Prof. Steve Beeby holds a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies on e-textile engineering. He received his BEng Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Portsmouth in 1992. And he completed his PhD studies in MEMS Resonant Sensors at the University of Southampton, in 1996. He currently works as a Professor at the University of Southampton since 2011. His research interests include the application of flexible electronics, smart printable materials, and energy-harvesting technologies to electronic textiles (e-textiles). He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET and IoP.