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Smart Fabric Sensors and Actuators

Smart Fabric and Actuators

This project seeks to integrate smart fabric sensors and actuators into comfortable garment devices providing unobtrusive prevention options for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) that are not currently possible, particularly in high-risk patients. Whereas the majority of electronic textiles in existence today make use of circuits adhesively integrated onto a host garment, knitting technology at Drexel University enables the realization of garments that have knit sensors and actuators seamlessly integrated within them. Contact us at functionalfabrics@drexel.edu for more information.

 
 
 

Collaborators

Genevieve Dion, MID
  Center for Functional Fabrics, Drexel University; Department of Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University
Pramod Abichandani, PhD Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Drexel Univeristy
Kapil Dandekar, PhD Drexel Wireless System Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Drexel University
Adam Fontecchio, PhD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Drexel University
Kelly Joyce, PhD Center for Science, Technology & Society, Drexel University; Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
Tim Kurzweg, PhD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Drexel University
William Mongan, PhD Candidate Drexel Wireless System Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Drexel University; Department of Computer Science, College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University
Owen Montgomery, MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Drexel University
Paulina Sockolow, DrPH, Ms, MBA Healthy Systems and Sciences Research, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University

FUNDING

CPS: Sensing Processing and Action of Biomedical Smart Textiles is funded by National Institute of Health, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (5U01EB023035-02; PI Dandekar)