PhD Position Biosensing and Designing for Temporal and Biofabricated Textile Experiences

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PhD Position Biosensing and Designing for Temporal and Biofabricated Textile Experiences Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): L'organizzazione TU Delft cerca un candidato per un dottorato di ricerca nel progetto Horizon Europe INTERWeuVEN, focalizzato sull'esperienza umana con tessuti temporali e biofabbricati. Il ruolo prevede lo sviluppo di metodologie innovative per studiare le interazioni tra esseri umani e materiali tessili dinamici, utilizzando biosensing e studi utente. Il candidato lavorerà all'interno della sezione Materialising Futures della Facoltà di Design Industriale, collaborando con 16 partner accademici e industriali in Europa e Canada. È richiesta una laurea magistrale in Design, Ingegneria del Design, Design Industriale o campi correlati, oltre a competenze in sviluppo di sistemi basati su sensori e interesse per l'interazione tra materiali e tecnologia. È fondamentale la motivazione per la ricerca accademica e la pubblicazione in contesti peer-reviewed. Join TU Delft and the Horizon Europe project INTERWeuVEN, to explore how people experience temporal and biofabricated textiles through biosensing, user studies, and Material-Driven Design. Job description Our bodies are in constant dialogue with the textiles we wear. But what happens when textiles are no longer static, when they move, respond, grow, and change over time? This PhD project investigates human experiences of animated textiles, including biofabricated materials and garments that evolve through morphing structures or embedded living organisms. How do we experience such materials against our skin? How do they change in response to our movements and bodily inputs? And what do these dynamic, evolving interactions mean for our wellbeing? You will develop a novel methodology that combines Materials Experience thinking with biosensing, together with a toolkit, including a sensor-based system, for studying human-material experiences with temporal and biofabricated textiles. You will then apply this methodology and toolkit in user studies to investigate how people perceive, interact with, and adapt to dynamic textile materials over time, advancing methods for studying embodied interactions with emerging material technologies. As a PhD candidate, you will join the Materialising Futures section within the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. Your project will build upon internationally recognised research in Material-Driven Design, Biodesign, Materials Experience, and Temporal and Experiential Characterization of Materials, developed within the research group. You will further expand this body of work by generating new knowledge, methods, and tools, with particular attention to the relationships between material affordances and temporalities, bodily interactions, emotional responses, and human wellbeing. In doing so, you will contribute to advancing material experience approaches for future regenerative textile systems. This PhD is part of the Horizon Europe project INTERWeuVEN, which explores new approaches to textile design and manufacturing through interdisciplinary collaboration between academic and industrial partners. As a PhD candidate, you will work with 16 academic and industrial partners across Europe and Canada, including lululemon athletica, alongside researchers and practitioners from the wider INTERWeuVEN consortium. You will work both independently and collaboratively on research tasks, including (but not limited to): Developing and applying methods and tools for studying embodied human-textile/material experience. Developing material samples and wearable prototypes. Designing and conducting user studies. Collecting, processing, and analysing physiological and experiential data to understand human–textile/material experiences. Translating research findings into design guidelines and actionable recommendations for the development of materials, products, production systems, and/or digital design tools. Job requirements We are looking for a candidate who has: A Master's degree in Design, Design Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field. Proven experience with, or a strong interest in, sensor-based system development, biosensing technologies, physiological measurement, and data collection, including (but not limited to) approaches such as affective computing and emotion recognition. A strong interest in the intersections between materials, the body, and technology, including (but not limited to) approaches such as materials experience thinking and soma design. A combination of technical inventiveness, analytical thinking, and a strong design research sensibility, with proven experience in prototyping and/or user research. A strong motivation to conduct academic research and publish in peer-reviewed venues. Fluency in English and enthusiasm for working in an international research environment. The following qualifications are con Ann