Queen Mary University of London - Equipment Account
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Queen Mary University of London
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Abstract
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Publications
Da Conceicao Andrade A
(2016)
Reconfigurable textile-based ultra-wideband antenna for wearable applications
Ibanez Labiano I
(2021)
Screen Printing Carbon Nanotubes Textiles Antennas for Smart Wearables.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Ibanez-Labiano I
(2020)
Graphene-based soft wearable antennas
in Applied Materials Today
Jilani S
(2019)
Millimeter-Wave Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Conformal Antenna Array for 5G Applications
in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Jilani S
(2019)
A 60-GHz Ultra-Thin and Flexible Metasurface for Frequency-Selective Wireless Applications
in Applied Sciences
Liang A
(2019)
Analysis of Sensitivity, Linearity, Hysteresis, Responsiveness, and Fatigue of Textile Knit Stretch Sensors.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
| Title | Hacking the Body 2.0: Flutter/Stutter |
| Description | Flutter/Stutter is an improvisational dance piece, part of the Hacking the Body 2.0 project, that uses networked soft circuit sensors to trigger sound and haptic actuators in the form of a small motor that tickles the performers. Dancers embody the flutter of the motor and respond with their own movement that reflects this feeling. This research explores using the concept of hacking data to repurpose and re-imagine biofeedback from the body. It investigates understandings of states of the body and hacking them to make new artworks such as performance and costumes. Through performance we aim to communicate to the public new ways to engage with their bodies and technology with intimacy and sensation embedded in wearables. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Publication in proceedings of International Conference on Live Interfaces |
| URL | http://users.sussex.ac.uk/~thm21/ICLI_proceedings/2016/Papers/Long_Papers/83_Hackbodypaper.pdf |
| Description | The fund was used to set up the new Materials Processing Lab, to be used by MSc and PhD students of the Media and Arts Technology Programme, PhD students and academics based in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, as well as for interdepartmental research including the School of Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Drama. After the official opening in February 2015, it has since been used for project and prototype development that require flexible, soft or textile materials for electronic circuits. Intended application areas are wearable computing, electronic textiles, textile and 3D printed antennas. |
| Exploitation Route | The work done with the equipment feeds directly into a wide range of projects with internal and external partners. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk/research/index.html |
| Description | The money was used to set up: 1). the Materials Processing Lab. The lab is used for project and prototype development that require flexible, soft or textile materials for electronic circuits. Intended application areas are wearable computing, electronic textiles, textile and 3D printed antennas. There's a list of the equipment bought at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15hZ3_oeYM1IahoXg7SeEHEtFN51kv79Jb6YPtGyI6PQ/edit?usp=sharing 2) The Media and Arts Technology AV editing suite and servers. This is used for teaching three specialist courses: Contemporary Studio Production Techniques, Interactive Digital Multimedia Technologies and Digital Arts Documentary. Follow-up awards which have or will make use of the new facilities: AMMETEX Innovate UK project £150k and the TSB reference: TS/N007794/1. Using the ink-jet printer for advanced flexible metasurafces. Innovate UK funded 1st March to 30th November 2016 in collaboration with Intiensiq Materials Ltd., UK. Creativeworks London Creative Entrepreneur in Residence Scheme. Becky Stewart (Anti-Alias Labs Ltd) "Integrated Buttons". Academic partner: Andrew McPherson, QMUL http://www.creativeworkslondon.org.uk/entrepreneur_scheme/becky-stewart-and-queen-mary-university-of-london/ Dr Andrew McPherson, EPSRC ICT Fellowship EP/N005112/1 "Design for Virtuosity: Modelling and Supporting Expertise in Digital Musical Interaction". |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Retail |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | Innovate UK |
| Amount | £117,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Intrinsiq Materials Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | 3D printing lens holders for 60 GHz ceramic lenses |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We used the 3D printer to create two lens holders for 60 GHz ceramic lenses. This was under the QUEST programme grant (EPSRC grant number EP/I034548/1) for work in partnership with Qinetiq (who made the lenses) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Qinetiq made the lenses. |
| Impact | We aim to publish at least two papers; one is nearly complete and aimed at a special issue for the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. We used a lens (including lens holder) for a demonstration at the final QUEST project review day here at QMUL, with representatives from DSTL, QInteiq, BAE Systems, Satellite Applications Catapult, Cobham and EPSRC. This was in November 2016. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Inkjet printing using copper nano-particle inks |
| Organisation | Intrinsiq Materials Ltd |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We applied inkjet printing using copper nano-particle inks for printing complex electromagnetic structures and flexible radio front-ends. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner provided us with copper nano ink for printing and also provided consultation on how the printing process can be optimised to achieve efficient printing through engineer consultation visit from Intrinsiq. Therefore, provided materials in forms of copper ink and also consultation and training. |
| Impact | This collaboration has led to a number of publications: 1- SF Jilani, A Alomainy, "Millimetre-wave T-shaped antenna with defected ground structures for 5G wireless networks", 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), November 2016. 2- SF Jilani, B Greinke, Y Hao, A Alomainy, "Flexible millimetre-wave frequency reconfigurable antenna for wearable applications in 5G networks", 2016 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS), Finland, August 2016. 3- A da Conceição Andrade, IP Fonseca, SF Jilani, A Alomainy, "Reconfigurable textile-based ultra-wideband antenna for wearable applications", 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), April 2016, Davos, Switzerland. 4- SF Jilani, A Alomainy, "Planar millimeter-wave antenna on low-cost flexible PET substrate for 5G applications", 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), April 2016, Davos, Switzerland. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Aural Fabric: Greenwich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Aural Fabric: Greenwich consists in an interactive textile map allowing the recordings from a soundwalk in Greenwich to be streamed and mixed upon the touch of the conductive areas on the top. The surface of the map represents the area between the Thames River and the Old Royal Naval College, up to Greenwich Market, embroidered in conductive and coloured thread on cotton. Originally created for Sonic Environments conference, Brisbane, 2016, the work has been also exhibited at INTER/SECTIONS 2016 and is currently being evaluated as a research tool to engage the general audience and designers of spaces in reflecting on our presence and interaction with the sonic environments surrounding us. Born as the first of a series of sonic tactile maps, to be created in collaboration with residents and researchers, this work aims at moving interest towards the different meaning we attribute through sound to buildings, open spaces, and those places that we can consider of public social utility. Exhibited at Sonic Environments, 2016, Brisbane, co-location with NIME2016: http://www.sonicenvironments.org/program.html http://schd.ws/hosted_files/nime2016/83/Sonic%20Environments%20Installations%20V1.pdf Exhibition at Inter/Sections 2016 https://2016.intersections.io/portfolio/aural-fabric Recordings: https://soundcloud.com/auralchar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| Description | The Wearable Technology Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | EPSRC Off-campus Business Engagement Fund, Principle investigator - EPSRC funding through QMUL internal competition. The Wearable Technology Show, March 2015 in London, UK (£12.5k, Jan-Apr 2015) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | This is Nature Now |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Used the 3D printer to create sculptures as featured here: http://rat.systems/colony/#about (scroll down to This is Nature Now). It was shown at Somerset House, London, 10-16 Oct 2016 (audience figure: 4988). Partnership with Prof Kasper Altheofer (SEMS/EECS) and Dr Chris Faulkes (SCBS) - both QMUL. Received an Arts Council grant (£12k) to develop the work and a Public Engagement grant from QMUL (18k). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://rat.systems/colony/#about |