AATCC Review

2015-02-01

Musante, Glenna B.

There was a time when shopping for a pair of hiking socks was a simple matter. For warm weather hiking, you would probably pick a thin athletic sock made from cotton or synthetic fibers. If it was winter, you would buy a thick pair of socks, probably wool, and hope they wouldn’t be...

2019-04-01

Davies, Nicola

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing for long-duration, deep space exploration on the Orion spacecraft—and the textile industry is aiding the agency in the research and development of innovative materials to make this mission possible. These new fabrics may...

2018-02-01

Davies, Nicola

What if your shirt could keep you warm when it is cold outside, and cool you down as soon as you enter a heated building? What if your trousers could look like a regular pair on an average day, but automatically transform into puffy outdoor gear when you go to a colder climate? What if all you...

2014-06-01

Aspland, John Richard

Born in Leeds, England, to parents in the elementary school teaching profession, it seemed quite natural that Aspland would follow teaching as his primary profession of choice, albeit at the university level. Fate decreed rather differently.

2020-12-01

Sherburne, Cary

As an industry, we’ve barely gotten our feet wet with Textile Industry 4.0, and now Textile Industry 5.0 is on the horizon! According to experts at Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), the development of functional fiber computing solutions will likely be the basis for moving us into...

2017-04-01

Aspelund, Karl

The overview presented for this series of articles is the product of a preliminary investigation performed at the University of Rhode Island. The initial focus of the study was on identifying areas of potential risk stemming from behavioral and cultural factors related to textiles and apparel in...

2017-06-01

Aspelund, Karl

This article is the second in a series of review articles focused on apparel and textiles for intravehicular activity (IVA) in space-based habitats and during longduration space flight (LDSF), such as a planned Mars mission. The focus of this article is on the ability of IVA textiles to protect...

2017-08-01

Aspelund, Karl

This article is the final of three in a series of review articles focused on apparel and textiles for intravehicular activity (IVA) in space-based habitats and during long-duration space flight (LDSF).

2014-06-01

Musante, Glenna B.

Sleep is one of those essential elements of life, like water and oxygen, you can’t live without. But increasingly, getting a good night’s rest is a challenge. Long to-do lists, overactive minds, one’s handy mobile device calling from the night stand, the pinging sound it makes at night when an...

2017-08-01

Wojciechowska, Iza

Ever since Levi Strauss put the first jeans on the market in 1873, denim seems like it has never left us. The fashion trends in jeans and jackets have come and gone (and come back again), but denim itself has always persisted, that classic blue textile epitomizing American cool. Everyone’s got...