Handbook of Stretchable and Elastomeric Textiles

Adeel Zulifqar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fabric Manufacturing of the National Textile University, Pakistan. He has approximately 11 years experience of working in textile engineering, which includes industry R&D, as well as university lecturing and academic research. His main areas of expertise are stretchable smart woven fabrics and structures. During his Ph.D. studies, he developed the first ever bi-stretch auxetic woven fabrics using conventional yarns, for which the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been granted a patent for his research. Dr. Zulifqar has published more than ten scientific papers in refereed journals and wrote five book chapters. Zubair Khaliq is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Polymer Engineering of the National Textile University, Pakistan. Before joining as a lecturer in 2009 he previously worked in industry. He completed his MS leading to Ph.D. in Organic & Nano Engineering from Hanyang University, South Korea in 2016. His research interests include the processing of polymeric materials’ nanostructure through physical and rheological studies. Muhammad Bilal Qadir is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Yarn Manufacturing of the National Textile University, Pakistan. Before joining as a lecturer in 2010 he worked in the textile industry. He completed his Ph.D. in Organic & Nano Engineering from Hanyang University, South Korea in 2016. His research interests include elastomeric yarns and fabrics, functional and smart textiles, technical textiles, processing of nano structure polymeric materials through physical and rheological studies.