ATTERN is a Doctoral Network at the intersection of electromagnetic compatibility, medical engineering, system-safety engineering, and sustainability management. In its push to go beyond the state of the art the project will embed artificial intelligence (AI) into every challenge. The project will research how best to use AI to discover innovative and sustainable solutions to manage electromagnetic interference (EMI) and develop new sets of design guidelines for electromagnetic reliability and the safety of European medical products of the future. PATTERN's science case is based on the integration and optimization of every key performance indicator (KPI) linked to the two revolutions faced by medical electronics: risk and sustainability. This requires us to think in terms of a trade-off across a new mix of disciplines, to develop innovative solutions, and to consider all the far-reaching societal and technical consequences of a design choice. Until now, even the most high-tech of industries have been forced to manufacture several prototypes and perform tests, because the actual performance of an EMI solution in a product is unknown. A characterization strategy embedded in these new realities is urgently needed. PATTERN is the first training network dedicated to the inclusion of AI as the choice of technology to support these paradigm shifts with a new design philosophy. It answers the recently highlighted, pressing need for trained specialists in the field. PATTERN involves 9 academic Beneficiaries and 9 industrial Associated Partners, across the complete lifecycle of design solutions, from 8 countries. A pan-European approach in a multi-sectoral context is guaranteed (universities, an established start-up, SMEs, and major industries) PATTERN will train a new generation of scientific professionals who can transition between disciplines and take up leading positions in the field of electronics, safety, sustainability and AI, while thinking about design differently.

An inherent problem in contemporary acousmatic music-music which uses recorded sound as its material-is the intangibility of its sound sources and the detachment it can generate in non-expert audiences, which limits its public reach. The proposed research addresses this issue, seeking means for the 'objectification' of sound-based composition, whereby music, drawing and sculpture become a fully integrated multimodal art object which mobilises the aural, visual and tactile senses collectively and interactively in the aesthetic experience. Human perception is multisensory in nature. Neurons integrate signals across the senses as crossmodal associations (Stein Stanford 2008). Some correspondences are naturally associated, like pitch and elevation, auditory volume and visual brightness (Spence & Parise 2009), but crossmodal blending of mismatched stimuli (smell, touch, colour, and emotions) integrate into complex, hybridised sensory information, yielding richer aesthetic experiences. The application of such knowledge within artistic practice is an area rich with potential, yet has thus far received little attention. My work aims to address this. Practice-based and transdisciplinary, it will involve the creation of artworks and installations responsive to interaction, investigating the multisensory interconnections - crossmodal associations or correspondences - between music, the visual arts and haptics, combining spatialized sound, 3D objects and user interfaces. In doing so it offers new ways of engaging audiences in the creative process.

This practice research PhD seeks to produce a new form of interdisciplinary, feminist Live Art that actualises and interrogates female fury provoked by #MeToo experiences (Savigny 2018; Boyle 2019; Traister 2019; Rudakoff 2021). This will be achieved through knitting together: techniques from both commercial and arthouse, Anglo-American, female-led horror films; germinal feminist texts that place emphasis on embodied emotion (Cixous 1976; Lorde 1997; Ahmed 2014); explorations of rage within Live Art practices.

Fuel poverty is on the rise worldwide. The statistics have indicated that the fuel poverty rate in Leicester is amongst the highest in England (LCC, 2023). However, it has been challenging to address it and its impact due to the lack of knowledge about its daily impact on people's lives, especially the most vulnerable groups including Black and minority ethnic (BME) lone parents (Lee et al., 2022). No UK studies are known to date that aim to explore the impact of fuel poverty on BME lone parents' daily lives. Fuel poverty impacts everyone very differently, meaning their reactions to fuel poverty will vary, including going into debt, avoiding putting the heating on, and skipping meals (Middlemiss, 2017). Therefore, the impact of fuel poverty can include decreased physical and mental health of parents and children, including an increased number of physical diseases, including respiratory and cardiovascular, colds and flu, and even deaths (Geddes et al., 2011), also increased stress, risk of suicide, depression, anxiety, paranoia, and isolation (Lee et al., 2022; Mohan, 2022). Additionally, it has been found that parental mental health struggles can contribute to adverse childhood experiences, impacting children's mental health and health across the lifespan (Straatmann et al., 2020). Therefore, exploring fuel poverty's impact on parenting may add knowledge on how to improve families' mental health. Taking into consideration factors like racism, poorer housing, unemployment, and stigma that affect BME households suggests that BME lone mothers can be disproportionally affected by fuel poverty yet remain hugely under-researched (Onwumere et al., 2023). Leicester is a diverse city that continuously works on decreasing inequality and tackling poverty because it has high levels of deprivation and fuel poverty (LCC, 2023). Therefore, the urgency of addressing fuel poverty in BME lone mothers in Leicester is undeniable. This study will aim to understand how BME lone mothers experience fuel poverty and its impact on their lives using a qualitative multimethodological approach. Semi-structured interviews will be used as it is a flexible yet focused approach allowing an in-depth understanding of participant experience (Dicicco-Bloom & Crabtree, 2006). While, visual methods in the form of participant-produced photographs will increase the richness of collected data, adding depth and knowledge by creating an opportunity for participants to share thoughts with abundant meaning that could be hard to express verbally (Williamson, 2019). The data will be analysed using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis which is a participant-oriented approach that is dedicated to exploring and making sense of participants' lived experiences (Alase, 2017). Furthermore, The Public Health Directorate of the Leicester City Council will be a member of the Project Advisory Board of this study, with continuous consultation throughout the research duration, and active participation in shaping the research design and data collection processes. Also, they will grant access to their community centres for data collection and community dissemination activities. This study will aim to fill the existing knowledge gap about BME lone mothers' experience of fuel poverty and inform policymakers, agencies and charities, and health services. Additionally, the Committee on Climate Change (2019) stated that studying fuel poverty should remain a priority in order to understand how to support the most vulnerable groups when achieving Net Zero goals.

Research Questions: The main question is: - How can Creative Writing provoke an understanding of animal treatment within Net Zero policy? And is supplemented by sub-questions: - How might multimodal short fiction agitate for a sustainable future for animals as well as humans? - Can multimodal practice offer an "other" perspective on human (in)action by privileging an animal's perspective?