Dr. Isaac Rudden received his M.Eng. degree in new and renewable energy engineering from Durham University, U.K., in 2020, and for his Ph.D. in electronic and electrical engineering he worked with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and the University of Sheffield to design and improve future offshore wind turbine generators. He specifically focused on the minimization of armature MMF harmonics in machines with fractional-slot concentrated windings through the use of multiple multiphase star-polygonal windings. He is a renewable energy specialist with experience in solar and wind power generation, battery technology, power grids, and electric vehicles and the winner of the IEEE Power and Energy Society UK & Ireland Best PhD Thesis Prize 2024. His research interests include the electromagnetic design of electrical machines and renewable energy.

Prof. Guang-Jin Li is a Professor of Electrical Machines in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from Wuhan University (China) in 2007, his Master’s degree in Electric Power Systems from the Université de Paris XI, Supélec and École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), France, in 2008, and his Ph.D. degree from ENS Cachan, France, in 2011. After almost another year working as a post-doctoral researcher in the SATIE laboratory, ENS Cachan, France, he joined the EMD group at the University of Sheffield as a research associate in 2012. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Electrical Machines and Drives in 2013 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018 and Professor in 2022, all at the University of Sheffield. His main research interests focus on the design aspect of electrical machines. He is particularly interested in renewable energy and EV/HEV applications. He works closely with Siemens-Gamesa designing novel permanent magnet machines and high-temperature superconducting machines for offshore wind power direct-drive (DD) generators. He is also interested in developing magnet-free machines, e.g., synchronous reluctance and switched reluctance machines, for applications such as EV/HEV and low-cost domestic appliances.

Prof. Zi-Qiang Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK; IEEE, USA; IET, UK; and CSEE and CES, China. He graduated with a BEng degree (1982) and an MSc degree (1984) from Zhejiang University, China, and a PhD degree (1991) from the University of Sheffield, UK.

Dr. Alexander Duke received his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Sheffield, U.K., in 2011 and 2015, respectively. Since 2016, he has been with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Ltd., where he is currently an advanced engineer specializing in the electromagnetic design of permanent magnet wind power generators.

Dr. Richard Clark is an Electromagnetic Specialist at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Limited, UK. He obtained his B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Electromechanical Systems in 1995, both from the University of Sheffield, UK. In 2000, he was awarded a 5-year UK Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, following which he became a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. From 2007 to 2017, he worked at Magnomatics Limited, a university spin-out company developing novel electrical motors and generators and magnetic transmissions. Since 2017, he has been an Electromagnetic Specialist at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Limited, contributing to the design and analysis of direct-drive offshore wind turbines. His specialties include electromagnetic design, electromechanical simulation, finite element analysis, intellectual property management, R&D management, securing grant funding, technical marketing, linear actuators, magnetic gears, magnetically geared electrical machines, and magnetic materials.