BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T145142Z UID:40E3C38D-732E-4416-9F56-38A58AAD0237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251015T190000 DESCRIPTION:Attend Dr. Mingyu Lu's virtual presentation on wireless power t ransmission based on retro-reflective beamforming!\n\nZoom Link: https://t amu.zoom.us/j/94171905121\n\nWith the rapid development of Internet of Thi ngs\, a vast number of small\, low-cost\, and low-power mobile electronic devices\, such as radio frequency identification tags and wireless sensors \, will become integral parts of our society in the near future. Supplying electrical power to these devices wirelessly would eliminate/relieve thei r battery life limitation\, and therefore is envisioned to be one of the e nabling technologies for the next-generation Internet of Things. Since wir eless power delivery must be dedicated to the designated receivers in spac e\, it is inevitable to employ one narrow electromagnetic beam as the carr ier of wireless power toward each mobile device. The retro-reflective beam forming technique has excellent potential to accomplish efficient wireless power transmission in the context of Internet of Things\, as it is capabl e of keeping track of multiple mobile devices and then generating wireless power beams to the devices accordingly. The primary merit of retro-reflec tive beamforming technique is that wireless power transmission is augmente d by radar tracking. Specifically\, wireless power transmission is initiat ed by pilot signals broadcasted from wireless power receiver(s)\; and in r esponse to the pilot signals\, a wireless power transmitter delivers direc tional microwave power beams to the receiver(s). This presentation reviews our past\, ongoing\, and future research efforts on wireless power transm ission based on retro-reflective beamforming. This talk starts with the fu ndamental principles and a brief history of retro-reflective beamforming t echnique. Next\, the pros and cons of retro-reflective beamforming are ana lyzed via comparison with other wireless power transmission techniques. Pl entiful theoretical and experimental results collected in our research dem onstrate that the retro-reflective beamforming scheme enables microwave po wer beams to follow the location of mobile wireless power receiver(s) dyna mically as long as the receiver(s) broadcast pilot signals periodically. T he last part of the presentation discusses the challenges pertinent to the practical application of retro-reflective beamforming technique.\n\nSpeak er(s): \, Mingyu\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504398 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504398 ORGANIZER:roman.p.venegas@tamu.edu SEQUENCE:23 SUMMARY:MTT-S DML: Wireless Power Transmission Based on Retro-Reflective Be amforming Hosted By MTT-S TAMU URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504398 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Attend Dr. Mingyu Lu's virtual presentatio n on wireless power transmission based on retro-reflective beamforming!&nb sp\;</p>\n<p>Zoom Link: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/94171905121</p>\n<p>With th e rapid development of Internet of Things\, a vast number of small\, low-c ost\, and low-power mobile electronic devices\, such as radio frequency id entification tags and wireless sensors\, will become integral parts of our society in the near future. Supplying electrical power to these devices w irelessly would eliminate/relieve their battery life limitation\, and ther efore is envisioned to be one of the enabling technologies for the next-ge neration Internet of Things. Since wireless power delivery must be dedicat ed to the designated receivers in space\, it is inevitable to employ one n arrow electromagnetic beam as the carrier of wireless power toward each mo bile device. The retro-reflective beamforming technique has excellent pote ntial to accomplish efficient wireless power transmission in the context o f Internet of Things\, as it is capable of keeping track of multiple mobil e devices and then generating wireless power beams to the devices accordin gly. The primary merit of retro-reflective beamforming technique is that w ireless power transmission is augmented by radar tracking. Specifically\, wireless power transmission is initiated by pilot signals broadcasted from wireless power receiver(s)\; and in response to the pilot signals\, a wir eless power transmitter delivers directional microwave power beams to the receiver(s). This presentation reviews our past\, ongoing\, and future res earch efforts on wireless power transmission based on retro-reflective bea mforming. This talk starts with the fundamental principles and a brief his tory of retro-reflective beamforming technique. Next\, the pros and cons o f retro-reflective beamforming are analyzed via comparison with other wire less power transmission techniques. Plentiful theoretical and experimental results collected in our research demonstrate that the retro-reflective b eamforming scheme enables microwave power beams to follow the location of mobile wireless power receiver(s) dynamically as long as the receiver(s) b roadcast pilot signals periodically. The last part of the presentation dis cusses the challenges pertinent to the practical application of retro-refl ective beamforming technique.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR