Dr Tasneem Sabir

Senior Lecturer in Textiles Technology

Dr Tasneem Sabir

Senior Lecturer in Textiles Technology

Email: tasneem.sabir@mmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0161 247 2643

Senior Lecturer with over 20 years experience in designing and delivering high-quality learning & teaching in the areas of textile technology and high-performance apparel. I teach and co-ordinate Fashion Textiles to both UG and PGT students in the department and cross-faculty. As a technologist, I am interested in the effects of smart materials on sports, in terms of injury prevention, performance, and wellbeing.
 

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD in Textile Surface Engineering
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Chartered Technologist, Fellow Member of the Textile Institute (CText FTI)
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGC-AP)
BSc (Hons) Textile Technology and Design

Undergraduate teaching

Level 4: Fashion Production
Level 5: Range Building & Fashion Product  
Level 6: Fashion Design and Technolofy Innovation & Major Project

Postgraduate teaching

Level 7: Materials Innovation

Postgraduate research supervision

Current PhD Students

Wood, J., An exploration of the potential of bacterial cellulose as a technical textile, part-time PhD commenced January 2017.

Beecroft, M., 3D printing ‘knitted’ textiles based structures that exhibit the flexibility, stretch and strength of tradition textilepart-time PhD commenced January 2017

Completed PhD Students

Yusof, N., 2018 Human-Focussed Quality Management (HFQM) Framework towards performance excellence for Malaysian ready-to-wear Garment Industry, July, PhD.

Moroney, C., 2020 The Application of Auxetic Structures for Rugby Shoulder Padding,  PhD.

Dove, T., 2022 Development of an Optimised Garment Sizing System with Bust Cup Size integration.PhD.

Arafat, B., 2022 Development of modernised wedding costume capturing Palestinian heritage, PhD.

Hatley, N., 2021 The impact of fast fashion, consumer behaviour and fashion brands communication on sustainability, Masters by Research.

Perkin, T., 2019 Investigation of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity IBH and Pruritus in Equids and Research into the Concept of a Smart Textile Delivery Systems to Treat the Condition Masters by Research.

Hodson, J., 2019 The Collaborative buyer and supplier relationship (BSR) applied to the product development stage in the contempory UK fast fashion and rapid fashion market, Masters by Research.

External examiner roles

Appointed PhD Internal Examiner:
Science & Engineering Department: Finite Element Modelling Of Padded Clothing in Rugby, 2021, PhD.

Projects and initiatives

- Adaptable Knee brace. Consumer analysis of injuries, exercise and sport. Consumer perceptions and product analysis.
- To contribute to the development of a virtual fabric library within CLO3D. The virtual library may also sit alongside other creative software, namely Browzwear and Optitex.

Membership of professional associations

Core member of the Wearables Group, Manchester Fashion Institute, MMU, UK.
Council member of the Textile Institute, Chartered Institute for Textiles, Clothing and Footwear.
Section committee member of the Manchester & Cheshire Division of the TI, UK.
Member of the UK Metmaterials Network
Scientific Member of International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA)

Videos

Using student feedback to inform unit development

Responding to student feedback can be a powerful way to improve the student experience. Tasneem Sabir, Senior Lecturer in Technical Textiles, provides an example of who we can respond to feedback from formal surveys like the ISS and the NSS, as well as informal ‘Stop, Start, Continue’ feedback sessions, to make improvements that student really appreciate. Tasneem highlights four changes made to improve the ‘Research Project’ unit including improving the unit Moodle area, creating a shared staff-student handbook, implementing a six week review and academic support in the form a research ‘surgery’.

A knee-up for women in sport

With a rise in female knee injuries, this research examines the efficacy of knee braces. Should we brace or not brace.

Research

Research Interests

My research is in the field of smart materials for the prevention of injuries in sports. Collaborate with a number of sport engineers, medical practitioners and industry. Work with the fashion industry to provide consultation and testing for both functional and performance wear.

Academic collaborations

2022 - Present: Scientific committe member for the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA).
2022 - Present: Efficacy of knee braces. The aim is to design an adaptable knee brace (joint project with Dr Tom Allen, Department of Engineering and Professor Emma Hodson-Tole, Department of Life Sciences).
2021 - Present: Panel member to review the body padding requirements of World Rugby Regulation 12 and the associated Performance Specification Padding for Females Athletes (World Rugby, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Sheffield).
2021 - Present: Core Member of the ‘Sports Engineering Research Team’ within Science and Engineering.

Conference organisation

Manchester and the North-West - 'Textile Institute 3rd Student Conference' - Wednesday 23rd November 2021
'Textile & Life' 2 Conferences for PGR/T student bodies.Wednesday 21st November 2019
'Inspire' why fashion research matter - Lead Organiser at Manchester Fashion Institute, Wednesday 9th May 2018
'Textiles and Life' Conference for PGR/T student bodies, Wednesday 22nd November 2017

* Textile Institute Conferences are aimed at both national and international postgraduate students to share their research.

Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

Article Reviewer: Sports Engineering Journal; Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management; Journal of The Textile Institute; Textile Research Journal.
Book Reviewer: Bloomsbury UK; Taylor & Francis (CRC)

Grants

2023: Innovate UK Smart Grant: Development of a innovative Smart Ankle Wrap (with Dr Tom Allen, Olivia Greenhalgh from Swellaway) (~£150,000, pending).

2023: Research Accelerator Grant: Developing a surrogate knee model to enable standardised knee brace testing (with Dr Tom Allen and Professor Emma Hodson-Tole), (£5,500, pending).

2022 - 2023: UCRKE, small project funding: Adaptable knee brace to reduce the risk of injury in both sporting and physical activity (with Dr Tom Allen and Professor Emma Hodson-Tole), (£2,200, awarded).

2022 - 2023: ANSYS FOR TEACHING funding: Group Engineering Project: Engineering simulation with Ansys software for real-life scenarios (with Dr Tom Allen), ($5,000, awarded).

Books

McLoughlin, J., Sabir, T., 2018. 'Preface', Elsevier.

McLoughlin, J., 2017. 'High-Performance Apparel Materials, Development and Applications', Woodhead Publishing Limited.

Book Chapters

Sabir, T., Wood, J., 2023. 'Textiles for Sports Apparel'. In (second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering, Routledge.

Sabir, T., 2019. 'Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering'. In Textiles and fabrics.

Sabir, T., 2018. 'Fibers used for high-performance apparel'. In High-Performance Apparel, pp. 7-32, Elsevier.

Sabir, T., 2014. 'Fibres used for high performance apparel'. In High-performance apparel: materials, developments and applications, Woodhead Publishing, imprint of Elsevier.

Sabir, T., 2014. 'Introduction to High Performance Apparel'. In High-performance apparel: materials, developments and applications, Woodhead Publishing, imprint of Elservier.

Media

Sabir, T., 2023. 'A Knee-Up for Women in Sport'.

Sabir, T., 2022. 'World Cup 2022: Football fabrics and the battle against the Qatari heat'.

Sabir, T., 2022. 'RLWC2021: How the design of rugby kits has evolved over time'.

Journal Articles

Tyler, D., Wood, J., Sabir, T., McDonnell, C., Sayem, ASM., Whittaker, N., 2019. 'Wearable electronic textiles', Textile Progress, 51 (4), pp. 299-384.

McLoughlin, J., Sabir, T., Hayes, S., 2010. 'Fabric parameter mapping for seam sewability', International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 3 (2), pp. 77-88.

Conference Papers

McLoughlin, J., Sabir, T., 1999. 'Introduction', Conference on Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800, Brown Univ, Providence, RI, 11/6/1999 - 13/6/1999, in PORTUGUESE OCEANIC EXPANSION, 1400-1800, pp. 1-3.

Presentations

Sabir, T., 2023. 'To brace or not to brace: investigating the efficacy of knee braces', Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury.

Sabir, T., 2021. 'The effects of O2 plasma treatment to increase colour saturation in polyester', Durham, NC, USA.

Posters

Sabir, T., 2014. 'The effects of O2 plasma on the printability and reproducibility on PET fabrics', TechnoTex, Bombay Exhibition Centre.

Theses and Dissertations

Sabir, T., 2014. 'The Effect of O2 Plasma on the Printability and Reproducibility of PET Fabrics'.

Office Location

Room C2.32/CG31
Cavendish South
Manchester Fashion Institute
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6BG

Office Hours

Tuesdays 12:30 - 14:30