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Dr Jane Scott

NUAcT Fellow

Background

Dr Jane Scott is a缅北禁地 Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT) who leads  in the  in the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape. Her interdisciplinary research is located at the interface of programmable materials, knitted fabric design, architecture and biology. Her research positions textiles as a critical biofabrication strategy in the transition to sustainable and circular construction.  


Her group enables interdisciplinary research collaborations with experts from design, science and industry, leading to innovation across scales and applications. Her work has been exhibited internationally including recently in The National Museum of Scotland, The Design Museum, London, The Farrell Centre, 缅北禁地 and the Saint Etienne Design Biennale.


Before joining 缅北禁地, Jane was a Senior Teaching Fellow in The School of Design at The University of Leeds and held a Visiting Fellowship in biomimicry at Central Saint Martins (2016-2020). She completed PhD through the Textiles Futures Research Centre at Central Saint Martins, where she developed the award winning research Programmable Knitting.




Research

Dr Jane Scott is contributes to a portfolio of interdisciplinary research. She collaborates with scientists, technologists, engineers and architects to position textiles as a critical biofabrication strategy in the transition to sustainable and regenerative construction, and to investigate how biotechnology can address circularity in future textiles.


Knit Mycelium Architecture.


Through large-scale prototyping her group has established the protocols for knit/mycelium architecture and the precedents for 100% waste resource strategy for biofabrication. This research is exemplified in recent projects (2022),  (2023) grown for the inaugural exhibition at the , 缅北禁地, (2023), developed as precision knit/mycelium biofabrication for the  at the Design Museum London and The Growing Room (2024) exhibited in the National Museum of Scotland. In 2022 Jane completed an AHRC Design Ecosystem Fellowship through Future Observatory to map the emerging  in the UK.


Biotechnology for Circular Textiles.


Jane acts as Co-I (textiles) in two BBSRC funded interdisciplinary collaborations. : Circular Manufacturing of Water Repelling Bacterial Cellulose through a Biological Approach and . Jane also contributes to the NERC network+ Back to Baselines in Circular Fashion and Textiles as subject expert for biotechnology textiles.


Responsive Material Systems


Jane’s interest in programmable and responsive material systems has evolved from her PhD research Programmable Knitting (2016). She is currently Co-I for funded by Leverhulme Trust (2021-2024), and completed Fibre Highways (2020-2022) as Co-I developing shape-changing fabrics to demonstrate macro-scale applications of research findings identifying the translocation of bacteria on textile fibres observed at the micro-scale on individual fibre.


Current PhD Supervision


·       Romy Kaiser 


·       Paula Nerlich 


·       Ahmet Topcu 


·       Natalia Pynirtzi 


Recently Completed PhD Students


·       2017-2020 Emmanuel Adoyle  (University of Leeds) 

Teaching

Jane has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including postgraduate supervision across design, engineering and architecture. She has specialist knowledge in the field of textile design and technology including Shima Seiki programming and design systems for 3D knitting. She has experience leading practical classes and lecture programmes in the areas of studio practice and design research methodologies.

As a designer Jane has demonstrated how making can become a powerful tool for education and engagement. In collaboration with partner organisations she has delivered a range of public events using textiles as tool for thinking about science and design. This has included participating as a contributing designer at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and designing and delivering textiles content for the Craft Council’s Make Your Future Programme. In 2016 her public engagement work at The University of Leeds was recognised in the role of Public Engagement Champion, and in 2018 her work, alongside colleagues from knit design, received the Public Engagement with Research Award.


Publications

  • Articles

    • Gilmour KA, Arnadottir TH, James P, Scott J, Jiang Y, Dade-Robertson M, Zhang M. . Microbial Biotechnology 2023, 16(11), 2194-2199.
    • Kaiser R, Bridgens B, Elsacker E, Scott J. . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2023, 11, 1229693.
    • Sherry A, Martins Dell'Agnezze B, Scott J. . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2023, 11, 1188965.
    • Gilmour KA, Aljannat M, Markwell C, James P, Scott J, Jiang Y, Torun H, Dade-Robertson M, Zhang M. . Carbohydrate Polymers 2023, 304, 120482.
    • Ayodele E, Zaidi S, Scott J, Zhang Z, Hafeez M, McLernon D. . Sensors 2021, 21(2), 358.
    • Ayodele E, Bao T, Zaidi SAR, Hayajneh A, Scott J, Zhang Z-Q, McLernon D. . IEEE Sensors Journal 2021, 21(9), 10824-10833.
    • Ayodele E, Zaidi S, Scott J, Zhang Z, Hayajneh A, Shittu S, McLernon D. . IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2021, 70, 4004212.

  • Book Chapters

    • Scott J, Bridgens B, Ozkan D, Kaiser R, Agraviador A. . In: Ayres P; Ramsgaard Thomsen M; Shiel B; Skavara M, ed. Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures. London: UCL Press, 2024, pp.32-39.
    • Scott J, Elsacker E, Kaiser R, Agraviador A, Bridgens B, Topcu A, Ozkan D, Birch E, Perry O. . In: Morrow R; Bridgens B; Mackenzie L, ed. Bioprotopia : Designing the Built Environment With Living Organisms. Basel: Birkhauser, 2023, pp.60-75.
    • Scott J. . In: Stonorov T, ed. FABRIC[ated] : Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture. London: Routledge, 2023, pp.28-39.
    • Scott J. . In: Tibbits, S, ed. Active Matter. Boston, USA: MIT Press, 2017, pp.213-216.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Kaiser, R, Scott, J, Dade-Robertson, M, Elsacker,E. Knit-Mycelium Hybrids: Designing and scaling up with bio fabrication systems based on Mycocrete injection in 3D knitted tubular formworks. In: Textile Intersections. 2024, London. In Preparation.
    • Scott J, Bridgens B, Ozkan D, Kaiser R. . In: CEES 2nd International conference on Construction Energy, Environment and Sustainability. 2023, Funchal, Portugal.
    • Scott J, Bridgens B, Ozkan D, Kaiser R, Agraviador A. . In: ACADIA 2023 Habits of the Anthropocene. 2023, Denver, Colorado, USA: ACADIA.
    • Nerlich P, Sherry A, Deary M, Morrow R, Scott J. . In: Textile Intersections 2023. 2023, Loughborough University; London: Design Research Society.
    • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: CEES 2023 | 2nd International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability. 2023, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal: Itecons (Institute for Research and Technological Development for Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability).
    • Pynirtzi N, Debnath KB, Lantzanakis G, Bloch K, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials (ICBBM 2023). 2023, Vienna, Austria: Springer.
    • Debnath KB, Pynirtzi N, Scott J, Davie C, Bridgens B. . In: Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA. 2023, Shanghai, China: International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).
    • Scott J, Kaiser R, Ozkan D, Hoenerloh A, Agraviador A, Elsacker E, Bridgens B. . In: ICSA Structures and Architecture. 2022, Aalborg Denmark: CRC press.
    • Agraviador A, Scott J, Kaiser R, Elsacker E, Hoenerloh A, Topcu A, Bridgens B. BioKnit: Computation and material investigation in the design of biohybrid textiles towards architectural integration. In: ACADIA 2022 Hybrids and Haeccites. 2022, University of Pennsylvania: ACADIA. In Preparation.
    • Sherry A, Scott J. . In: 8th International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems (ISMOS 2021). 2021, Online.
    • Scott J, Ozkan D, Hoenerloh A, Birch E, Kaiser R, Agraviador A, Bridgens B, Elsacker E. . In: International Conference Construction, Energy Environment and Sustainability (CEES 2021). 2021, Coimbra, Portugal: Itecons.

  • Edited Book