Yi Wang, Professor of Microwave Engineering at the University of Birmingham, a 6G-REFERENCE partner, attended last month Metamaterials UK Conference & Forum 2025 to present a scientific poster and a demo of a RIS, as a result of the 6G-REFERENCE project research on the 20th of May.
“We demonstrated a novel reconfigurable metasurface enabled by the use of liquid metals and microfluidics with an objective to develop new and alternative tuning mechanism, simply the implementation and lower power consumption.” – Yi Wang, Professor of Microwave Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
More about the Emerging Device Technology (EDT) Lab at the University of Birmingham
- Enabling manufacturing techniques for mm-wave and sub-THz mesh filters and antennas using high-precision additive manufacturing (AM, or 3D printing), laser micro process or micromachining.
- Alternative tuning/reconfiguration techniques for reconfigurable metasurfaces and active metamaterials, based on liquids and the use of smart structures, with the objective to reduce complexity, minimise power consumption and the impact of control circuitry on the EM performance.
- Auxetic structures for RF/microwave devices. EDT is part of the Communications & Electromagnetics (C&E) research group at Birmingham, hosting the THz VNA Facility, Midlands Mm-Wave Facility (anechoic chamber) and a cleanroom. Users of these facilities are welcome.
The EDT Lab at the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham is led by Professor Yi Wang.
More about Metamaterials UK Conference & Forum 2025
To unlock metamaterials’ potential; to promote pathways to funding; to foster national and international scientific collaboration.
Celebrated from the 20th to the 22nd of May 2025 in Tortworth Court (UK), the Metamaterials UK Conference & Forum 2025 brings the metamaterials community together to this flagship event, across academia, field leaders and government representatives. The annual Conference & Forum supports the collaborative academic community at the heart of the UK Metamaterials Network (UKMMN). Through the event the community shapes the future strategy for metamaterials in the UK offering a unique event creating a confluence of domains building towards a self-sustaining metamaterials ecosystem. This three day event aims to enhance the UK’s leadership in science and innovation.
