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Biography
Dr Janet Coulter has a long-established career in Fashion and Textiles and has a wealth of experience in fashion design, technology, manufacturing and management, gained from working in both the fashion industry and academia. She has worked internationally in the Fashion Industry in Paris, London and Northern Ireland before entering academia. Janet was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Fashion in 2009. She has previously served as Course Director on BDes. Textile and Fashion Design Degree Course. Her research interests are in Fashion Technology; Bio Textiles; 3D simulated Fashion. She has presented and published her work internationally. She is currently external examiner in Fashion Textiles at Dundee University and previously at RGU, Aberdeen and Griffiths, Dublin. She has been external fashion validator for QQI, De Montfort University and Sri Lanka Design Academy.
Janet holds a PhD in Fashion Technology exploring e-textiles to read subconscious biometric responses from the body to support student wellbeing. She has previously researched across design and science to address gender issues in STEM and was awarded the Rolls Royce Science prize. Her research into thermoplastically moulded bulletproof armour for female officers was commericalised and taken up by NATO for deployment to Afghanistan.
She works extensively with industry and has led 8 KTP/FUSION projects, 8 Innovation vouchers, numerous collaborative projects, worked on 3 AHRC projects, and has attracted £831,830 funding.
Her current research interests are in Virtual/3D augmented fashion and digital pattern-engineering technologies and developing bio-textiles for sustainable fashion in the circular economy.
Academic Qualifications
- PhD Fashion Technology
- MBA
- MSc. Multimedia Computer Based Learning with Education
- Post Grad Dip. Higher Education
- BA (Hons) Textile and Fashion Design
Professional Qualifications
- Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Diploma in Leadership and Management (Dip.LM)
- Aurora alumna, Women in Leadership Programme
- Fellow of Higher Education and Research Practice (FCHERP)
- Member of Institute of Irish Designers (MIDI)
Faculty Leadership Experience
- Prvious Faculty e-Learning coordinator,Faculty of Arts
- Previous Director of Academic Enterprise, Faculty of Art, Design & Built Environment with responsibility for leading industry-academia research and enterprise within the creative industries.
Awards
- Distinguished Enterprise Fellow , Ulster University
- Outstanding Innovation Award, Intertrade Ireland
- Rolls Royce Science Prize Winner
- Distinguished Educational Excellence in Innovative Practice Award
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy
Master, MSc. Multimedia Computer Based Learning with Education
Dip. Management and Leadership (ILM5), Institute of Leadership and Management
Master, Post Graduate Dip. Further and Higher Education
Fellow of Centre of Higher Education and Research Practice, The Centre for Higher Education Research and Practice (CHERP)
Bachelor, BA (Hons) Textile and Fashion Design
Foundation Diploma Art and Design
Master, MBA - Masters of Business Administration, Ulster University Business School
PhD, An exploration into the design and evaluation of E-Fashion Wearables to support student wellbeing, Ulster University Doctoral College
External positions
External Validator, Academy of Design, Sri Lanka
External Validator, De Montford University
External Validator, QQI - Qualifications and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
External Examiner, Robert Gordon University
External Examiner, University of Dundee
Keywords
- TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
- Fashion
- Textiles
- Wearable Technology
- Pattern Engineering
- 3D simulated fashion
- e-fashion
- e-textiles
- Design for Wellbeing
- Circular Economy fashion
- Sustainability
- Design Thinking
- Bio-Textiles
- Smart textiles
- Entrepreneurship
- Multidisciplinary
- Metaverse
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E-Textiles as a medium to challenge students’ gender perceptions around STEM and Design subjects in the secondary education curriculum and their aspirations for future career choices
Coulter, J., 28 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A feely solution to a touchy subject: Augmenting bodily perceptions to self-manage student stress discreetly through wearable electronic textiles
Coulter, J., 13 May 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Augmented Affective Touch in E-Textiles: Embodying Emotion and Environment for Holistic ‘Self-Health’©
Coulter, J., 8 Sept 2022, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Electro-Tex: Co-creative, e-textile workshops as an intervention to challenge gender perceptions around STEM and design subjects in schools and influence future career choices
Coulter, J., 8 Sept 2022, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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E-Textiles: A Soft touch barometer for female students to self-manage their stress
Coulter, J., Magee, J. & Nugent, C., 15 Nov 2022, (Published online) In: Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Distinguished Education Excellence Award- Innovation in learning and teaching
Coulter, Janet (Recipient), 13 Mar 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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Intertrade Ireland Award for Outstanding Innovation
Coulter, Janet (Recipient), Dec 2013
Prize: Honorary award
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Activities
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23rd International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2017
Justin Magee (Chair), Frank Lyons (Member of programme committee), Kyle Boyd (Member of programme committee), Brian Bridges (Member of programme committee), Helen Jackson (Member of programme committee), Karen Reid (Member of programme committee), Yuanyuan Chen (Member of programme committee), Janet Coulter (Member of programme committee), Conann Fitzpatrick Alvarez-Casado (Member of programme committee), Alison Gault (Member of programme committee), John Harding (Member of programme committee), Adrian Hickey (Member of programme committee), Alan Hook (Member of programme committee), Liam Mc Comish (Member of programme committee), Alec Parkin (Member of programme committee), Terry Quigley (Member of programme committee) & Jill Spratt (Member of programme committee)
31 Jan 2017 → 4 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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International Clothing, Textiles Research Journal (Journal)
Janet Coulter (Reviewer)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Journal of Fashion Technology and Textile Engineering (Journal)
Janet Coulter (Member of editorial board)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work