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Professor Yu Shi is the Chair of Textiles Innovation & Smart Composite Materials at the School of Design, University of Leeds. His research focuses on smart textiles, wearable electronics, and smart composite materials for applications in aerospace, healthcare, and renewable energy. He leads the Smart Composite Materials Research Group and has secured over £10M in grants from Innovate UK, EU Horizon, and others. Key projects include Deloneliness (smart textiles to combat loneliness in older adults), Romain (robotic inspection of wind turbine blades), and Batman (wearable devices for wildlife monitoring). He holds fellowships from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), Chartered Engineer (CEng), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Education: PhD in Composite Materials (University of Sheffield, 2010–2013), followed by postdoctoral roles at the University of Sheffield, University of Exeter, and AFRC, University of Strathclyde. Became a lecturer at the University of Chester in 2015 and promoted to Professor in 2019 before joining Leeds in 2023.
Research Interests: Smart textiles for healthcare (e.g., musculoskeletal monitoring), energy harvesting in composites, structural health monitoring, and sustainable materials. Projects integrate printed electronics and computational modelling for aerospace, automotive, and renewable energy sectors.
Grants and Projects: Current funding includes EPSRC’s £1.5M Deloneliness project, EU Horizon’s €3M Romain project, and Leverhulme Trust’s £500k Batman initiative. Past projects include Innovate UK’s SmartBlade (£500k) and REMASTER (£260k).
Awards: Best Poster Prize at Poweremes 2019 for work on smart composites. Active reviewer for composites journals and associate editor for advanced materials.
