Smart Electromagnetic Environment

On Thursday, July 17th, 2025, Prof. Giacomo OLIVERI (ELEDIA@UniTN – DICAM) presented a talk at the IEEE APS/URSI 2025 in Ottawa (CA) on “On the Design of EMSs through Nullspace Surface Currents Optimization” as part of the Session on “Metasurface-Driven Antenna Designs“.

On Thursday, July 17th, 2025, Dr. Aarón Ángel Salas Sánchez (ELEDIA@UniTN – DICAM) presented a talk at the IEEE APS/URSI 2025 in Ottawa (CA) on “Next-Generation Passive EM Skins for Advanced Wave Manipulation in FWA Scenarios” as part of the Session on “Metasurface/Metamaterial Enhanced Antennas“.

🇬🇧 ️- We are proud to share that Prof. Giacomo OLIVERI (ELEDIA Research Center) opened the conference “Metamateriali e Metastrutture: la rivoluzione nell’industria e nella ricerca” organized by the Ordine degli Ingegneri di Verona e Provincia, with a talk titled: “Multifunctional Metamaterials and Metastructures: Engineering the Future of Materials” In his talk, Prof. OLIVERI highlighted how intelligent metamaterials are driving a new era of innovation in fields such as 6G, aerospace, artificial intelligence, and smart infrastructures, enabling new solutions that…

The ELEDIA Research Center was honored to welcome Prof. Daniel Martínez de Rioja (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) for an inspiring seminar on “Reflectarray Technology for the Next Frontier in Broadband Communications Satellites.” His seminar explored recent advances in multi-beam and multi-frequency reflectarray antennas for geostationary (GEO) communication satellites in the K/Ka bands. He presented innovative approaches to replacing traditional multi-reflector systems with more efficient reflectarray-based antenna farms, capable of providing multispot coverage with fewer apertures. We sincerely thank Prof. Daniel…

The ELEDIA Research Center was honored to welcome Prof. Muhammad ZUBAIR (Information Technology University, Lahore) for an inspiring seminar on “Revisiting Fractals and Fractional Dimensions in Electromagnetics: Unlocking New Approaches in Design and Analysis of Practical Devices“. Prof. Zubair’s seminar explored how fractal geometries and fractional spaces can revolutionize the modeling and optimization of electromagnetic devices. His work showcased advanced applications ranging from field emission and charge transport to rough surface modeling and wave manipulation in anisotropic and disordered media.…

The ELEDIA Research Center was honored to welcome Prof. Qammer ABBASI (University of Glasgow) for an inspiring IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecture on “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) for Integrated Communication, Sensing, and Localisation“. Prof. Abbasi’s seminar explored cutting-edge applications of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in next-generation wireless networks. His work focuses on leveraging programmable metasurfaces to enhance communication, sensing, and localisation, with a strong emphasis on energy efficiency, low hardware complexity, and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) performance. From real-time health monitoring to smart…