Special Session - 3 

Safety, Health, Protective Clothing, and Methodological Innovation for Human-Centered Textile Safety Systems

We invite original submissions to this Special Session at The 19th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium (TBIS 2026). This interdisciplinary session welcomes research that advances safety- and health-oriented textile and apparel systems through protective clothing and PPE, medical and health-related textiles, ergonomics and human factors, materials innovation, functional apparel design, rigorous testing, standards, validation, and digital methods for performance evaluation. Aligned with the TBIS 2026 theme of human-centered fashion and design innovation, the session aims to bring together researchers from textiles, apparel, engineering, health, and related disciplines to develop evidence-based, high-performance, and inclusive solutions for protective and health-related applications.

Topics

• • Protective clothing and PPE design, development, and performance optimization
  • Thermal protection, moisture management, thermophysiological response, and wearer comfort
  • Occupational safety, hazard mitigation, and risk-informed apparel and textile system design
  • Medical, rehabilitation, and health-oriented textiles for protective and functional applications
  • Ergonomic fit, mobility, usability, dexterity, and wearer acceptance in protective garments
  • Advanced materials and fabric systems for barrier protection, durability, and functional performance
  • Standards, certification, benchmarking, and compliance testing for protective clothing and related textiles
  • Experimental design, research methodology, validation protocols, and methodological rigor in textile and apparel studies
  • Laboratory testing, field trials, and user-centered assessment of protective and health-related apparel systems
  • Wearable sensing, smart protective textiles, and textile-integrated monitoring for safety and health applications
  • Simulation, digital twins, and computational approaches for evaluating protection, comfort, and performance
  • Sustainability, maintenance, durability, and lifecycle assessment of protective clothing and functional textile products
  • Inclusive, adaptive, and human-centered protective systems for diverse users, occupations, and environments

     Session Chair：      Prof. Guowen Song /  lowa State University, USA