D.E.S.I.G.N your future - Design stands for: Design Engineered Sustainable Interactive Garments Network

Email: Jane.Hanratty@TUDublin.ie Mary.Looby@TUDublin.ie

This D.E.S.I.G.N your future project aims to create a unique fashioneering/wearable tech engineering experience for current students and to attract potential students.

This initiative is based on creating an inclusive group collaboration project, where engineering design, meets innovation and sustainability. Lecturers together with a group of students will design and fabricate garments that will incorporate diverse and inclusive engineering concepts.  It is run as an extracurricular activity where the group meets once a week for 1 hour during a lunch break.

At the end of the project the students are awarded STLR (student transformative learning record) digital badges based on the contribution level.

The students will also demonstrate their designs at an end of year showcase. This project will encapsulate teamwork, creative thinking and the concept of infinitive possibilities within engineering.