RI-IWEAR People

Dr Dahua Shou is Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies (利民先進紡織科技青年學者席) in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), and an Associate Professor at the School of Fashion and Textiles (SFT). He serves as the Program Leader of MSc in Intelligent Wearable Technology (亞洲及中國首個“可穿戴科技”研究生學位) and Head of Future Intelligent Wear Centre, SZRI.

Dr. Shou has received The Fiber Society’s 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award, an annual honor given to an individual researcher worldwide. He ranks among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in 2022 and 2023. Dr. Shou has also won the Gold Medal at the Geneva Invention Exhibition in Switzerland and the TechConnect Global Innovation Award twice in the United States.

He serves as an Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member for seven SCI journals (Q1/Q2) and is the Deputy Director of the Expert Committee at the National Textile and Apparel Comfort Technology R&D Center, China Textile Engineering Society. Dr. Shou will chair The Fiber Society Spring 2025 Conference in Hong Kong, themed “Future Fibers for Wellbeing, Intelligence, and Sustainability”.

Dr Shou's research focuses on Advanced Textiles, Intelligent Wearables, and Thermal and Moisture Management, and leading his group, iFiber: Interface, Fibers, Intelligence, Bioinspiration, Energy, and Robotics, to increase understanding and optimize performance of body-environment and/or human-machine interface for Human Argumentation, based on advanced and sustainable fibrous materials, intelligent models and algorithms, bioinspired design, energy harvesting and conversion, and soft robotics. Nearly 100 peer-review papers have been published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, PNAS, Advanced Energy Materials, and Advanced Functional Materials. In the past three years, he has been granted 3 US patents and over ten Chinese patents. He has led over 20 research grants (as PI) from GRF/ECS, ITF, GTF, ECF, Industry, and PolyU.

Dr. Shou earned his PhD from PolyU and then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow consecutively at The University of Sydney and Cornell University. He is also a member of Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion (RCTFF), Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR), Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports), and Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE).

The applicants for PhD, Postdoc and RA positions are welcomed to send the CV to dahua.shou@polyu.edu.hk.

壽大華博士是香港理工大學（理大）利民先进纺织科技青年學者，時裝及紡織學院副教授，未來智慧穿戴中心（深圳）主任。他也是智能可穿戴科技理學碩士課程的創始主任。壽博士於理大獲得博士學位，並在悉尼大學和康奈爾大學完成博士後研究。他的研究領域包括個人熱濕管理、智能可穿戴技術及軟體機器人。

壽博士於2023年獲得美國纖維學會傑出成就獎（全球每年僅一位獲獎者），並在2022和2023年名列全球前2％科學家榜單。他還在瑞士日內瓦發明展獲得金獎，並在美國兩次獲得TechConnect全球創新獎。

壽博士受邀擔任七個SCI期刊（Q1/Q2）的副編輯和編委會成員，並擔任中國紡織工程學會國家紡織服飾舒適技術研發中心專家委員會副主任。他已在《科學進展》，《美國國家科學院院刊》，《先進能源材料》和《先進功能材料》等頂尖期刊上發表了近100篇研究論文，近三年獲得三項美國專利和十多項中國專利。

未來，壽博士將在香港主辦2025年美國纖維學會春季會議，會議主題為“未來纖維：健康、智能以及可持續發展”。

• Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University