<p>1 Introduction: Advances in 3D textiles<br>John Hearle, Emeritus Professor of Textile Technology, University of Manchester, UK </p><U> <p>Part One 3D Woven textiles<br></U>2 Solid 3D woven textiles and composites<br>A. Bogdanovich, NCSU, USA<br>3 Hollow 3D woven textiles<br>X. Chen, University of Manchester, UK<br>4 Shell 3D woven textiles<br>A. Busgen, HochschuleNiederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany<br>5 Nodal 3D woven textiles<br>L. Taylor, University of Manchester, UK</p> <U> <p>Part Two 3D knitted, braided and nonwoven textiles<br></U>6 3D knitted textiles<br>H. Hu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong<br>7 3D braided textiles<br>F. Ko, UBC, Canada<br>8 Developments in 3D nonwoven textiles<br>H. Gong, University of Manchester, UK</p> <U> <p>Part Three 3D textiles for industrial applications<br></U>9 3D fibre preforms for composite reinforcement<br>A. Islam, Bally Ribbon Mills, USA<br>10 3D textiles in the automotive industry<br>F. Boussu, University of Lille, France<br>11 3D textiles in the aerospace industry<br>A. Prichard, Prichard Consulting LLC, USA<br>12 3D fabrics as medical textiles<br>S. Eriksson and L. Sandsjo, University of Boras and MedTech West, Sweden<br>13 3D textiles for protective clothing<br>D. Sun, University of Manchester, UK<br>14 3D textiles for sports and recreational clothing<br>Y.-S. Gloy, RWTH Aachen, Germany</p>