Smart Materials - Designing for Functionality

该大学有一个强大的战略重点发展跨大学之间的合作工作人员对新材料，超防水和发光性能，（在科学与技术）和工作人员对新材料的智能设计成高科技产品（艺术与设计）。智能材料和设计是一项战略建议，旨在加强科学与技术学者之间的互动，这些学者得到EPSRC资助的研究的大力支持，而艺术与设计工作人员则有重要的工业参与。其目的是创建一套联合可行性项目，将材料（超液体排斥表面，超芯吸表面，透明和柔性发光材料）的新发展纳入产品设计研究，以将这些新材料应用于技术纺织品（例如电活性/功能纱线/织物）和智能包装等领域。我们的目标是利用该项目来创建一种方法来生成跨学科的研究项目，这将是自我维持的。到目前为止，我们已经建立了一个跨大学的多学科硕士课程，涉及智能设计与艺术，设计，科学和技术的学生联合团队项目。我们还优先考虑欧洲区域发展基金的投标，以创建一个2 M计划，即未来工厂，其目的是通过环境中性技术和材料的设计，替代性的生活后用途，再利用，可回收性，可回收性和敏感处理来促进中小企业的可持续设计。这个跨学科的可行性帐户提案将加强这些发展的研究组成部分，并进一步发展智能材料设计作为一个跨大学的主题。跨学科的可行性帐户提案建立在大学科学技术学院的世界领先的专业知识基础上，涉及极端防水表面的材料和功能特性以及材料的液体渗透特性。（由EPSRC平台和其他赠款支持），以及将新型薄膜技术应用于印刷产品和安全设备以及研究新型制造技术的专业知识透明和柔性发光器件（由KTP和TSB项目支持）。这一专业知识基础与医疗纺织品、导电纺织品、纺织复合材料和时尚内衣的转化研究中的艺术与设计领先专业知识有关。艺术与设计的工作是由产品设计，工业，图形，家具和包装设计专业知识和专业知识在社会背景和消费的可持续性所产生的人/物关系的补充。在这个建议中统一的科学主题是智能材料-新材料的产生，它们的应用程序和设计的可接受性，并在工业和社会中以可持续的方式使用。对于重点，跨学科活动的初始研究主题是围绕智能包装，塑料和印刷电子，可穿戴设备和技术纺织品，以及基于事件，辩论和讨论结果的发展主题。三个主要主题是：1。了解新型智能材料的功能特性;2.评估新材料的处理方法及应用程序;及3.将新材料设计成应用，以获得更多功能并促进可持续性。这些主题的开发具有很强的相关性，并与物理科学，工程，技术纺织品和产品设计合作。该提案通过以下方法激励和实施跨学科合作：1。技术设计与讨论工作坊2. Buzz午餐3.可行性项目4.设计与认知活动

The University has a strong strategic focus on developing cross-University collaborations between staff working on new materials, super-water-repellent and luminescent properties, (in Science & Technology) and staff working on the intelligent design of new materials into high-tech products (Art & Design). Smart Materials and Design is a strategic proposal aimed at enhancing interactions between academics in Science & Technology, who are strongly supported by EPSRC funded research, and staff in Art & Design who have significant industrial involvement. Its aims are to create a suite of joint feasibility projects taking new developments in materials (super-liquid repellent surface, super-wicking surfaces, transparent and flexible light emitting materials) into product design research for applications of these new materials within areas such as technical textiles (e.g. electroactive/functional yarns/fabrics) and smart packaging. We aim to use the project to create an approach to the generation of cross-disciplinary research projects that will be self-sustaining.So far we have established a cross-University multidisciplinary Masters programme in Smart Design involving joint team projects with students drawn from Art, Design, Science and Technology. We have also prioritized our European Regional Development Fund bids to create a 2M programme, The Future Factory , whose aim is to promote sustainable design by SMEs via design in environmentally neutral technologies and materials, alternative after-life uses, re-use, recoverability, recyclability and sensitive disposal. This cross-disciplinary feasibility account proposal will strengthen the research component of these developments and further develop Smart Materials Design as a cross-University theme. The cross-disciplinary feasibility account proposal is built on the world-leading expertise within the University's School of Science & Technology into the materials and functional properties of extreme water-repellent surfaces and liquid penetration properties of materials (supported by an EPSRC Platform and other grants), and expertise in the application of novel thin film technologies to both print product and security devices and the investigation into novel techniques for fabricating transparent and flexible light emitting devices (supported by KTP and TSB projects). This base of expertise is linked to leading expertise in Art & Design in translational research for medical textiles, electro-conductive textiles, textile composites and fashion knitwear. The work in Art & Design is complemented by product design, industrial, graphic, furniture and packaging design expertise and expertise in the social context and sustainability of consumption arising from human/object relationships.The unifying scientific theme within this proposal is smart materials - the generation of new materials, their processing for applications and the design for acceptability and use within industry and society in a sustainable manner. For focus, the initial research theme of cross-disciplinary activity is around smart packaging, plastic and printed electronics, wearable devices and technical textiles, with an additional theme on development building on outcomes of events, debate and discussion. The three principal themes are:1. understanding the functional properties of new smart materials;2. assessing the methods by which new materials may be processed and incorporated into applications; and3. designing new materials into applications to gain added functionality and to promote sustainability.These themes have been developed with a strong relevance and collaborations across the physical sciences, engineering, technical textiles and product design. The proposal stimulates and implements cross-disciplinary collaboration via the following methods:1. Technology Design & Discussion Workshops2. Buzz Lunches3. Feasibility Projects4. Design & Awareness Events