Biography
Prof. Muhammad Dawood Husain
Prof. Muhammad Dawood Husain
Textile Engineering Department, NEDUET Karachi Pakistan, Pakistan
Biography: 
Dr. Muhammad Dawood Husain is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Textile Engineering Department, NEDUET Karachi Pakistan. He did bachelor of Textile Engineering from NEDUET in 2002. In 2007, he received Masters degree in Textile & Clothing management from Niederrhein University of Applied Science, Moenchengladbach, Germany. He did PhD in Textile Science & Technology from The University of Manchester, UK in 2012. He has over 20 publications in international journals, national and international conferences. His area of interest is Soft Robotics and Electronic/ Smart/ Conductive textiles employed for wearable health monitoring systems. He is also serving as the Associate Editor of the AATCC Journal of Research since 2016. He is part of various AATCC standards committee especially his contributions are well recognized towards the development of very first E-Textile Standard (AATCC EP13). Recently he got funding of USD 170,000 from PSF-Tubitak/ HEC Pakistan as principal investigator to carry out the two projects i.e. *Fabric based soft actuators for wearable applications* and *Development of Smart Shirt for Ambulatory Monitoring of Human Body Vital Signs*