Sami Barmada received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1995 and 2001, respectively. He currently is Full Professor with the Department of Energy and System Engineering, University of Pisa. His research activity is mainly dedicated to applied electromagnetics, EM fields calculation, power line communications, wireless power transfer devices, non destructive testing. He is author and coauthor of more than 150 papers in indexed international journals and refereed conferences. He was recipient of the John F Alcock Memorial Prize (2004): awarded annually to a paper published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers which concentrates on technical innovation in the railway traction field (S. Barmada, A. Landi, M. Papi, L. Sani, “Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis for Monitoring the Occurrence of Arcing on Overhead Electrified Railways”).Prof. Barmada is a Senior Member of the IEEE and Fellow of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Sociey (ACES). He served as ACES President from 2015 to 2017, he is a member of the International Steering Committee of the CEFC Conference (Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation), editor in chief of the ACES Journal of the and he has been general chairman and technical program chairman of many international conferences.

Title: Wireless Power Transfer Systems in Complex Environments: Data Transfer And Shielding Issues

Abstract:
Power transfer based on the magnetic resonance and near-field coupling of two-loop resonators was reported by Tesla. The principle, operating and the EMC shielding will be presented, including the passive shielding, passive loops, active loops and the power communication systems. Here, several examples are also presented to discuss the power transfer systems.