Wenping Cao received the B.Eng in electrical engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical machines and drives from the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., in 2004. He is currently a Chair Professor of Electrical Power Engineering and the Head of Power Electronics, Machines and Power System (PEMPS) Group at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.
Prof. Cao is a “Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award†holder, U.K. He was a semi-finalist at the “Annual MIT-CHIEF Business Plan Contestâ€, U.S.A., in 2015; the “Dragon’s Den Competition Award†winner from Queen’s University Belfast, U.K., in 2014, the “Innovator of the Year Award†winner from Newcastle University, U.K., in 2013. Prof. Cao received the Best Paper Award at the 2013 International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications. He serves as an Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS, IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, IET Power Electronics, and Electric Power Components and Systems. He is also the Chief Editor for five Special Issues and four books. Prof. Cao is presently the Chairman for the Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE UK and Ireland Section.