Footwear Innovation

From Conceptual Design Through to Advanced Manufacturing Techniques
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-26751-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Footwear Innovation: From Conceptual Design through to Advanced Manufacturing Techniques is an essential guide for understanding technological advancements in the footwear industry. The book offers a detailed exploration into foot biomechanics, deformities, and machine learning's role in identifying users' needs. It serves as a comprehensive resource for footwear designers, manufacturers, and entrepreneurs. The book is divided into six parts: foot problems and biomechanics; ideation and design methodologies; advanced tools like Reverse Engineering, CAD/CAS/CAE, Augmented/Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence; manufacturing technologies including 3D printing and robotics; risk assessment and usability testing; and finally, sustainability and entrepreneurship in footwear innovation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandhu, Kamalpreet

Subburaj, Karupppasamy

Pal, Madhusudan

Sarkar, Prabir

Singh, Sunpreet

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1. UNDERSTANDING FOOT PROBLEMS
1. Introduction to the biomechanics of the foot and various deformities of the foot
2. Understanding the Users’ needs and Problems for footwear using Machine learning Approaches

PART 2. IDEATION AND DESIGN METHODS IN FOOTWEAR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
3. Generation of a variety of footwear design ideas using various methods
4. Role of creativity for designers during ideation stages and methods to assessing the skills of creativity

PART 3. METHODS AND TOOLS FOR CREATION OF FOOTWEAR
5. Amalgamation of Reverse Engineering, CAD/CAS/CAE, Augmented/Virtual reality and Artificial Intelligence to obtain an optimal design solution

PART 4. TECHNOLOGIES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF FOOTWEAR
6. Advancement in 3D printing material and printed footwear accessories
7. Recyclizing and social, economic and environmental aspects of the footwear innovations

PART 5. RISK ASSESSMENT AND USABILITY TESTING OF FOOTWEAR
8. How to plan a Design of Experiments to conduct the usability testing on footwear products with end users?
9. Effect of wearing footwear on balance and walking: Kinetic and Kinematics Study

PART 6. SUSTAINABILITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FOOTWEAR SECTOR
10. Promoting Entrepreneurship and Sustainability in Footwear business

Über Autor(innen)

Pal, Madhusudan
Dr. Madhusudan Pal, Scientist-G, Department of Ergonomics, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has assumed charge as Director, Center of Excellences (CoEs). Dr. Pal holds M Sc. and Ph D degrees in Human Physiology from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal and Diploma in Ergonomics from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. As a keen researcher and a thorough academic, Dr. Pal has developed seven technologies, transferred to Industrial partner for commercialization and most of the technologies used by Central Armed Police Force (CAPF). Dr. Pal has published about 60 publications in peer reviewed journals/conference proceedings and protected 19 intellectual properties through Design registration, patent and copy right.

Subburaj, Karupppasamy
Karupppasamy Subburaj, PhD. is an Assistant Professor and the lead for the Healthcare Engineering and Design track in the Engineering Product Development (EPD) Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) since 2014. He leads the Medical Engineering and Design (MED) laboratory, an interdisciplinary research group specializing in design and development of medical devices, medical imaging and image analysis methods, and computing tools for diagnosing, treating, and potentially preventing musculoskeletal disorders and disabilities. Recognizing that collaborative bridges between different disciplines are the key to advancement in research, he brings basic scientists, clinical researchers, design engineers, and physicians together to conduct clinically relevant research and translate it to patient care. He is also passionate about design education and teaching and received the SUTD Outstanding Education Award: Excellence in Teaching (2019) for his contributions. His research resulted in 4 patents, 2 books, 50 peer-reviewed technical articles in highly referred international journals, and 80 international conference articles and presentations. Subburaj received his doctorate (2019) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and postdoctoral (2010-2014) research training in Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research laboratory in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Sarkar, Prabir
Prabir Sarkar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. He is the founder chairman of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cell of IIT Ropar. Before joining IIT Ropar, he worked as an Associate Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce Gaithersburg, USA. He completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in Design Creativity. He did his Master of Design also from IISc on Product Design and Engineering. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. He is an editorial board member of Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Emerald and is a reviewer of several journals and conferences. Dr. Sarkar secured jointly funding of more than 100 crores from various external funding agencies. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Engineers, India.