Guo Xiao Zhou was born in 1959.He received the B.S and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering in 1982 and 1988 respectively, both from Southwest Jiaotong University. In 1982, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, as an assistant. He became an associate professor in 1996. Since July 2006, he has been a professor. He has taught courses including “Power electronics”, “Linear motor and its control”, “Modern AC drive and drive control”.He is a member of “Magnetic Suspension Technique and Maglev Train”Innovation Team of the Ministry of Education.He was conferred the Third Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award,and Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Railways.He has been engaging in the researches in the fields of power electronics & electrical drives,and maglev technology.