Dr. Rong Yin is an assistant professor at the Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He is also a subcommittee member of the ASTM D37.07 Hemp Fiber Testing Standards and a consultant to several companies. Dr. Yin obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and his research interests include but are 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, the US Department of Defense, the Hong Kong Innovation Fund, Advanced Functional Fabrics of the United States (AFFOA), North Carolina State University, and related companies.