The Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) at Queen’s University Belfast, located in the historic Titanic Quarter, have just hosted the IET’s 12th Colloquium on Antennas, Wireless and Electromagnetics (CAWE) where over 40 young and experienced professionals were able to network and learn from each other at the intimate and friendly event. There were 6 posters and 9 presentations. 

(Several of the CAWE 24 presenters).

Dr Phil Catherwood, Senior Future Systems Architect (Thales UK), described the role of a Future System Architect and the skills needed. Dr Anil Shukla (Senior Fellow QinetiQ) discussed research exploitation and how to engage with different types of stakeholders.

Dr Neil Buchanan (above) discussed the challenges and the future of wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies and demonstrated the safest wireless power transfer system developed by him and his team at CWI by using WPT to illuminate an IET sign.

The laboratory tour, provided by Dr Adrian McKernan, visited CWI’s sub mm-wave, mm-wave, and EM imaging laboratories and the anechoic and reverberation chambers.

(Several of the CAWE 24 delegates in the Anechoic Chamber at QuB)

The IET Antennas and Propagation Network Technical Network would like to thank Norbert Sagnard and the CWI team for hosting and co-organising the event and we look forward to meeting the community at the next CAWE event in May 2025.