About
Kai Yang is a Professor of E-textiles in Healthcare at the Winchester School of Art (WSA), 黑料社. She is the Head of Research in the Department of Fashion and Textiles.
Her research interests are in e-textile materials and manufacturing, wearable healthcare/medical devices (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management, health monitoring), and sustainable textiles/e-textiles. She has been PI on 拢3.6 million e-textile healthcare projects funded by UKRI (MRC, EPSRC, AHRC, Innovate UK) and NIHR. She has published over 80 publications. She is the Lead of the WSA E-textile Innovation Lab, Co-chair of the , and the Founder/Co-founder of Etexsense Ltd and Smart Fabric Inks Ltd.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
- Wearable medical devices (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management)
- Digital healthcare
- Sustainable textiles
Current research
Prof Yang鈥檚 research interests are in electronic textiles (e.g. materials, manufacturing, sustainability), wearable medical product development, and digital healthcare. She is the PI of the MRC DPFS grant to develop 鈥淲earable Textile with Integrated Electrotherapy and Sensing for Joint Pain Management鈥 (, 拢1.4M, 2022 - 2025). This project is built on her EPSRC Fellowship on 鈥淎dvanced E-textiles for Wearable Therapeutics鈥 (, 拢487k) and EPSRC IAA project on 鈥淚ndustrial design and manufacturing of electrotherapy knee sleeve for joint pain relief鈥 (拢45k). She was previously a PI on the MRC DPFS SMARTmove project on 鈥淟ow-cost personalised instrumented clothing with integrated FES electrodes for upper limb rehabilitation鈥 (, 拢902k). She was awarded an MRC equipment grant to purchase a Shima Seiki WholeGarment Knitting Machine under the project title of 鈥淲hole garment knitting equipment for e-textile wearable healthcare applications鈥 (, 拢151k).
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
E-textiles
Group Design Projects
Responsible textile for healthcare
Biography
She received her BSc in Material Engineering from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China, in 2004; and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Leeds in 2009. She joined the Electronics and Computer Sciences (ECS), 黑料社, as a Research Fellow in 2009, promoted to a Senior Research Fellow in 2015 and Principal Research Fellowship in 2018. She joined the Winchester School of Art (WSA), 黑料社, in 2020 as an Associate Professor and promoted to a Professor in 2023.