Prof. Wei Xu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Received the Ph.D. in Engineering from the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 2008. Subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Technology Sydney and RMIT University in Australia, as well as at Meiji University in Japan, supported by the Vice Chancellor Research Fellowship and the JSPS Invitation Research Fellowship. Later served as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Has led more than 20 projects of various types, including projects under the National Key R&D Program, four National Natural Science Foundation of China projects (two of which were completed with excellent evaluations), and projects under the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Pioneer Action Plan, among others. Has long been engaged in research on linear motor systems and has made a series of original contributions in areas such as steady-state dynamic equivalent modeling, multi-parameter identification, minimum-loss control, and system-level optimization, significantly improving the energy efficiency of linear motor systems and promoting their application in industries such as urban rail transit, steel smelting, and petroleum extraction.

Has been selected as an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, a high-level talent of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a national young talent. Serves as Director of the Key Laboratory of High-Density Electromagnetic Drive and Systems, Founding Chair of the IEEE IES Wuhan Chapter, Chair of the 2021 International Linear Motor Conference (LDIA), Chair of the 2023 International Prediction Conference (PRECEDE), Executive Committee Member of the International Linear Drive Conference (ISC Member), and associate editor or editorial board member for several authoritative journals in the field, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE). Has received the First Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Machinery Industry in 2022 and the First Prize for Excellent Books from the Machinery Industry Press in 2023. Has published more than 210 high-level journal papers (including over 170 in IEEE series journals), obtained more than 150 authorized invention patents (2 of which have been commercialized), published 4 monographs, and led 2 group standards. His related work has been cited more than 9,500 times on Google Scholar (h-index 47). Has supervised 6 postdoctoral researchers and more than 50 graduate students (who have already graduated), and has received the Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion twice, 18 Best Paper Awards from internationally authoritative conferences, more than 2 first prizes in national innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, and over 10 National Scholarships.

Prof. Shunqi Mei

Wuhan Textile University

Mei Shunqi, male, born in March 1966, is a member of the Communist Party of China, a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, a second-level professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation of Wuhan Textile University, a doctoral supervisor, and a recipient of the State Council Special Allowance for Distinguished Experts. He is the head of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education’s “Innovation Base for Advanced Manufacturing in the Discipline of High-End Textile Equipment for Academic Innovation and Talent Introduction,” the head of the Ministry of Education’s “Huang Danian-style Faculty Team,” a member of the Academic Committee of the National Key Laboratory of Textile New Materials and Advanced Processing, and the director of the Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Textile Equipment; he also serves as a standing committee member of the Intelligent Manufacturing Special Committee of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence and as deputy director of the Textile Machinery and Equipment Professional Committee of China. He graduated from Ivanovo State Polytechnic University in Russia in 1995 with a PhD. In 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, USA.