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A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience (2017)
Journal Article
Power, E., & Handley, J. (2017). A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience. Studies in Higher Education, 44(3), 554-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1389876

Today's global society creates an environment characterised by complex problems, solutions to which require transcendence of traditional discipline-based boundaries, and new forms of knowledge-sharing. Higher education (HE) has a central role in inte... Read More about A best-practice model for integrating interdisciplinarity into the higher education student experience.

Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel (2017)
Book Chapter
Power, E. (2017). Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel. In High Performance Apparel: Materials, Development, and Applications (113-128). London, UK: Elsevier

The chapter provides substantial evidence to support the importance of the knitting sector to technical and medical applications including performance apparel. It details specific examples of advanced knitted structures used in sport, protection and... Read More about Advanced knitting technologies for high-performance apparel.

Add a bit of honey to enhance enterprise and employability (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2017, July). Add a bit of honey to enhance enterprise and employability. Presented at HEA Annual conference Arts & Humanities strand Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight, Manchester, UK

A case-study is presented which uses an innovative platform to promote the development of entrepreneurial activity between engineering, design and business students. The platform is situated outside the curriculum and provides the opportunity for stu... Read More about Add a bit of honey to enhance enterprise and employability.

User centred design (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2017, June). User centred design. Presented at 2nd Integrity and infection prevention conference, University of Huddersfield

The persistence of character. Exploring Territories (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., Mills, A., Bailey, R., & Walker, M. (2017, April). The persistence of character. Exploring Territories. Presented at The Changing Landscape of Art and Design in Higher Education’ GLAD Annual conference, Manchester

Designing functional medical products for children with cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Power, E., Leaper, D., & Harris, J. (2017). Designing functional medical products for children with cancer. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 10(3), 381-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2016.1278466

This paper details how Quality Function Deployment (QFD) has been used to develop a tactile advanced product for a medical application. Innovative experimental and industrial research was undertaken, leading to the design of a child-focused ‘Wiggle B... Read More about Designing functional medical products for children with cancer.