"The Design of Mood Changing Clothing Based on Fiber Optics and Photovoltaic Technologies" is a systematic integration in the creation and exploration of the area between fashion design and information technology through the medium of interactive textiles, with important attention to functional apparel and new approach to psychological wear. A collection of high fashion clothes has been designed and made up which have a number of truly SMART characteristics, considering multifunction such as energy harvesting, light emitting, colour changing and mood regulation.

After BA degree in fashion design, I started lecturer experience in 1999 of all fashion relevant courses at Wuhan Textile University in China and devoted to the research of inheritance and development of National Costumes, whilst took the mission as volunteer lecturer of teaching and demonstrating garment technology in Ethiopia from 2002 to 2004. In particular, I took the active role as a fashion designer in many creative activities from practical garment to experimental fashion. With great passion in intelligent leading fashion associated with technological textiles, I completed PhD in 2012 and commenced my early career researcher in creation and exploration of the area between fashion design and smart technology through the medium of textiles at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. I have engaged in the projects of photovoltaic and fiber optic technologies in the world of innovative mood-changing clothing design, and wearable information system for Soldier Health Monitoring garment design.

Dr. Danying Yang focuses on multidisciplinary research in the new area that combines design with technology, developing sustainable clothing techniques and connecting fashion/apparel design with innovative/wearable technologies for advanced aesthetics and functional values. She has played the role of leadership not only in the design-led projects, but also in the innovative design of Smart Garment system, naming “WeWare-MoodWear-PsychoWear”.