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Project |01: Energy Harvesting Materials for Smart Fabrics and Interactive Textiles

EPSRC funded Fellowship to investigate the integration of energy harvesting capability in textiles using printed active materials. The project is investigating harvesting kinetic and thermal energy.

Project |02: MICROFLEX

EC FP7 Larges Scale IP investigating the fabrication of microsystems onto the surface of textiles using printing processes. Many novel functional inks for screen and inkjet printing have been developed together with a process for fabricating freestanding structures on the textile. For full details please use the following link:

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Project |03: Next Generation Energy-Harvesting Electronics: An Holistic Approach

This EPSRC project is a collaboration between Southampton, Bristol, Imperial and Newcastle and involves the development of flexible mechanical energy harvesting systems, low power electronics and design tools. Use the following link!

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I have recently awarded a prestigious EPSRC Leadership Fellowship on the subject of Energy Harvesting Materials for Smart Fabrics and Interactive Textiles. This project brings together the two main aspects of my current research activities: energy harvesting and printed low temperature active materials for flexible and textile substrates.

With regard to the fabrics related research, I am also the project co-ordinator of a Large Scale Integrated Project MICROFLEX (Micro fabrication production technology for MEMS on new emerging smart textiles/flexibles) with a €7.7 million total budget with €1.2 million for Southampton. I am supervising 7 PhD students on smart fabrics related research and together with funded research projects we have built up a comprehensive research program into the integration of electronic and sensing functionality within a range of standard fabrics.

I have built up a strong international reputation in the field of energy harvesting and am at the forefront of Southampton’s activities in this area. I am currently PI and manager of an EPSRC funded Network on Energy Harvesting and co-investigator on two EU Framework 7 projects TRIADE and TIBUCON. I am also a co-investigator on the EPSRC funded project ‘Next Generation Energy-Harvesting Electronics - Holistic Approach’. These research activities combine state of the art development of flexible energy harvesting systems with practical applications in aeronautics and building management. The energy harvesting network provides an important focus for the community with the objective of raising the profile of research in this area and identifying future opportunities.

The Fellowship in particular is concerned with the development of novel energy harvesting materials that can be integrated onto fabrics using standard printing processes. This project combines my expertise in both areas with the objective of fully integrating an energy harvesting capability within the fabric which will power electronics from movement and/or thermal gradients.

To date I have published 78 refereed journal papers and letters, 81 refereed conference papers, 4 review papers, 3 books, 6 chapters within books, 9 patents plus numerous other general publications and colloquia presentations. My publications have an average of 15.5 citations per item with an h-index of 19 (source: ISI Web of Knowledge).

Selected ongoing projects are described below. Please also visit the Energy Harvesting Network site!