Collaboration Matrix

This collaboration matrix is a list of faculty and their research interests who have interests in functional smart garments for applications in rehabilitation and healthcare.

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Researcher / ContactExpertise / Interests
Huantian CaoCao, Huantian
E-mail: hcao@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-6124
Website
  • Sustainable textile and apparel design and production

  • Textile comfort performance

  • Functional clothing
Kelly A CobbCobb, Kelly
E-mail: kcobb@udel.edu
Phone: 267-475-2263
Website
  • Co-design of wearables to encourage well-neing

  • Sustainable textile and apparel design and production

  • Textile innovation/applied materiality

  • Creative process/design thinking
DeSantis, Brandon
E-mail: desantis@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-2196
Website
  • Prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries

  • Prevent injury

  • Enable athlete to return to play safer and faster

  • Reduce pain / increase function

  • Aid in performance monitoring and progression
Gorea, Adriana
E-mail: adriana_gorea@hotmail.com
Phone: 302-690-1842
  • Biomimetics

  • Compression apparel, knitwear

  • Textile sensors

  • Functional design
Martha HallHall, Martha
E-mail: mlucinda@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-2705
  • Functional design development & prototyping

  • Wearable technology to improve health/ quality of life/human performance

  • User-centered design process
Jill HigginsonHigginson, Jill
E-mail: higginson@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-6622
Website
  • Biomechanical models and simulation

  • Human movement analysis

  • Human subjects protocols
Michele LoboLobo, Michele
E-mail: malobo@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-8526
Website
  • Development and testing of functional fashions and wearable technologies to improve function, participation, and quality of life for people with physical disabilities

  • Evaluating the assistive and rehabilitative effects of technology for infants, children, and adolescents

  • Application of functional fashions and wearable technology for assessment and intervention with pediatric populations
David MartinMartin, David
E-mail: milty@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-2401
Website
  • Organic conductive polymer films

  • Bioactive hydrogel coatings for microelectrodes on biomedical devices and biosensors

  • Multi-phasic functionalized polymer nanoparticles
Fabrizio SergiSergi, Fabrizio
E-mail: fabs@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-6404
Website
  • Human-robot interaction

  • Wearable actuators

  • Neural control of human movements
Erik ThostensonThostenson, Erik
E-mail: thosten@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-8789
Website
  • Textile/fiber-based pressure and motion sensors for smart garments

  • Nanostructured multifunctional composite materials

  • Experimental mechanics of functional textiles


Michael MackayMackay, Michael
E-mail: mem@udel.edu
Website
  • Advanced manufacturing

  • Additive manufacturing
Ashutosh KhandhaKhandha, Ashutosh
E-mail: ashutosh@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-8789
Phone: 302-831-6774
Website
  • Senior Design Projects

  • Biomechanics

  • Medical Imaging

  • Medical Devices
Holmes, Larry (LJ)
E-mail: ljholmes@udel.edu
Phone: 386-589-5757
Website
  • Advanced Manufacturing

  • Additive Manufacturing
Kayser, Laure
E-mail: lkayser@udel.edu
Phone: 386-589-5757
Website
  • Organic Electronics

  • Stimuli-Responsive Materials

  • Polymer Chemistry
Dan WatsonWatson, Dan
E-mail: dwatson@udel.edu
  • Athletic injury prevention

  • Athletic injury rehabilitation
Pigford, Ashley
E-mail: design@udel.edu
thosten@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-8789
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  • Assistive Devices

  • Interaction Design

  • Digital Fabrication

  • Robotics
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