Alex’s PhD project sets out an ambitious research plan which will investigate, with the help of cutting-edge experimental facilities, two fundamental aspects: (1) fatigue-resistant self-healing flexible sensors made of rubber-like materials, to obtain high sensitivity, low cost, durable alternatives of traditional sensors by exploring rigorous experimental studies, and (2) to test newly-developed flexible sensors for their suitability in renewable energy-generating structures, e.g. flexible membrane wave energy converters, tidal and wind turbine blades.