Advanced Textiles Expo 2026

Marie O'Mahony

Programme Leader, MSc E-textiles and Wearable Technologies, Knowledge Exchange Enterprise (KEE) Champion Fashion and Textiles, WSA, University of Southampton, UK


Programme Leader, MSc E-textiles and Wearable Technologies, Knowledge Exchange Enterprise (KEE) Champion Fashion and Textiles, WSA, University of Southampton, UK. She has a PhD from SmartLab, University College Dublin (UCD). Marie works in both academia and industry, with her practice, O’Mahony Consultancy, operating over three continents for 30+ years. Marie’s expertise lies in e-textiles, advanced textiles, wearable technology, industry-academia partnerships, International Business Planning (IBP), Market Diversification Reporting, Commercialisation Feasibility Studies, marketing, product development and commercialisation. Medical, health and wellbeing sectors are a particular focus with clients including Nike, ResMed, InteraXon and the DITF. She has published 6 books including ‘Advanced textiles for health and wellbeing.’ Current research revolves around e-textiles and wearables with Sustainable heterogenous e-textileS for imperceptible human Interfaces (SUSTAIN) her primary research project where she leads Work Package 4 (WP4) relating to issues around design such as technology integration and user-centered design. Collaboration with industry, academic and other stakeholders is central to this research. Marie is also on the Textile Technology Source advisory group and is a regular contributor to the publication.

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