Research Seminar of Prof.Hu Jinlianfromthe Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity

Lecture Time: 10:00 on 9th November, 2018

Lecture Room: C501 of Science and Innovation Building

Lecture Title: Spider silk materials

Hu Jinlian

the Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity

Abstract

Professor Jinlian Hu is one of the most active and productive scientists in the field of smart textiles and textile materials. Professor HU founded the Shape Memory Textiles Centre in 2003, which has been a driving force in the successful establishment of an extensive collaboration and partnership of academic organizations and industrial enterprises worldwide. Over the years, ProfHu has achieved international reputation for her insight in conventional and emerging research areas, particularly shape memory textiles and is a frequently and widely invited plenary or keynote speaker at international conferences.

ProfJL Hu, as the 1stperson outside USA in Asia, received the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Fiber Science from the US-based Fiber Society in 2001. She isalso the 1st Hong Kong scholarobtained the prestigious First-Class Sang Ma Prize in Textile Science and Technology in 2006. In 2011, she got the Textile Academic Leader award from China Textile Engineering Society and became a 1000-Person expertby the Central Chinese Government. Prof Hu is a Fellow of the Textile Institute in UK, the Hong Kong institution of Textile and Apparel as well as the Royal Society of Chemistry.