麻豆传媒

Dr. Libing Cao joined the Electrical Power Group in School of Engineering at 麻豆传媒 in May 2024 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Electrical Machines and Drives. 

Qualifications

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE
• Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Awardee of Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship
• B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and its Automation, Zhejiang University, China; Outstanding Graduate and National Scholarship

Prior Working Experience

• Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University; Highest Performance Rating: Far Exceeds Expectations
• Research Assistant, University of Hong Kong

Professional Services

• Committee of Early Career Chapter, UK Magnetics Society
• Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Magnetics - Conference, Manchester, UK, 2026
• Sub-Committee for Electric Machines, 16th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, USA, 2025
• Chair for Special Session: New Motor Technologies for Electric Vehicles; 31st International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition and International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference (EVS 31), Kobe, Japan, 2018
• Guest editors: Sensors, IET Power Electronics
• Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
• Reviewers for various IEEE and IET journals such as TIE, TII, TVT, TTE, TEC, TIA, TMAG, JESTPE, IEEE Access, IET Renew. Power Gener.

Last updated: Oct 2025

Dr. Cao is a member of the Electric Power Group at 麻豆传媒. The research profile can be viewed via the links below.

Research Interest

• Electric machines and drives for various applications such as transportion, wind power, wave energy and home applicances

If you are passionate about these areas and interested in joining us for PhD studies, we'd love to connect with you! Join us in building the future together. Please email Dr. Libing. cao (libing.cao@ncl.ac.uk) with your CV and state your reason for applying.

PhD Supervision

• Hossein Shirzad in sustainable motors, funded by EPSRC DTP and Dyson
• Sajjad Sharqi in power take-off system for wave energy converters, funded by government
• Farhad Veysi in integrated motor designs, funded by EPSRC DLA

Project Experience

• Ultra high-speed motors, Dyson, UK
• Development of Direct-Drive Axial-Flux Machine for Ship Propulsion, SeaForrest, Singapore
• Development of Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft, A*STAR, Singapore
• Magnetic-Geared Motor for Robotic Applications Including Drivetrain for Autonomous Mobile Robot, Schaeffler Group, Germany
• Novel Electric Motor Drives with Multiple Degree-Of-Freedom for Robotic Applications,MOE, Singapore
• Advanced Magnetic Differential Motor for Electric Vehicles, Hong Kong RGC, Hong Kong

Patent

• C. H. T. Lee and L. Cao, "Dual-rotor permanent magnet generator", International PCT Patent, WO 2025/178557 A1, published in August 2025.

Undergraduate Supervision/Teaching

• EEE 3094 - Individual Project and Technical Report

Postgraduate Supervision/Teaching

• EEE 8097 - Individual Project (Outstanding Project Student Prize 2025)
• EEE 8155 - Designing Sustainable Electric Propulsion and Generation Systems

• Articles

  • Zhu X, Zhao M, Cao L, Wang H, Zhao C, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2025, 61(1), 56-66.
  • He X, Zhao F, Song N, Liu Z, Cao L. . Sensors 2025, 25(14), 4421.
  • Cao L, Zuo Y, Zhu X, Xie S, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 2024, 10(2), 3383-3395.
  • Yu Y, Xie S, Chai F, Cao L, Pei Y, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2024, 60(4), 6144-6157.
  • He Y, Chen J, Zhou Y, Cao L, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2024, 71(1), 215-225.
  • Cao L, Zhou Y, Yang G, He Y, Xie S, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2024, 71(5), 4361-4374.
  • Xie S, Zuo Y, Chen H, Cao L, Yuan X, Han B, Hoang C, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2023, 70(7), 6585-6596.
  • Cao L, Zuo Y, Xie S, Hoang C, Han B, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2023, 59(6), 6601-6614.
  • Cao L, Yang G, Zuo Y, He Y, Zhao C, Xie S, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2023, 70(12), 11934-11947.
  • Xie S, Cai S, Zuo Y, Cao L, Zhu J, Li A, Yan Y, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2023, 70(11), 11109-11120.
  • Liu W, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Cao L, Han W. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2022, 69(3), 2345-2356.
  • Cao L, Zuo Y, Chen H, Xie S, Han B, Hoang C, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2022, 71(11), 11367-11378.
  • Chen H, EL-Refaie A, Zuo Y, Cai S, Cao L, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2022, 71(8), 8341-8353.
  • Yang T, Chau KT, Liu W, Ching T, Cao L. . World Electric Vehicle Journal 2022, 13(11), 199.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Yang T. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2022, 58(2), 8102306.
  • Han W, Chau KT, Cao L, Hua Z, Yang T. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2021, 57(2), 8001107.
  • Liu W, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Cao L, Jiang C. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2021, 57(2), 8201907.
  • Wang H, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Cao L, Lam W. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2021, 68(8), 6493-6503.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Liu W, Ching T. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2021, 57(2), 8102606.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Wang H. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2021, 68(2), 1004-1015.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Lam W. . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2020, 67(3), 1759-1770.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT. . IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2020, 69(11), 12734-12750.
  • Liu X, Miao W, Xu Q, Cao L, Liu C, Pong PWT. . IEEE Sensors Journal 2019, 19(18), 7884-7895.
  • Fan, H, Chau, KT, Liu, C, Cao, L, Ching, T. Quantitative comparison of novel dual-PM linear motors for ropeless elevator system. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2018, 54(11), 8106506.
  • Fan H, Chau KT, Cao L, Jiang C. . IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2018, 33(4), 2081-2090.
  • Lee CHT, Chau KT, Cao L. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2017, 53(11), 6500308.
  • Cao L, Chau KT, Lee CHT, Li W, Fan H. . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2017, 53(11), 8204706.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Shirzad Hossein, Mahmouditabar Farshid, Cao Libing, Baker Nick. . In: IECON 2025 – 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2025, Spain.
  • Goh JW, Xie S, Cao L, Lee CHT. . In: 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2024). 2024, Chicago, IL, USA: IEEE.
  • Zhu X, Zhao M, Cao L, Wang H, Zhao C, Lee CHT. . In: 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2023). 2023, Zhuhai, China: IEEE.
  • Cao L, Zhu X, Yang G, Yu Y, Zhao C, Goh J, Lee CHT. . In: IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific 2023). 2023, Chiang Mai, Thailand: IEEE.
  • Yu Y, Xie S, Chai F, Cao L, Pei Y, Lee CHT. . In: IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific 2023). 2023, Chiang Mai, Thailand: IEEE.
  • Cao L, Zuo Y, Xie S, Hoang C, Han B, Lee CHT. . In: 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2022). 2022, Brussels, Belgium: IEEE.
  • Zuo Y, Xie S, Cao L, Han B, Hoang C, You C, Chan J, Lee CHT. . In: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2022). 2022, Detroit, MI, USA: IEEE.
  • Zuo Y, Xie S, Cao L, Zhao C, Han B, Hoang C, Chan C, Lee CHT. . In: IEEE 7th Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC 2022). 2022, Nadi, Fiji: IEEE.
  • Xie S, Cai S, Zuo Y, Cao L, Shen F, Han B, Hoang C, Lee CHT. . In: 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2022). 2022, Brussels, Belgium: IEEE.
  • Cao L, Zuo Y, Xie S, Hoang C, Han B, Lee CHT. . In: 2022 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Himeji 2022-ECCE Asia). 2022, Himeji, Japan: IEEE.
  • Xie S, Chen H, Cao L, Zuo Y, Yuan X, Han B, Hoang C, Lee CHT. . In: IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2021, Toronto, ON, Canada: IEEE.
  • Cao, L, Chau, KT, Lee, CHT, Ching, T, Chan, CC. Design, analysis and control of a double-rotor motor with magnetic differential for electric vehicles. In: 32nd International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS 32). 2019, Lyon, France.
  • Cao, L, Chau, KT, Lee, CHT, Chan, CC, Ching, T. Design of flux-switching dc-field machines with harmonics suppression. In: 31st International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS 31) and International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference (EVTeC). 2018, Kobe, Japan.
  • Cao, L, Chau, KT, Lee, CHT, Chan, CC. Design and analysis of an outer-rotor flux-switching dc-field machine for in-wheel light traction. In: 24th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2018). 2018, Seoul, Korea.