Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer
MSCA doctoral network
BiWPT
Bidirectional wireless power transfer
Charging your electric vehicle should be as effortless as connecting to Wi-Fi. This vision captures a key ambition of the energy transition: making electrified mobility not only clean and efficient, but also seamless, intelligent, and integrated into the broader energy ecosystem. Europe’s transition to sustainable mobility depends on integrating electric vehicles (EVs) with renewable energy systems. EV batteries could act as a vast distributed energy storage network through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) operation, helping balance supply and demand and reducing costly grid upgrades. However, widespread V2G adoption is hindered by the inconvenience of repeatedly plugging and unplugging vehicles. Wireless power transfer (WPT) addresses this challenge by enabling automatic, contactless charging and discharging, even while vehicles are parked or in motion. Yet current WPT systems are largely unidirectional and struggle with misalignment, dynamic operation, and bidirectional power flow. BiWPT addresses these challenges, enabling efficient, safe, and cost-effective bidirectional wireless charging.
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Scope and objectives
Challenge 1:
Coupling (WP1)
Challenge 2:
Bidirectionality (WP2)
Challenge 3:
Integration (WP3)
Challenge 4:
Deployment (WP4)
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News & articles
BiWPT project kick off event
Publication of the first BiWPT paper
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network AERIALIST, focused on Assistive Health Technology in Unsupervised/Home Settings, officially commenced its four-year journey with a successful kick-off meeting on October 6-7, 2025,
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On March 10-11, 2025, KU Leuven hosted an incredible recruitment event for the MSCA Doctoral Network project AERIALIST in Bruges (Belgium), bringing together talented young researchers eager to tackle the challenges
Presenting at the international WPTCE conference
Meet our new Team member
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Discover our new college, David C., David obtained his doctoral degree in 2023 on time-optimal rest-to-rest movements for stepper motors using frequency-domain methodologies. He now steps in the BiWPT project as the chief administrator.
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