textile engineering

Jul 13, 2017

Dr. Martin King Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at MedTex17

This May, King received the lifetime achievement award at international biomedical textiles conference MedTex17 in Shanghai. The biennial conference, which he has been instrumental in organizing for the past decade, gathers students, researchers, clinicians, delegates from the government and partners from the business, industry and medical fields to present and discuss new research. 

Jun 26, 2017

Wilson College Alumna Victoria Rind ‘17 Lights Up the Field of Textile Engineering

Read about NC State College of Textiles alumna Victoria Rind, a research fellow at the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator's TEK-TILES Summer Sprint project and a future Adidas intern. 

Apr 4, 2017

Textile Student’s Project Looks at Composting Cotton Waste From Campus Labs

In order to reduce waste sent to landfills, NC State University already composts uneaten food, compostable packaging and even paper towels. So why not cotton, too? 

May 5, 2016

Internships and More Internships Drive Textile Student’s Career

Internships and the invaluable on-the-job experiences they provide have not only been Wilson College of Textiles senior Adam Barksdale’s favorite aspect of college, they have helped him launch his career. Since arriving at NC State in 2010, Barksdale, who will graduate May 7 with his bachelor’s degree in textile engineering with an information systems design concentration,…