Research and Innovation

Students demonstrate their portable sink built with rice bags while professors and judges view their presentation.

Aug 31, 2026

Project With a Purpose: Seniors Turn Rice Bags Into Solutions

Senior Design students participated in a sustainability challenge project during the first week of the fall semester.

Connery Bunn uses a measuring instrument in his research lab. He wears a white lab coat and goggles. Around him is more lab equipment and a behind him is a bright window, flooding the room with natural light.

Aug 25, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Chemistry Lab as an Undergraduate

As a part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Connery Bunn worked for 10 weeks in an advanced lab and grew professionally and academically.

Aug 24, 2026

TECS REU: Working in a Textile Engineering Lab as an Undergraduate

Learn about how the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) has given textile engineering student Owen Rector the chance to see if research is right for him while gaining invaluable skills along the way.

Regan Stefanoni and Krusha Patel work in a laboratory, wearing long white lab coats. Bathed in natural light from a window on the left, they both face a counter with racks of small beakers and other lab equipment. They smile as Regan reaches for one of the beakers.

Aug 23, 2026

Undergraduate Research Offers Pathways to Academia, Opens to External Students

The TECS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) provides invaluable experience for students interested in research, and has offered opportunity to non-Wilson College students for the first time.

The Textiles Research Symposium underway, with community members viewing rows of research posters in the lobby of the Textiles Complex.

Jun 23, 2026

The Future of Textiles Includes Collaboration and Innovation

Wilson College of Textiles graduate students exhibited their research through oral presentations and posters at the annual Textiles Research Symposium.

Julia Handley smiles and claps as she follows models off the runway. The last model is wearing a wedding gown.

May 29, 2026

NC State Fashion Week 2026: Recapping in Style

The Wilson College of Textiles and the College of Design collaborated on a week of events showcasing student work and bringing the fashion industry to campus.

A student presents a large research poster to peers and judges, who stand around a table and face away from the camera. They are in a large lobby and surrounded by other attendees.

May 22, 2026

Undergraduates Develop Solutions for Industry Leaders in Senior Design

Seniors majoring in textile engineering and textile technology took on year-long development projects for the Senior Design capstone course.

Sophia Thompson looks down at her forearm, which is being equipped with an armband with embedded technology. Her dark hair is in a slicked-back ponytail and she wears a navy and white striped sweater. To the right is another student fastening the armband, and a lab is laid out behind them with two other student in frame working on countertops.

May 20, 2026

Undergraduate Conducts Research in Emerging Wearable Electronics Lab

Read about the experiences and benefits Sophia Thompson, senior, gained working in a research lab focused on developing wearable devices.

Professionals gathered around circular tables in a large conference room with grey walls. There are a few dozen adults sitting in black chairs facing a presenter towards the left of the frame.

Apr 23, 2026

AI in Textiles: Implementing and Regulating New Technologies

Wilson College researchers and experts participated in a conference exploring the implications and use of AI in the fashion industry.

Dynamic PyroMan on fire in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center.

Apr 22, 2026

Dynamic PyroMan™ Earns Patent, Advancing Testing for Protective Apparel

A breakthrough patent brings real-world motion to thermal testing, aiming to redefine how protective apparel is evaluated under fire.