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Dr. Wenzhang Zhang received her PhD in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the University of Liverpool, in 2022. During her PhD, she participated in the wireless charging project collaborating with Liverpool Alder Hey Children Hospital and Innovate Orthopedics Ltd., respectively. Currently, Dr. Wenzhang Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Internet of Things in Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
She was partially funded by the Higher Education Funding Council of the United Kingdom. She was shortlisted for the Best Student Paper in the IEEE EuCAP 2020 conference, won the Best Student Paper Award in IET Active and Passive RF Devices 2018, won the Best Paper Award in SMC-IoT 2023, and was invited to give a speech at the CM SIG 2020 Characteristic Mode Analysis Organization. She was invited to serve as a technical program committee member of IEEE EuCAP 2021, ICCCN 2024, CCISS 2024, ICDSP2024 and ICiMR 2024. She was also invited to serve as workshop chair of MICCIS 2024.
Her research interests include wireless power transfer/energy harvesting systems, metamaterial/metasurface design, characteristic mode analysis, wearable/implantable device design and passive RF device design (e.g., antenna design, etc.).
Research interests
Wireless Power Transfer, Energy Harvesting
Metamaterial, Metasurface(-based)
Wearable/Implantable RF Device design
Antenna Design
Experience
Assistant Professor, School of Internet of Things, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2024 to Present
Lecturer, School of Internet of Things, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2022 to 2023
Teaching
IOT208TC RF Engineering and Applied Electromagnetics
IOT302TC Wireless Sensor Network
IOT207TC Radio Communication Protocols
IOT104TC Introduction to Internet of Things
Awards and honours
Best Student Paper Finalist Award: EuCAP - 2020
Best Student Paper Award: IET ActivePassive RF Devices - 2018
Best Paper Award: SMC-IoT - 2023
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool - 2022
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Development of a Federated Learning-Based Edge Intelligence Framework for IoT Network Systems
Hu, B., Dong, Y., Isaac, M. & Zhang, W.
1/07/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Metasurface-Based Wirelessly Powered Devices for Green Smart City Application
Zhang, W., Isaac, M., Dong, Y., Hu, B., Moussa, K., Zhao, Y. & Wang, J.
Project: Internal Research Project
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A Compact Versatile Multi-band Antenna for WPAN Applications
Jiang, Z., Dong, Z., Leach, M., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, W. & Pei, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Aperture Sharing Metasurface-Based Wide-Beam Antenna for Energy Harvesting
Zhang, W., Zhang, J., Song, C., Pei, R., Zhang, X., Liu, H., Han, C., Huang, Y. & Zhou, J., Jan 2024, In: AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 173, 155009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Pre-Mismatch Co-Design Scheme of Sub-Circuits Cascading in Wireless Communication TRMs (under review)
Yu, Q., Zhuang, Y. & Zhang, W., 2024, (Submitted) In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dual-band Flexible Antenna with AMC backing for Wearable Applications
Jiang, Z., Zhang, X., Leach, M., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, W. & Pei, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) : IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IEEE IWS 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Matching Network Elimination in Multiband Metasurface-Structured Rectennas for Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting
Zhang, W., Zhang, J., Pei, R., Hu, B. & Zhou, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) 18th Edition of the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
Activities
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The 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2024) (Event)
Wenzhang Zhang (Programme Committee Member)
29 Jul 2024 → 31 Jul 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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The 1st International Symposium on Internet of Things and Smart Cities (ISITSC)
Bintao Hu (Chair), Wenzhang Zhang (Chair) & Hengyan Liu (Chair)
21 Jun 2024 → 23 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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2024 IEEE International Workshop on Radio Frequency and Antenna Technologies (iWRF&AT) (Event)
Wenzhang Zhang (Programme Committee Member)
31 May 2024 → 3 Jun 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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The 2024 International Conference on Computing, Information Science and System (CCISS 2024) (Event)
Wenzhang Zhang (Programme Committee Member)
10 May 2024 → 12 May 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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2024 Wireless Power Transfer Conference (Event)
Wenzhang Zhang (Reviewer)
8 May 2024 → 11 May 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review