The global e-textiles market is projected to roughly double in ten years' time. The defence, sports, and healthcare sectors dominate the market. With its cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach, FTILab+ succeeds in developing promising prototypes and offering innovative solutions to current connectivity and sustainability challenges
Our current projects.
SmartWear ('23-'26)
With SmartWear, we are bringing the technology developed in the SmartSeam project closer to the user and aiming to optimize its design.
MAGNETEX ('24-'26)
Within the domain of e-textiles, one of the primary challenges remains the connector. The goal of this project is to develop and optimize a new and innovative connector system for e-textiles, addressing current limitations regarding maintenance, user-friendliness, reliability, and comfort.
Our research output and publications.
Get in touch with our experts.
Svea Thienpondt
Fashion and textile technology, smart textiles, embroidery, sustainability, prototyping
Sheila Odhiambo
Textile technology, smart textiles, sustainable materials, project management, educational projects (Erasmus+, VLIR), technical textiles
Cosmin Copot
AI in textiles, AI algorithms, data collection and digitisation, electromechanics, image processing, wearing comfort of clothing, project management, fundraising, automation
Jochen Sarrazyn
Electronics in textiles, electromechanics, automation, PCB design, embedded programming, wireless communication, sensor integration, data analysis, IoT, signal processing
Curious to learn more?
Do you find our research on e-textiles interesting? Then be sure to visit the webpage of the FTILab+ and discover more research domains.