Xiaoming Tao is Head and Chair Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Xiaoming Tao is Chair Professor and Head of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing. Graduating with a Beng in Textile Engineering and a first-class prize for undergraduate students from the East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology in 1982, She gained her PhD in Textile Physics from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1987. Prof. Tao is an elected fellow of the Textile Institute International and the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel. She is a member of various professional societies including the Optical Society of America, the American Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Chinese Society of Textile Engineers as well as the Hong Kong Society of Materials Research and the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

• Smart technology for textiles and clothing; Electrically active polymer materials; Application of nonionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; Heat storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing; Thermally sensitive materials; Crosslinked polyol fibrous substrates as multifunctional and multi-use intelligent materials; Stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels composed of poly (vinyl alcohol) and poly (acrylic acid); Permeation control through structures stimuli-responsive polymer membrane prepared by plasma and radiation grafting techniques; Mechanical properties of fibre Bragg gratings; Optical responses of FBG sensors under deformations; Smart textile composites integrated with fibre optic sensors; Hollow fibre membranes for gas separation; Embroidery and smart textiles; Adaptive and responsive textiles (ARTS); Wearable technology for snow clothing; Bio-processing for smart textiles and clothing; Tailor-made intelligent polymers for biomedical applications; Textile scaffolds in tissue engineering.

Xiaoming Tao is Head and Chair Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Xiaoming Tao is Chair Professor and Head of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing. Graduating with a Beng in Textile Engineering and a first-class prize for undergraduate students from the East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology in 1982, She gained her PhD in Textile Physics from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1987. Prof. Tao is an elected fellow of the Textile Institute International and the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel. She is a member of various professional societies including the Optical Society of America, the American Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Chinese Society of Textile Engineers as well as the Hong Kong Society of Materials Research and the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

• Smart technology for textiles and clothing; Electrically active polymer materials; Application of nonionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; Heat storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing; Thermally sensitive materials; Crosslinked polyol fibrous substrates as multifunctional and multi-use intelligent materials; Stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels composed of poly (vinyl alcohol) and poly (acrylic acid); Permeation control through structures stimuli-responsive polymer membrane prepared by plasma and radiation grafting techniques; Mechanical properties of fibre Bragg gratings; Optical responses of FBG sensors under deformations; Smart textile composites integrated with fibre optic sensors; Hollow fibre membranes for gas separation; Embroidery and smart textiles; Adaptive and responsive textiles (ARTS); Wearable technology for snow clothing; Bio-processing for smart textiles and clothing; Tailor-made intelligent polymers for biomedical applications; Textile scaffolds in tissue engineering.