Materials & Textiles College of Engineering - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Materials & Textiles College of Engineering

Research Group
Professor Steven B. Warner, Sc.D.
Textile Sciences Department
College of Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Back row, left to right: Vani S. Kaliyugavaradan, Veli Kalayci,
Prabir Patra, Joel Quezada-Martich, Alice Baillie, and Skander Limem.

Front row, left to right: Raghavendra Ramamurthy,
Esin Yesilalan, Chunyan Pang, Gian Gao, and Steve Warner.

Electrospinning
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Objectives: Understand process, increase productivity, and characterize fibers
Sponsors: National Textile Center, Charged Injection Corp.
Participants: Professor Greg Rutledge (MIT), Veli Kalayci, Dr. Prabir Patra

Nanocomposite Fibers
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Objectives: Understand the polymer-particle interaction; identify, form and characterize promising nanocomposite fibers; process nanotubes into fibers
Sponsor: National Textile Center
Participants: Professor Yong Kim, Dr. Prabir Patra, Professor Paul Calvert (UAZ), Esin Yesilalan

Coated Fabrics
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Objectives: Understand how the interactions between fabric and coating affect shear and tear properties
Sponsor: National Textile Center
Participants: Professor Julie Chen (UMass Lowell), Ning Pan (UCal Davis), Dr. Prabir Patra, Chunyan Pang

Modeling Ropes’ Toughness

Objectives: Quantitatively simulate the tensile deformation of rope using fiber or yarn properties
Sponsor: National Textile Center, New England Rope
Participants: Professor Julie Chen (UMass Lowell), Ankar Kumar, Dr. Prabir Patra
Spider Silk
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Objectives: Determine the effects of salts on the processing of spider silk
Sponsor: National Textile Center
Participants: Professor Michael Ellison (Clemson, Dr. Prabir Patra), Jian Gao
Can Domestic Apparel Manufacturing Be Competetive?

Objectives: Develop a model that shows the economic advantages (or disadvantages) of maintaining a component of onshore apparel manufacturing.
Sponsor: National Textile Center
Participants: Dr. Roger Warburton, Professor Linda Welters (URI)
Anisotropic Wicking and Wetting

Objectives: Understand the wicking and wetting behavior of fibers, yarns and fabrics as a function of their structure and chemical treatments
Sponsor: Griffin Manufacturing
Participants: Professor Haskell Beckham (GA Tech), Dr. Roger Warburton
Spunbond Fabric Strength

Objectives: Predict the tensile strength of fabrics using finite element analysis
Sponsor: Industrial
Participants: Skander Limen
Hot Sport Shoes

Objectives: Minimize the foot temperature increase that occurs during use of sport shoes
Sponsor: Industrial
Participants: Professor Alex Fowler
QR XML System for the Textile/Apparel e-Supply Chain
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Objectives: Improve interaction in the textile and apparel supply chain. Develop and test a model.
Sponsor: Textile Sciences Department
Participants: Roger Warburton, Steve Warner, Raghavendra Ramamurthy

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