Invited Speaker

Biography: Hu Jiyong, professor and Ph.D supervisor, received his Ph.D. in textile engineering from Donghua University in 2008. Prior to joining the Donghua University faculty in 2011, he was postdoctoral researcher in the Hong Kong polytechnic university. He has been engaged in the applied basic research in the field of textile engineering, especially in the biomechanical and biosensory engineering of textile/clothing, flexible fiber/textile-based electronics and technical fabric weaving. His researches are financially funded by the national key research and development project, the NSFC, Shanghai NSFC, China post-doctoral science foundation, EU Asia-link project, Innovation Fund of Hong Kong and enterprise joint projects. He has won the first prize of the science and technology progress award of the textile industry federation, the second prize of the textile teaching reform achievement award, and has been selected into Jiangsu "entrepreneurship and innovation doctor talent" in 2015, Zhenjiang "Jinshan Talent" in 2017 and other local leading talents. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, authorized more than 20 national invention patents, and published a monograph supported by the national publishing foundation and two textbooks for textile and clothing higher education planning.