| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/R031738/1 |
| Title: |
E-textiles Network |
| Principal Investigator: |
Beeby, Professor SP |
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| Department: |
Sch of Electronics and Computer Sci |
| Organisation: |
University of Southampton |
| Scheme: |
Network |
| Starts: |
01 August 2018 |
Ends: |
31 July 2021 |
Value (£): |
131,136
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
| Microsystems |
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits |
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| Panel History: |
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22 Feb 2018
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Manufacturing Prioritisation Panel - Feb 2018
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The UK's textiles and clothing industry makes a significant contribution to the economy employing over 130,000 individuals and is experiencing resurgence with production rising by 2.5% over the last two years to a value of £9.1 billion. E-textiles are an emerging and enabling technology with broad potential applications in many areas such as clothing, home furnishing, workwear, sports, medical, architecture and automotive. The e-textiles market is forecast to grow from $100 million to $5 billion by 2027. E-textiles can also be used in many other emerging areas such as wearable technologies and IoT.
This proposal is to create an E-textiles Network community to bring academia, industry and end users together to identify research challenges and catalyst the collaboration to address these challenges. The e-textiles network will ensure widely dissemination and knowledge exchanges using variety of mechanisms. In particular, the annual two-day conference will bring the community together to disseminate the research findings and engage with industry and end users.
While network will be co-ordinated by the University of Southampton, the priorities and activities will be driven by a steering board with balanced representation from a range of other universities, companies, end users and policy makers. The success of the proposed network will ensure the UK keeps its leading role in the innovation and manufacturing of e-textiles.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.soton.ac.uk |