Shuangxia Niu received her BSc degree in 2002 and her MSc degree in 2005, both in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University, China, and received her PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in 2009. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Her research interests include electrical machines and renewable energy conversion.