2016 - PhD in Power systems under the supervision of Dr. Quan Li and Dr. Sasa Djokic

Superconducting Wireless Charging for Electric Motorways

Due to increasing environmental concerns and future scarcity of conventional energy resources like oil, coal, and gas, renewable energy sources and low-carbon technologies have attracted increasing attention from industry and academia. One key technology to incorporate fluctuating renewable energies into our daily life are electric vehicles (EVs). However, large scale implementation of EVs is hampered by technical issues regarding the energy storage or battery technology, causing increased investments, longer charging times, and reduced driving capacity with respect to conventional internal combustion engines (ICE). To overcome these drawbacks, more charging stations and faster charging cycles are required. Research has shown that wireless power transfer (WPT) through electromagnetic fields is possible in the power range required for charging EVs. With the utilisation of wireless charging technology, the short range of current EVs can be increased, while the high initial costs of EVs due to large battery systems are reduced. Furthermore, the utilisation of new materials, particularly superconductors can increase transmission range and efficiency. Therefore, this PhD project will investigate the possibility of using high temperature superconductors (HTS) in WPT-systems for dynamic charging on ‘electric motorways’.

2016 - MSc Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh, UK

• Final Project on investigation of 4D structural changes of biomass particles during heating with the aid of synchrotron-based micro-tomography

2015 - BSc Environmental Engineering from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany

• Final Project on developing reactor concepts for raw biogas treatment for grid feed-in