Minyoung Suh

Bio

Dr. Minyoung Suh is currently an associate professor in Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. She has extensive research and education experiences related to functional clothing and its production. With an emphasis on technical aspects of clothing, she has developed the multidisciplinary research program throughout her career path. The primary research stream deals with functional clothing, including but not limited to smart clothing, sportswear, foundation garment and intimate apparel. Utilizing advanced technologies such as the 3D body scanning, motion sensing, pressure sensing, 3D printing, and conductive printing, her research aims at innovative textile product development that can promote well-being and increase the quality of life. 

Research

• Smart Clothing
• Wearable Technology
• Intimate Apparel
• Functional Clothing

Teaching

• FTM 315 – Fashion Product Design ,
• TTM 515 – Apparel Production ,
• TTM 517 – Advanced CAD for Fashion

Area(s) of Expertise

3D Body Scanning
Fashion Design
Functional Textile Design
Performance Textiles
Product Development
Technical/Electronic Textiles/Wearables

Publications

• Effect of Hybrid Knitted Structure on Clothing Pressure , APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL (2025)
• Exploratory study about apparent elastic properties of human breast , Materials Plus (2024)
• Wearable Solutions: Design, Durability, and Electrical Performance of Snap Connectors and Integrating Them into Textiles Using Interconnects , TEXTILES (2024)
• Electromechanical Characterization of Commercial Conductive Yarns for E-Textiles , TEXTILES (2023)
• Breast Geometry Characterization of Young American Females Using 3D Image Analysis , APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL (2022)
• Design and characterization of a cotton fabric antenna for on-body thermotherapy , JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES (2022)
• 3D-printed thermoplastic polyurethane for wearable breast hyperthermia , FASHION AND TEXTILES (2021)
• Development of a conformal woven fabric antenna for wearable breast hyperthermia , FASHION AND TEXTILES (2021)
• Enhancing the Electrical Properties of Inkjet-Printed Silver Ink by Electrolyte Sintering, Photonic Sintering, and Electroless Plating , SCIENCE OF SINTERING (2021)
• Low frequency dielectric properties related to structure of cotton fabrics , IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION (2020)

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