Associate Professor
Izmir University of Economics
Izmir, Türkiye
Researcher and Academic. Focus on Digital Fashion, E-commerce, Recommendation Systems, Wearable Technology, Smart Textiles
Dr. Arzu Vuruskan received her Bachelor (2002) and Master (2005) degrees from the Department of Textile Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey. She got her second Master degree (2009) from Germany, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Textile and Clothing Management programme; she got a DAAD award for this study program. Through her studies in Germany, she focused on made-to-measure clothing for performance sportswear and 3D body scanning; and took part in university-industry projects realized with Adidas and Hugo Boss. Her PhD studies at the Department of Textile Engineering (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, 2010) investigated the body shapes by means of 3D body scanning, and mass customization in apparel. As a follow up of these research, she has been in the US at the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design at Cornell University, as a Fulbright visiting scholar between the years of 2015-2017.
She started her professional career as a merchandiser in an apparel manufacturing plant (2002-2003); and continued her academic career as a Research Assistant (2003-2005), and as an Instructor (2006-2011) at Izmir University of Economics. She was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2011 and as an Associate Professor in 2020.
Among her research interests are clothing technology, functional clothing design, apparel fit and customization, CAD systems and innovations in fashion industry.
In the field of fashion/clothing technology and design, she has published numerous articles and papers. She has been involved in various industry-partnered projects, EU supported projects and has led a TÜBİTAK project focused on developing a clothing recommendation platform using artificial intelligence.
Her administrative duties included the position as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at Izmir University of Economics between the years of 2011-2015. In addition to being the Erasmus coordinator for the department, she has been serving as a Senate member at Izmir University of Economics since 2019.
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Project cooperation
AI-Driven Fashion Recommendation Platform
Seeking Collaborators for AI-Driven Fashion Recommendation Platform
Project cooperation
Smart Glove Design for visually impaired people
Seeking Collaborators for Smart Glove Design for the Visually Impaired individuals