Hasa Riaz received a B.S. degree in textile yarn manufacturing engineering and an M.S. degree in advanced textile materials from the National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in textile materials engineering with the College of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. From 2009 to 2011, he worked as an assistant spinning manager in Mima cotton mills, Lahore, Pakistan, and from 2012 to 2013 as a deputy spinning manager in Nishat spinning mills. He has done research about Polylactic acid/Lyocell fiber as an eco-friendly alternative to Polyethylene terephthalate/Cotton fiber blended yarns and knitted fabrics during his master thesis. In his Ph.D., his research is about the validation of a device for the electrostatic characterization of textile, triboelectric-based smart sensors, and energy harvesting using digital embroidery and 3D printing on textile substrate.