Energy Harvesting Design Model and Implementation (Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2011)

Wensi Wang received B.Sc in electrical engineering from Beijing University of Technology, China in 2005. He received his M.Eng.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from University College Cork, Ireland, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. His research interests are in the area of ultra-low power photovoltaic and thermoelectric energy harvesting. He joined the Tyndall National Institute as a research engineer in early 2011. He has research experience in design and modelling of low power energy harvesting system. He has published more than 20 papers in journals and conference proceedings in the area of energy harvesting for wireless sensor systems.

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