Bio

Dr. Yin is an associate 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 40 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 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, USDA, US Navy, DARPA, AFFOA, and industry companies. The research group has published more than 50 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
• FPS 720/TTM 720 – Textiles Technology – Fibers and Yarns, Spring
• 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 fiber-reinforced bioresponsive hierarchical tampon-inspired dressing orchestrates synergistic hemostasis and controlled antioxidant delivery for female reproductive tract repair , International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2026)
• Conductive Yarn Properties and Predicting Machine Sewability , Eng—Advances in Engineering (2026)
• Correction: Machine learning-inspired image processing for accurate length characterization of complexly crossed hemp fibers , Cellulose (2026)
• Decoding the Hydro‐Mechanical Mechanism of a Shape Memory Microneedle Scaffold for Adaptive Vaginal Wound Repair , Advanced Functional Materials (2026)
• Fiber-Length Redistribution Simulation for Cut Long-Staple Fiber Slivers , Fibers and Polymers (2026)
• Machine learning-inspired image processing for accurate length characterization of complexly crossed hemp fibers , Cellulose (2026)
• Multiscale mechanisms of water-induced hemp fiber reinforcement , Journal of Materials Science (2026)
• Theoretical Analysis of Fiber Tension Distribution within the Spinning Triangle of Three-Strand Spinning , Fibers and Polymers (2026)
• Ultra-strong Ionic Hydrogels for Machine Learning Enabled Human Machine Interfaces , Advanced Fiber Materials (2026)
• A Brief Review of Mechanical Recycling of Textile Waste , Textiles (2025)

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