiang, Chongqing University, Email: [email protected] 33. Ruimin Mai, Southwest Jiaotong University, Email: [email protected] 34. Ruikun Mai, Southwest Jiaotong University, Email: [email protected] 35. Zhengyou He, Southwest Jiaotong University, Email: [email protected] 36. Hongchang Li, Xinjiang University, Email: [email protected] 37. Jian Yin, Shenzhen University, Email: [email protected] 38. Deyan Lin, Wuhan University of Technology, Email: [email protected]

List of potential reviewers: 1. Chi Kwan Lee, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 2. Kerui Li, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 3. Rebecca Huiwen Liang, The University of Hong Kong, Email: [email protected] 4. Aiguo Patrick Hu, The University of Auckland, Email: [email protected] 5. Zhicong Huang, South China University of Technology, Email: [email protected] 6. Yong Li, Southwest Jiaotong University, Email: [email protected] 7. Gus Cheng Zhang, The University of Manchester, Email: [email protected] 8. Xin Dai, Chongqing University, Email: [email protected] 9. Cuidong Xu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Email: [email protected] 10. Xiaohui Qu, Southeast University, Email: [email protected] 11. Sinan Li, The University of Sydney, Email: [email protected] 12. Chi-Seng Lam, University of Macau, Email: [email protected] 13. Wenxing Zhong, Zhejiang University, Email: [email protected] 14. Yun Yang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Email: [email protected]