**About the Editors**

#### **Steve Beeby**

Prof Steve Beeby holds the prestigious position of the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies on the topic of E-Textile Engineering. His research interests involve the application of flexible electronics, smart printable materials and energy harvesting technologies to electronic textiles (e-textiles). He founded the E-Textiles Network and has over 300 publications and an h-Index of 50 with more than 15,000 citations. He is a co-founder of Perpetuum Ltd, a University spin-out based upon vibration energy harvesting formed in 2004.

#### **Kai Yang**

Dr Kai Yang is an Associate Professor in Textile Design and Innovation. She is the Head of Research in Fashion and Textiles. Her research interests are electronic textiles, wearable healthcare, and sustainable textiles. She has been awarded an EPSRC Fellowship and two MRC DPFS grants. She is the co-founder of Smart Fabric Inks, founder of Etexsense, and co-chair of the E-textiles Network.

#### **Russel Torah**

Dr Russel Torah graduated with a BEng (hons) in Electronic Engineering and an MSc in Instrumentation and Transducers, both from the University of Southampton. In 2004, Russel obtained a PhD in Electronics from the University of Southampton. Since 2005 he has been a full-time researcher at the University of Southampton where he is currently an Associate Professor. In 2011, Dr Torah co-founded Smart Fabric Inks Ltd, specialising in printed smart fabrics. His research interests are currently focused on smart fabric development but he also has extensive knowledge of energy harvesting, sensors, and transducers. Dr Torah has 145 publications, an h-index of 28 and 2 patents.

#### **Theodore Hughes-Riley**

Dr Theodore Hughes-Riley is an Associate Professor in Electronic Textiles, where he acts as a research lead for a number of projects within the Advanced Textiles Research Group (ATRG). His current work focusses on the development of electronically active textile (E-textile) devices. Dr Hughes-Riley has a growing international reputation in the area of E-textiles and has authored over 60 publications, including over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, primarily in the fields of E-textiles and sensors.
