Leadership · Biography
Prof. Dahua Shou
Advanced textiles. Intelligent wearables.
Human-centred innovation.
Prof. Dahua Shou is an Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Fashion and Textiles and the Lee Family Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies. He serves as Associate Director of both the PolyU-Xingguo Technology and Innovation Research Institute and the Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion.
He founded Asia’s and China’s first postgraduate programme in Intelligent Wearable Technology. Leading the iFiber research group, his work brings together advanced fibrous materials, bioinspired design, intelligent models, energy technologies and soft robotics to improve thermal comfort, moisture management and human–environment interaction.
Education & research experience
PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Postdoctoral research at The University of Sydney and Cornell University.
Research impact
Nearly 100 peer-reviewed papers, including publications in Science and Science Advances. Three US patents and more than ten Chinese patents granted in the past three years.