Warm congratulations to Itay Garofy on winning the Best Paper Award from the Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center

The Department of Physics congratulates Itay Garofy on winning the award for Best Paper from The Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center 🚗⚡🏆

The prize was awarded for his master's research under the supervision of Dr. Shuki Wolfus, and today, Itay continues his PhD in the same research group.

🔬 Itay’s research focuses on wireless charging for electric vehicles using magnetic fields that transfer energy from the road to the vehicle.
The challenge is that efficiency drops quickly as the distance between them increases.

🔄 Traditionally, flat horizontal coils are used, but they only capture magnetic flux at limited angles, causing significant energy loss.

📖 In a study published in Applied Sciences (MDPI), Itay and his group proposed a new design: vertical coils wound around a ferrite core.

💻 This structure redirects the magnetic field lines more efficiently into the coils. We tested this approach through advanced computer simulations and lab-scale experiments, comparing it with the conventional design.

🔝 The results show that the new design not only achieves higher peak efficiency (above 90%) but also maintains efficient energy transfer across a wider range.

Over a full vehicle pass, it captures more than 50% extra energy compared to the traditional method.

🌍 This advancement could lead to smaller batteries, lighter and more efficient vehicles, and a reduced environmental footprint.

📑 Full article 
🔗 Laboratory website 
🔗 The Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center