Dr Hua receives ECS Award from Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, Chairman of RGC
The Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) recently awarded the Early Career Award 2016/17 to Dr Hua Tao, Assistant Professor of ITC, in recognition of his excellent research performance.
Applications for research project grants under the Early Career Scheme (ECS) are assessed by international experts. This year, the ECS received 366 applications from all eight UGC funded universities in Hong Kong. Only 12 early-career scholars received the Early Career Awards among the 155 ECS funded projects.
His award winning project is titled 'Electro-mechanical Properties of Elastic Woven Strain Sensing Fabric Incorporated with Yarn Sensing Elements' for an amount of HK$0.81 million.
Fabric-based sensors are soft, flexible, deformable, durable and washable, so they are appropriate for various applications on the human body, such as for health care, rehabilitation purposes and sports, and occupational wear for monitoring purposes. One of the objectives of this project is to systematically perform a theoretical analysis and experimental study on the electro-mechanical properties and sensing mechanism of woven strain sensing fabrics as well as the influential factors. The project will also develop a new yarn piezoresistive strain sensor that can be incorporated into a woven structure to form elastic strain sensing fabrics. In the long term, the project will provide engineering guidance on the design and fabrication of woven sensing fabrics.
| Research Units | School of Fashion and Textiles |
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