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AATCC Review
Items in this Collection
- 18Davies, Nicola
- 13Musante, Glenna B.
- 11Le, Kilara
- 8Pelc, Corrie
- 7Wojciechowska, Iza
- 6Crawford, Craig
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2014-02-01
As the debate over near sourcing continues, a look at the numbers indicates that the benefits may not be enough to tilt the balance.
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2017-02-01
Imagine charging a fitness tracker, only it’s not plugged to a USB cable, but into your clothes. The arrival of functional fabrics capable of generating electricity may well herald in a new era that will see the powering of devices through fabrics. These textiles are on the cutting edge of...
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2017-04-01
W ith plans taking shape for a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s, NASA has a lot to consider: How will Mars be different from the Moon? What’s the best way to get there? What can the Red Planet teach us about our solar system? But perhaps one of the most important questions that must be given...
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2020-12-01
Pai, Roshan S., Doraswami, Uttam R., Belino, Nuno, Paul, Rosham
The textile industry contributes significantly to the growth of the global economy, but it is also one of the most polluting industries.1 Bleaching of cotton is an integral part of the textile wet processing industry. It is carried out to remove naturally occurring coloring matters from cotton to...
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2020-06-01
Companies operating in the performance apparel sector tend to react quickly and innovatively to the challenges which they face. Innovation is the industry’s response to a range of current challenges. Some of the current challenges include creating a more sustainable supply chain; reducing water...
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2016-04-01
Biking, running, circuit training, hot yoga, and working out at the gym are all popular activities in a population increasingly focused on fitness. All can make you stronger and healthier. But working out also has a price. It’s called odor, and anyone who works out regularly can tell you that...
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2016-02-01
Trivedy, Kanika, Sangappa, S., Kumar, S. Nirmal, Bindroo, B.B.
The silkworm is a beneficial, eco-friendly insect reared commercially for the production of cocoons, and in turn, silk. Silk is a natural fiber and the fabric made out of it has a wide market throughout the world. Traditionally, household spinners and weavers produce a variety of beautifully...
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Putting Invention into Practice— Conversion of the North American Denim Dyer to a New Form of Indigo
2019-06-01
This year, the AATCC Olney Medal Award Committee departed from tradition and selected a textile chemistry advancement, not from the academic sphere, but rather from the unpublicized world of manufacturing. Such an occasional break with tradition can be justified because, after all, product is the...
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2020-04-01
This was the sound advice given by British designer Vivienne Westwood, when she was asked in 2018 about ethical and environmental issues in the fashion industry. It remains equally valid in 2020 and will continue to be the ethical code by which we should shop in the future. People in the textile...
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2017-08-01
The drive to develop new applications for wearable technology continues to bring together multidisciplinary groups of people who are fusing existing technologies with newly developed ones. Monitoring of health data, such as temperature, heart rate, and muscle activity are some of the more useful...