Rong Yin

Bio

Dr. Yin is an assistant professor at the Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He serves as a youth editorial board member of Advanced Fiber Materials, a guest editor of Actuators and Frontiers in Chemistry, and a reviewer of more than 30 international journals. He is also a subcommittee member of the ASTM D37.07 Hemp Fiber Testing Standards, and consultant to several companies. Dr. Yin obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and his research interests include but not limited to wearable systems, flexible actuators and robots, fiber-based composites, advanced spinning technologies, modeling, characterization and prediction of textile processes, etc. Dr. Yin’s research has been funded by NSF, US Department of Defense, Hong Kong Innovation Fund, Advanced Functional Fabrics of the United States (AFFOA), North Carolina State University and related companies. The research group has published more than 40 papers in internationally renowned SCI journals.

Please visit our research group website: https://sites.textiles.ncsu.edu/yin-research-lab/

Research

• Hemp fiber characterization and processing
• Innovative and sustainable spinning technology
• Performance modeling of textile products and systems
• Smart textiles and structures
• Wearable electronics
• Soft actuators and robots

Organizations

• Advanced Fiber Materials – Youth Editorial Board Member
• Southern Textile Association – Member
• National Hemp Growers Association – Member
• ASTM D37.07 Hemp Fiber Initiative Subcommittee Member

Teaching

• TT327 – Yarn Production and Properties, Fall
• TE301- Engineering Textile Structures I: Linear Assemblies, Fall
• TT520 – Yarn Processing Dynamics, Fall
• FPS792/TTM791 – Special Topics in Fiber Science, Spring
• FPS801/TTM801 – Seminar

Additional Information

Positions of research assistant are available. Preference will be given to those who have research experience in textile technology, material science, chemistry, physics, and electronics or other related fields; and good GPA.

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Area(s) of Expertise

Fiber Science
Technical/Electronic Textiles/Wearables
Testing and Materials Evaluation
Textile Engineering
Textile Technology

Publications

• A clickable embroidered triboelectric sensor for smart fabric , Device (2024)
• Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators , SOFT ROBOTICS (2024)
• Chemical Cross-Linking Cellulose Aerogel-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Human Activities , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024)
• Industrialization of open- and closed-loop waste textile recycling towards sustainability: A review , JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2024)
• Thermal-stable and high-dielectric Ba(Cu W )O -based ceramic Powder/PMDS films for triboelectric nanogenerator , Ceramics International (2024)
• A Modified Hand-Held Force Meter to Measure Yarn Tension in the Ring Spinning Process , FIBERS AND POLYMERS (2023)
• A critical review of characterization and measurement of textile-grade hemp fiber , CELLULOSE (2023)
• An airflow-driven system for scalable production of nano-microfiber wrapped triboelectric yarns for wearable applications , CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2023)
• Bio-Mimic, Fast-Moving, and Flippable Soft Piezoelectric Robots , ADVANCED SCIENCE (2023)
• Electromechanical Characterization of Commercial Conductive Yarns for E-Textiles , Textiles (2023)

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