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--- info:creative_technologies_lab [2024/05/15 15:46] – Felix Hardmood Beck
+++ info:creative_technologies_lab [2024/05/20 17:37] (current) – [The Creative Technologies Research Lab] Felix Hardmood Beck
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-Felix is currently setting up the //Creative Technologies Lab// as his new research lab. Based at the Technology Campus Steinfurt, it is at the heart of fostering innovation and creativity in media design and interdisciplinary technology projects, integrating cutting-edge research with hands-on learning and industry collaboration.
+===== The Creative Technologies Research Lab =====
+Felix is currently setting up the //Creative Technologies Lab// as his new research lab. The [[http://www.ntsi.info|NTSI-Lab]] (2015–2024) is being closed down, and the ongoing work of participating researchers will be continued as part of the newly set-up //Creative Technologies Lab//. Based at the Technology Campus Steinfurt, it is at the heart of fostering innovation and creativity in media design and interdisciplinary technology projects, integrating cutting-edge research with hands-on learning and industry collaboration.
+    Creative Technologies Lab
+    Building E, Room E-015
+    Technology Campus Steinfurt
+    FH Münster University of Applied Sciences
 ==== Network, Partner Organisations, Collaborations ====
-  * [[https://heritagelab.center|HeritageLab International Research Group]]
   * [[http://www.dharmalifelabs.org|Dharma Life Labs]]
+  * [[https://heritagelab.center|HeritageLab International Research Group]]
   * [[https://www.fh-muenster.de/ikfm/|IKFM Institute for Construction and Functional Material]]
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 ==== Some examples of former research projects at FH Münster ====
-  * **The Green Weave**, 06/2022–04/2024: Production processes of traditional artistic handicrafts in several rural areas in the North-West of India are being analysed and examined: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubani_art|Madhubani]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajrak|Ajar Block print]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banarasi_sari|Banarasi]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikan_(embroidery)|Chikankari]]. Main focus is to research the potential to up-cycle((https://mcdonough.com/writings/the-upcycle/)) relating production processes including less pollution and less carbon monoxide emissions. Together with [[http://www.dharmalabs.io|Dharma Labs]] and their sponsoring project partner [[https://ikeafoundation.org|IKEA Foundation]] the overall goal is to improve the lives of children by enabling their families to create sustainable livelihoods, and fight and cope with climate change. \\ \\
+  * **The Green Weave**, 06/2022–04/2024: Production processes of traditional artistic handicrafts in several rural areas in the North-West of India are being analysed and examined: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubani_art|Madhubani]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajrak|Ajar Block print]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banarasi_sari|Banarasi]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikan_(embroidery)|Chikankari]]. Main focus is to research the potential to up-cycle((https://mcdonough.com/writings/the-upcycle/)) relating production processes including less pollution and less carbon monoxide emissions. Together with [[http://www.dharmalabs.io|Dharma Life Labs]] and their sponsoring project partner [[https://ikeafoundation.org|IKEA Foundation]] the overall goal is to improve the lives of children by enabling their families to create sustainable livelihoods, and fight and cope with climate change. \\ \\
   * **Nursing meets Design**, 06/2021 – 07/2023: A project that looks into inter-professional teaching and learning opportunities between the fields of design and nursing. Based on a social awareness campaign that aims to optimise how nursing as a brand is seen by the society, several concepts for inter-professional higher education are tested out and are being analysed. This collaboration with [[https://www.fh-muenster.de/gesundheit/wir/hauptamtlich.php?pId=10013&orga=12&m_list_id=5&p_list_id=0|Prof. Christiane Knecht]] (FH Münster, School of Health) was funded with 50.000 EUR by the Centre for Quality Assurance and Enhancement of FH Münster ([[https://en.fh-muenster.de/wandelwerk/index.php|Wandelwerk]]). \\ \\ ↳ [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41906-022-1920-6|Published article "Pflege trifft Design"]] (Pflegezeitschrift volume 75, pages 34–37, Sep. 2022). \\ ↳ [[activities:2022_nov_world_cafe|World-Cafe: Nursing meets Design]], Wed., Nov. 09, 2022, 13-18 Uhr (Senatssaal, Leonardo Campus 6, FH Münster)\\ \\
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 Within three years Prof. Beck established two research labs at NYUAD. He integrated  over 50 Student Research Assistants, two researchers successfully funded through the //Visiting Undergraduate Researchers Program//, and six student interns into his research. He initiated an internship program with //Cranleigh Highschool//.  He also collaborated with the NYUAD student initiative //Ecoherence//. Prof. Beck is initiator of the //NYUAD Precious Plastic Group//, which later became a student interest group (SIG) that collects, washes, shreds, and creates new products from plastic collected on NYUAD campus.
 === Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations (NTSI-Lab)===
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 Prof. Felix Beck initiated the //Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations// and started to work as Principal Investigator in September 2016. The NTSI-Lab is an interdisciplinary Design Research Lab in the Engineering Department of NYUAD. Within NYUAD's Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES) and in collaboration with the //Dhakira Lab for Heritage Research// the focus is on R&D projects in the realm of //Experimental Sustainable Designs//, //Future Technologies//, and //Social Compositions & Communal Infrastructures//.
 Examples for Beck's contribution to collaborative creative work with the NTSI-Lab: