Prof. Naoki Shinohara
Professor, Kyoto University
Presentation Title:
“Recent progress of Space Based Solar Power and Related Wireless Power
Transfer Technology”
The Space Based Solar Power (SBSP) is a satellite with huge solar cells and wireless power transfer (WPT) system as a one of both hopeful future space technology and CO2-free stable power station for humanosphere (human + earch(sphare)). Recently there are some ongoing R&D project for the SBSP in the world. In Japan, we have a continuous national R&D SBSP project mainly focused on the WPT from 2009. In the next, we will launch a WPT satellite in 450km orbit to transmit the electricity from the satellite to the Earth by microwaves with accurate beam control. In this talk, I introduce the recent progress of the Space Based Solar Power and Related Wireless Power Transfer Technology.
Naoki Shinohara received the B.E. degree in electronic engineering, the M.E. and Ph.D (Eng.) degrees in electrical engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1991, 1993 and 1996, respectively. He was a research associate at Kyoto University since 1996. Since 2010, he has been a professor at Kyoto University. He has been engaged in research on Solar Power Station/Satellite and Microwave Power Transmission systems. He is a Fellow of IEEE and URSI, IEEE MTT-S elected AdCom member (2022-2027), IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 25 (Wireless Power Transfer and Conversion) former chair and member, IEEE MTT-S Standard Committee chair, IEEE MTT-S MGA (Member Geographic Activities) Region 10 regional coordinator, IEEE WPT Initiative member, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference & Expo founder and Steering committee member, URSI commission D (Electronics and Photonics) former chair, the first chair and technical committee member on IEICE Wireless Power Transfer in Japan, Japan Society of Electromagnetic Wave Energy Applications former president and adviser, Space Solar Power Systems Society president, and was IEEE MTT-S Distinguish Microwave Lecturer (2016-18). He was the recipient of the 2023 IEEE Journal of Microwaves Best Paper Award, the 2022 Award of Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, and the 2023 IEICE Achievement Award in Japan. His supervised students were the recipient of 100 awards from 2011 to 2024. He has been the author of over 140 reviewed journal papers, over 110 keynotes and invited speakers in international conferences, and over 100 other invited speakers including 55 DMLs. He has collaborated with over 150 companies for the WPT and microwave applications in 30 years. He is the co-inventor of 35 patents and 20 submitting patents. He has worked to harmonize the academia and industry of the WPT. He has organised the Wireless Power Transfer Consortium for Practical Applications (WiPoT), and Wireless Power Management Consortium (WPMc) in Japan as a chair from 2013 with over 40 companies to establish the WPT market and to encourage the WPT business. His books are “Wireless Power Transfer via Radiowaves” (ISTE Ltd. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014), “Recent Wireless Power Transfer Technologies Via Radio Waves (ed.)”, (River Publishers, 2018), “Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting”, (Artech House, 2022), “Theory and Technology of Wireless Power Transfer: Inductive, Radio, Optical, and Supersonic Power Transfer” (CRC Press, 2024), and “Wireless Power Transfer: Theory, Technology, and Applications (2nd Edition) (ed.)” (IET, 2018 and 2014), and some English, Japanese, and Chinese translated textbooks of WPT.
Prof. Lu Haoyu
Professor, School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, China
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Dr. Takuya Tsugawa
Director, Space Environment Laboratory, Electromagnetic Research Institute,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
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Ts. Dr. Ahmad Khalid Md Khairi
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer,
Group Technology & Innovation, Uzma Berhad, Malaysia
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Ahmad Khalid Md Khairi began his career as an electronic engineer in Penang after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He then worked at several multinational companies such as Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Broadcom while continuing his higher education in management at the master’s and doctoral levels at Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Later, he joined an agency under the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MOSTI), MIMOS Berhad, as a senior manager of technology ventures and commercialization in 2010, and subsequently joined the publicly listed company Uzma Berhad in 2018 as the Chief Executive Officer of the Renewable Energy Division before becoming the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. Under his tenure as CEO of the Renewable Energy Division, Uzma managed to secure its first Large Scale Solar project and other solar rooftop projects with a capacity of over 100MWdc. Currently, his role focuses on aligning technology and innovation with business strategy, ensuring that both areas contribute to the company’s transformation from an oil and gas services entity to an energy, digitalization and space technology company