News

Dr Dahua SHOU’ s Team Won TechConnect Award

Dr Dahua SHOU’s team was awarded a prestigious prize at this year’s TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo (TechConnect) in Washington DC on 18 OCTOBER, 2021. They had developed a nature-inspired ‘sweatable’ textile material capable of ultra-fast sweat dissipation. Sweatextile: A Nature-Inspired Textile of Unidirectional Water Transport and Dissipation for Moisture Management, Comfort and Protection by Dr SHOU Dahua, Professor FAN Jintu and Dr WEI Xin, Institute of Textiles and Clothing Going beyond the capabilities of existing wicking textiles, Sweatextile mimics the perspiration action of human skin, quickly directing and dissipating excessive sweat as water droplets on the outer surface, keeping the wearer dry, comfortable, and having greater energy and endurance. In addition to enjoying fast wicking and moisture dissipation, Sweatextile protects wearers from external liquids such as rain and contaminated water. This innovation can benefit a wide range of consumers including outdoor enthusiasts and highly-active professionals. Congratulations to our colleagues! For more details of the event and the awards, please refer to the official website of TechConnect at https://www.techconnectworld.com/World2021 and the list of awardees at https://www.techconnectworld.com/World2021/participate/innovation/awards.html.

Advisory Committee on Textile and Clothing Industries Visit

The 51st meeting of the Advisory Committee on Textile and Clothing Industries took place on 7 October 2021. The external members, who have a wide range of expertise, attended the meeting and offered very constructive suggestions and feedback to the department regarding its efforts for future development. After the meeting, RI-IWEAR Director Prof. Xiaoming TAO and institute members Prof. Bingang XU, Prof. Hong HU, Prof. Li LI, Prof. Kinor JIANG, Prof. John XIN, Prof. Jintu FAN, Dr. Tao HUA and Dr. Tracy MOK displayed recent research achievements to the committee members and introduced the development of intelligent wearable technologies related to the textile industry.

RI-IWEAR Director Presented to the Microelectronics Technology Forum

The Microelectronics Technology Forum, held 3–5 August 2021, was organised to gather brilliant minds from universities in the top echelon, promising tech start-ups, investors and world-leading corporations to share their views on the latest trends and opportunities in microelectronics. The three-day forum covered global microelectronics trends, business opportunities in emerging technologies and critical research infrastructure.  Prof. H.-S. Philip WONG, Stanford University, and Faculty Co-Director, Stanford System X Alliance, and the following members presented flash talks at the forum: • Prof. Martin WONG, Dean of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong • Prof. Tei-wei KUO, Dean of College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong • Prof. Xiao-ming TAO, Chair Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology • Prof. Lance LI, Chair Professor, The University of Hong Kong RI-IWEAR Director Prof. Xiaoming TAO presented on the topic of “Microelectronics and Intelligent Wearable Systems”. She displayed a video showing RI-IWEAR’s research achievements and discussed the relationship between intelligent wearable systems and microelectronics as well as intelligent wearable technology based on microelectronics.  The session also included a panel discussion related to critical research infrastructure. Prof. Xiaoming TAO participated in the discussion as a panelist and provided her opinions on this topic.

RI-IWEAR Scholars Ranked Amongst the World’s Top 2% Scientists

Eight RI-IWEAR members have been listed amongst the top 2% of scientists in a global list released by a team of experts led by Prof. John Ioannidis of Stanford University. This ranking identifies the top scholars in their speciality whose publications are most frequently cited by other authors. The publicly available database provides standardised information on citations, the h-index, the co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator. The report can be downloaded from Elsevier.   Congratulations to our colleagues on their high ranking! This recognition demonstrates RI-IWEAR’s influence in multiple disciplines and signifies our dedication to conducting world-class research in wearable technology.   RI-IWEAR's Top 2% Scientists in the Global List   Name (by alphabetical order of surname)  Subject Field  Prof. Jiannong CAO  Networking & Telecommunications  Prof. Wei CHEN  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology  Prof. Jintu FAN  Materials  Prof. Heng LI  Building & Construction  Prof. Xiaoming TAO  Materials  Prof. Wai-Yeung Raymond WONG  Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry  Prof. John H. XIN  Polymers  Prof. Feng YAN  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology