Dr Elif Ozden Yenigun

Elif's recent research is focused on exploring new material and textiles forms for sensory applications in textiles and structural composites, bringing new sustainable solutions for e-textiles and colour technologies, and designing textile interfaces for robotic applications.

Her current practice sits at the intersection with different engineering and design disciplines, from aerospace, electronics, computer science, fashion, and textiles design, and spans different length scales; nano, meso and macro.

She has showcased her research-led explorations in different public-facing exhibitions and creative residencies worldwide.

Since 2014, as PI and co-I, Dr Elif has contributed to securing £1.3m from different funding associations, such as Horizon 2020, InnovateUK, AHRC, RAEng, TUBITAK, and private sector funding.

INNOVATEUK, Biodegradable and recyclable graphene-based clothing, 01.12.2022-1.7.2024, (Co-I)

RAENG: Transforming Through Partnership "Remote Respiration Monitoring Through Wearable Textile-based Sensors", start date: 01.11.2021-23, (RCA-PI),

UKRI, Creative industries fund: fast start business growth pilot: Graphene-based fibre and fabric for fashion: performance-wear, January 2021,(Co-I)

TUBITAK 218M703-704 “Manufacturing 3D woven I, T Profiled Beams and Monocoque Airfoil Shaped Preforms-Prepregs and Preparing Their Structural Composites”, March 2023, (Co-I)

RCA/PolyU AiDLab- Intelligent design system for innovation RP2-5, January 2024, (Co-PI)

Versarien Internal Funding, Graphene TechWear, October 2021-March 2022 (PI)

Knowledge Exchange: BP Sparkling (co-I) , September 2021- January 2022,

AHRC, Research Networking Grant, “Crafting Technology for Textiles”, AH/V003933/1, December 2020, (PI),

University of California, Global Affairs Fund, “Smart Clothing & Textiles for Healthcare and Wellbeing: A Research and Learning Network” January 2021, (PI),

AHRC Creative Clusters, Future Fashion Factories Vivobarefoot MYVIVO, January 2021,(Co-I)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, Design and Integration of Graphene Fibre Based Antennas for Smart Textiles (GFSMART)- 79664, April 2018- April 2020. £170000 (MSCA Fellow)

NSG Glass, “Glass in a Connected Worl” Hackathon (co-I)

SBRI Competition - Protecting Nuclear Decommissioning Operators, “Photonic Textile Integrated System to Improve Operator Productivity and Comfort”- 104373-612174, 2018, (Co-I),

TUBITAK 218M703-704 “Manufacturing 3D woven I, T Profiled Beams and Monocoque Airfoil Shaped Preforms-Prepregs and Preparing Their Structural Composites”, March 2023, (Co-I)

BOEING Global Technology Co, Ultra high performance conductive thermoplastic nanocomposites by 3D Printing, December 2016- November 2018, (Co-I)

TUBITAK 116M427 Production of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Nanoprepregs and Their Use in Thermoplastic Composites for Reinforcing Interface (PI), February 2017-February 2019.

TUBITAK 114M149, Production of High Temperature Nanofiber Proton Exchange Membranes via Electrospinning, October 2014-November 2017 (PI)

TUBITAK 214M398, “Scale-up Development and Fabrication of Multi-functional, High Strength and Electrically Conducting Graphene Fibres” (Co-I)

ITU BAP, Carbon nanotube based composite yarns via designing interface, September 2014- September 2016 (PI)

TUBITAK 213M618, Designing interface via multi-scale modelling in carbon nanotube-polymer composite nanofiber/yarns, April 2014-July 2015 (PI)

ISTKA (TR10/14/GEN0124),” Textile Design Centre for People with Disabilities”, September 2014- September 2015 (Co-I)

Sabancı University, Dr Gürsel Sönmez Research Award (2013)

INNOVATEUK, Biodegradable and recyclable graphene-based clothing

RAENG: Transforming Through Partnership "Remote Respiration Monitoring Through Wearable Textile-based Sensors"

Animate Materials for Design, in collaboration with Dr Ahu Gumrah Parry, Royce Institute, University of Manchester

TUBITAK 218M703-704 “Manufacturing 3D woven I, T Profiled Beams and Monocoque Airfoil Shaped Preforms-Prepregs and Preparing Their Structural Composites”

RCA/PolyU AiDLab- Intelligent design system for innovation RP2-5, January 2024

Publications

Alrai, A., Beyhan, E., Asadi, A., Ozden-Yenigun, E. and Cebeci, H. (2023) 'Tailoring piezoresistive response of carbon nanotubes sensors by hybridization of cellulose nanocrystals for composite structures', Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 362, pp. 114633.

Dincer, M., Karci, E., Halil Sahin, I., Emre, C., Ozkendirci, B., Ozden Yenigun, E. and Cebeci, H. (2023) 'Effect of linear density on the mechanical properties of 3D spacer composites with improved manufacturing quality', Composite Structures, 323, pp. 117518.

Yildiz, K., Alrai, A., Erturk, M., Koken, D., Bozali, B., Zakaria, A. Z., Cebeci, F. C., Ozden-Yenigun, E. and Cebeci, H. (2023) 'Morphology-property relationship in radially oriented anchored carbon nanotubes on polybenzimidazole nanofibers', Journal of Materials Science, 58(24), pp. 9978-9990.

Kocak, Can, Gulbaba, Melodi, Ozden Yenigun, Elif, Ozsoy Sagnak, Oyku and Tutuncuoglu Demir, Melda, eds. 2023, Book, Thinking through making: Crafting technology for textiles Ofset Matbaa, Istanbul, Turkey. ISBN 9789756167908

For the full list of publications since 2010, please visit here.

International Patents

Stable electrospinning composition, for stable nano-/sub microstructure production and preparation method thereof, WO 2016190826, PCT/TR2015/000227,
Publication date: Dec 1, 2016
Innovators: Melih Papila, Ayça Ürkmez, Kaan Bilge, Eren Şimşek, Yusuf Z. Menceloğlu, Elif Özden Yenigün