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