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The School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University has an ambitious development strategy which allows us to offer an exciting opportunity for a PhD Studentship. The studentships will pay UK / EU fees and provide a maintenance stipend linked to the RCUK rate (£13,590 per annum for 2011/12) for up to three years.

Everyday clothing consists of textile fibres which are woven and knitted to produce a fabric for both structural and aesthetic purposes.  Integration of information technology into fabric material can provide added functionality.  The long-term vision of the Centre for Research in Advanced Textiles (CReATe) is to enable the introduction of functional textiles and garments that can be cleaned and used without special treatments. 

The focus of the research is to integrate this new dimension of functionality into fibres/yarns, thus turning everyday objects into intelligent artefacts.  The aim of the proposed research program is to embed strain sensitive semiconductor chips within the fibres of a yarn in order to create smart yarns.  This would enable the measurement of the stress/strain in the yarn continuously.  A key objective of the project is to create mathematical models which would enhance the understanding of the stress-stain distribution in the fibres of a yarn subjected to mechanical loads. 

For informal discussions please contact Professor Tilak Dias: 

Email: [email protected]   

For further information and an application pack please contact:

Tel: +44 (0)115 848 2301

Email: [email protected]

The closing date for applications is midnight Friday 15 April 2011.