Sai Kiran Oruganti Indian Institute of Technology Patna India. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-2907 Areas: Wireless Power Transfer, Wireless technologies, IoT, Radio Science, Electromagnetics & applications. Profile Summary Prof. Dr. Sai Kiran Oruganti is with the School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, People's Republic of China as a full Professor since October 2019. He is responsible for establishing an advanced wireless power transfer technology laboratory as a part of the international specialists team for the Center for Advanced Wirless Technologies. Between 2018-2019, he served as a senior researcher/Research Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. Previously, his PhD thesis at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South korea, led to the launch of an University incubated enterprise, for which he served as a Principal Engineer and Chief Designer in 2017-2018. After his PhD in 2016, he served Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati in the capacity of Assistant Professor (Electrical Engineering) between 2016-2017. Research Prof. Dr. Oruganti, prime research focus is in the development of Wireless Power Transfer(WPT) for applications- Internet of Things (IoT) device charging, Agriculture, Electric Vehicle Charging, Biomedical device charging, Electromagnetically induced transparancy techniques for military and defence applications, Secured shipping containers, Nano Energy Generators. Achievements Prof. Dr. Oruganti has more than 21 patents pending on his credit and with several of those patent applications passing the NoC stage. As of 2021, 16 of 21 patents have been granted. He is credited with the pioneering work in the field of Zenneck Waves based Wireless Power Transfer system. Most notably, he has been regarded as one of the only few researchers in the field of WPT to be able to conduct power and signal transmission across partial Faraday shields. His recent paper accepted by Nature Scientific Reports has generated a lot of interest and excitement in the field. International Union of Radio Science(URSI) recognized his research efforts and awarded him Young Scientist Award in 2016. He is also recipient of IEEE sensors council letters of appreciation. Dimitrios A. Karras University of Athens (NKUA), Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2759-8482 Areas: Intelligent Systems, Computational intelligence, machine learning and deep learning, Adaptive systems and distributed systems, Multi agent Systems, Signal and Image processing, Communication Systems Dimitrios A. Karras received his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1985 and the Ph. Degree in Electrical Engineering, from the NTUA, Greece in 1995, with honours. From 1990 and up to 2004 he collaborated as visiting professor and researcher with several universities and research institutes in Greece. Since 2004 he has been with the Sterea Hellas Institute of Technology, Automation Dept., Greece as associate professor in Digital Systems and Signal Processing, till 12/2018, as well as with the Hellenic Open University, Dept. Informatics as a visiting professor in Communication Systems (the latter since 2002 and up to 2010). Since 1/2019 is Associate Prof. in Digital Systems and Intelligent Systems, Signal Processing , in National & Kapodistrian University of Athens,Greece, School of Science, Dept. General. He is, also, adjunct professor with GLA University. Mathura, India and BIHER, BHARATH univ. India as well as with EPOKA and CIT universities Tirana. Moreover, he is with AICO EDV-Beratung GmbH as senior researcher as well as Director of Research and Documentation at ADIafrica N. G. O. He has published more than 80 research refereed journal papers in various areas of pattern recognition, image/signal processing and neural networks as well as in bioinformatics and more than 185 research papers in International refereed scientific Conferences. His research interests span the fields of pattern recognition and neural networks, image and signal processing, image and signal systems, biomedical systems, communications, networking and security. He has served as program committee member in many international conferences, as well as program chair and general chair in several international workshops and conferences in the fields of signal, image, communication and automation systems. He is, also, former editor in chief (2008-2016) of the International Journal in Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering (IJSISE), academic editor in the TWSJ, ISRN Communications and the Applied Mathematics Hindawi journals as well as associate editor in various scientific journals. He has been cited in more than 2560 research papers, his H/G-indices are 20/52 (Google Scholar) and his Erdos number is 5. His RG score is 32.78 Srinesh Thakur Anvita Electronics PVT LTD India Srinesh Thakur is an accomplished hardware engineer and successful entrepreneur with a remarkable career spanning over a decade. He has made significant contributions to the field of hardware engineering, working with prestigious institutions like Technische Hochschule Nürnberg and Fraunhofer Research Institute in Germany. As a co-founder of Anvita Electronics in Hyderabad, India, and Atya Technologies, Srinesh has demonstrated exceptional leadership and vision in establishing these ventures. His expertise lies in highly complex 32-layer PCB design, a skill that has set him apart in the industry. Throughout his career, Srinesh has primarily focused on the development of cutting-edge test equipment for the automotive testing industry. His passion for innovation and commitment to delivering high-end solutions have earned him a stellar reputation among his peers. With a deep understanding of hardware engineering principles and an entrepreneurial spirit, Srinesh Thakur continues to drive technological advancements in the field, revolutionizing automotive testing and setting new standards for the industry.
