MRES.B.02.02 Multifunctional materials and Wearable Devices (MRES.B.02.02)

Savvas VASSILIADIS, Sotiria GALATA

Description

This course module focuses on a multidisciplinary field of the electronic devices and the clothing items used for the operation of the sensors, the actuators and the communication devices for the acquisition of biological signals, process and transmission of the respective information, the operation of actuators etc. The textile based electrical energy harvesting is also an important function of the wearable systems.

Among the multifunctional materials, the most interesting ones are those which can be found or transformed in fibrous form, permitting their integration in the textile materials of the clothing items. Consequently, the course module covers both fields and enables the analysis and the design of wearable electronic systems based on textile substrates on the human body.

Upon successful completion of this course module, students are expected to be able to:

(1)          Understand the basic principles of a Wearable System.

(2)          To be familiarized with the textile and clothing technology.

(3)          Understand the properties of multifunctional materials.

(4)          Select and design a textile-based sensing system.

(5)          Consider the energy issues of the wearable systems

(6)          To use communication tools for the handling of the data

Prerequisites/Prior Knowledge
  • A course in Analog and Digital Electronics
  • A course in Materials
Assessment Methods

Student evaluation comes from

  • Mini group project x 30%
  • Final written exam x 70%
Bibliography
Additional info

INDICATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLES

  • Suranga Seneviratne, Yining Hu, Tham Nguyen, Guohao Lan, Sara Khalifa, Kanchana Thilakarathna, Mahbub Hassan, and Aruna Seneviratne, ‘A Survey of Wearable Devices and Challenges’, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 19, 4 Fourth Quarter (2017)
  • Konstantinos Salonitis, John Pandremenos, John Paralikas and George Chryssolouris, ‘Multifunctional materials: engineering applications and processing challenges’, Int J Adv Manuf Technol 49, pp 803–826 (2010)
  • Rebecca R. Ruckdashel, Ninad Khadse and Jay Hoon Park, ‘Smart E-Textiles: Overview of Components and Outlook’, Sensors 22, 6055 (2022)
  • Jae Sang Heo, Jimi Eom, Yong-Hoon Kim, and Sung Kyu Park, ‘Recent Progress of Textile-Based Wearable Electronics: A Comprehensive Review of Materials, Devices, and Applications’, Small, 14, 1703034 (2018)
  • Kang Du, Rongzhou Lin, Lu Yin, John S. Ho, Joseph Wang, and Chwee Teck Lim, ‘Electronic textiles for energy, sensing, and communication’, iScience 25, 104174 (2022)
  • Ruiyang Yin, Depeng Wang, Shufang Zhao, Zheng Lou, and Guozhen Shen, ‘Wearable Sensors-Enabled Human–Machine Interaction Systems: From Design to Application’, Adv. Mater., 31, 2008936 (2021)
  • Repoulias, A., Vassiliadis, S., Galata, S.F., “Triboelectricity and textile structures”, Journal of the Textile Institute, 2021, 112(10), pp. 1580–1587

 

TOOLS

Audiovisual equipment, internet learning platform

 

Units

Students can find sample evaluation material for this course module under the "DOCUMENTS" in the left frame menu

The principles of wearable technology will be introduced in this Unit.  The following subjects will be analyzed:

1.1 Wearable devices

1.2 Wearable signal interfaces

1.3 Interaction of wearables

Principles of clothing technology will be studied in this Unit. The following subjects will be investigated:

2.1 Textile materials

2.2 Textile fabrics

2.3 Clothing design and structure

The properties of multifunctional materials will be presented in this Unit. The following subunits will be described:

3.1 Conductive fibres

3.2 Piezoelectric fibres and triboelectric textiles

3.3 Heat – Light – Colour etc

This Unit introduces the concepts of sensors and textile-based components. In addition, the following areas will be described:

4.1 Yarns and fabrics with sensorial properties

4.2 R, C, L textile-based components

4.3 Power and transmission components

4.4. Textile antennas

The concepts of connectivity of distributed units will be described in this Unit. The following areas will be taught such as:

5.1 Hardware connections

5.2 Flexible structures

5.3 Wireless interconnections

This Unit will focus on the cosepts of communications of wearable systems. It consists of the following subunits:

6.1 Communication protocols

6.2 Data transmission

6.3 Internet applications

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