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Prof. Dr. Ken Loh is the TaylorMade Golf Chancellor’s Endowed Professor in Structural Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at UC San Diego. He is the Director of the Active, Responsive, Multifunctional, and Ordered-materials Research (ARMOR) Lab, as well as the Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER). He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Wearable Sensors. Dr. Loh received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2004. His graduate studies were at the University of Michigan, where he completed two M.S. degrees in Structural Engineering (2005) and Materials Science & Engineering (2008), as well as a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 2008. He started his career in academia in December 2008 as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at UC Davis, before joining UC San Diego in January 2016. His research interests are in nanocomposites, wearable sensors, metamaterials, and sensors/actuators for solving problems in human performance, structural sustainment, and human–structure interactions. Dr. Loh is also an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a co-founder of a start-up, JAK Labs, Inc.

Bio
Prof. Dr. Ken Loh is the TaylorMade Golf Chancellor’s Endowed Professor in Structural Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at UC San Diego. He is the Director of the Active, Responsive, Multifunctional, and Ordered-materials Research (ARMOR) Lab, as well as the Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER). He is also an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Wearable Sensors. Dr. Loh received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2004. His graduate studies were at the University of Michigan, where he completed two M.S. degrees in Structural Engineering (2005) and Materials Science & Engineering (2008), as well as a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 2008. He started his career in academia in December 2008 as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at UC Davis, before joining UC San Diego in January 2016. His research interests are in nanocomposites, wearable sensors, metamaterials, and sensors/actuators for solving problems in human performance, structural sustainment, and human–structure interactions. Dr. Loh is also an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a co-founder of a start-up, JAK Labs, Inc.

Research Keywords
Materials science; Engineering; Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks; Thin Films; Structural Health Monitoring; Smart Structures; Multifunctional Materials; Active Sensing

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Dr. Hughes-Riley is an Associate Professor in Electronic Textiles in the Nottingham School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University (UK): His research focusses on the design and development of novel electronic textile (E-textile) devices. Dr. Hughes-Riley’s career has primarily concentrated on technology development with a strong multidisciplinary focus, exploiting his background in physics and experience with electrical engineering to address challenges in other fields. Dr. Hughes-Riley has an international reputation in the area of E-textiles as demonstrated by invitations to speak at various relevant international conferences. As an investigator he has secured more than £2M in external research funding from funding agencies and industry. Dr. Hughes-Riley has authored over 40 publications in top peer-reviewed journal articles including Sensors, Fibers, and Textiles.

Research Keywords
E-Textiles; Electronic Textiles; Sensors; Wearable Sensing; Activity Recognition

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Andrea Ria (Senior Member IEEE) received a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and PhD in electronics engineering from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 2014, 2016, and 2021, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Pisa. In 2019, he won the "Distinguished Service Award'' during the RFID-TA conference. In 2018, he received second prize in the "Huawei Italy University Challenge''. In 2024, he received the "Best Paper Award'' during the 9th Splitech Conference and during the IEEE GreenCom Conference. He is Vice Chair of IEEE Student Branch of the University of Pisa. His research activity is focused on low-voltage and low-power mixed-signal integrated sensor systems and interfaces.

Research Keywords
CMOS Integrated Circuits; Low-Power Electronics; Sensors; Mixed Signal, Sensor Interfaces; IoT