
Dr Tommaso Busolo
Translational Prize Fellow, 2021-22
Wearable technology has the potential to revolutionise healthcare by providing real-time data on the patient’s health. However, power supply is currently one of the key limitations of wearable biosensors. My PhD work investigated how we can use human body energy (i.e. motion and heat) to power these sensors. I was developing energy harvesting smart textiles and stretchable devices that can be seamlessly integrated into clothes. My goal was creating triboelectric yarns that are reliable, washable and can be easily integrated with rigid electronics.
PhD Supervisors: Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan – Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and Dr. Sanjiv Sambandan – Department of Engineering
Research Keywords: Smart Textiles, Electrospinning, Energy Harvesting, Prototyping