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Feb 6, 2024

New study finds ‘sweet spot’ for length of yarn-shaped supercapacitors

Tech Xplore
Wilson College of Textiles researchers have identified a "sweet spot" at which the length of a threadlike energy storage technology called a "yarn-shaped supercapacitor" (YSC) yields the highest and most efficient flow of energy per unit length. 

Feb 6, 2024

Student Profile: Shivani Patel, MPP Class of 2025

UChicago News
Meet Shivani Patel, a class of 2017 Wilson College of Textiles graduate and current public policy master's student at the University of Chicago. 

Feb 2, 2024

Federal Government Funds NC-Based Textile Innovation Engine

Sourcing Journal
The Wilson College of Textiles is a recipient of the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines Program, tasked with advancing technology in the textile industry. 

Jan 30, 2024

Major NSF boost for North Carolina

Innovation In Textiles
The Wilson College of Textiles will serve as a core partner on one of the single largest investment programs in place-specific R&D in US history. 

Jan 30, 2024

Make-A-Thon 2024: Innovation for Good

NC State Sustainability
Wilson College of Textiles students complete and place in Make-A-Thon, NC State's annual sustainability innovation challenge for students. 

Jan 29, 2024

New Project in US Seeks to Advance Textile Industry ‘Greening’

texfash
North Carolina State University's Wilson College of Textiles will serve as a core partner on a regional research effort to advance US capacity for textile innovation that ensures environmental sustainability by recycling waste materials into fibers for new textiles. 

Jan 29, 2024

Research aims at ‘greening’ the textile industry

The Times and Democrat
North Carolina State University's Wilson College of Textiles will serve as a core partner on a regional research effort to advance U.S. capacity for textile innovation that ensures environmental sustainability by recycling waste materials into fibers for new textiles. 

Jan 29, 2024

$180M US investment to drive textile ‘greening’

Ecotextile News
The US National Science Foundation is to set up one of its first 'Regional Innovation Engines' at North Carolina State University's Wilson College of Textiles, where it will work on advancing the recycling of waste materials into new fibers for the textile sector. 

Jan 26, 2024

New NSF Center Will Advance Textile Industry ‘Greening’

NC State News
The Wilson College of Textiles will serve as a core partner on a regional research effort to advance U.S. capacity for textile innovation. The effort will receive up to $15 million for two years and up to $160 million over 10 years. 

Jan 26, 2024

The Intersection of Fashion and Disability

New Books Network
Wilson College of Textiles Professor Kate Annett-Hitchcock discusses her new book on the intersection of fashion and disability.