{"id":21726,"date":"2022-07-22T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=21726"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:59:09","slug":"2014-15-senior-design-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/student-experience\/senior-design\/projects\/2014-15-senior-design-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"2014-15 Senior Design Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reinforcement of Tires for Puncture Resistance<\/h2><\/a>
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\"Michael<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firestone Fibers and Textiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Michael Hall, Cori Boyce, Mohammed Hamoudi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nails and other sharp objects can puncture a tire and cause the tire to go flat within minutes. Tires are a hassle to change and expensive to replace. It is inevitable that a tire will run over a sharp object during its lifetime, and to prevent air loss in the tire, a tire with an embedded puncture resistant layer will prevent the customer from having to replace their tire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of this project is to develop an innovative fabric-based tire reinforcement that prevents a finishing nail from penetrating through the wall of a tire. The team is expected to investigation of the best fabric, and work with the sponsor to test fabrication procedures and evaluation of the reinforcement material. The product solution should be cost benefit for the sponsor to produce.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Integration in a Firefighter Cooling Vest<\/h2><\/a>
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\"PJ<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Porticos Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PJ Burger, Brian Kieber, David Warren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Extreme temperature environments, protective gear that prevents the natural body cooling through evaporation of perspiration, and intense physical exertion combine to put firefighters at high risk of severe heat stress. Moderate to severe heat stress results in debilitating physiological and cognitive effects that reduce the effectiveness of the firefighter with potentially life threatening impacts. Porticos developed and licenses the technology for an innovative cooling system (Porticool) that utilizes liquefied CO2 as the consumable cooling agent. As a next stage of development, Porticos is interested in identifying and integrating innovative materials into the vest to make the cooling more uniform and efficient. In parallel Porticos is interested in developing strategies for thermal energy harvesting capable of powering body worn sensors and transmitting the data wirelessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of this project is improve the current vest design to maximize cooling efficiency, improve cooling uniformity and maximize power harvesting using thermal energy generators.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Re-invigorated Basic Tee<\/h2><\/a>
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\"Laura<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hanesbrands Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laura Godwin, Ben Gillespie, Deston Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of people own basic tee shirts. A basic tee shirt is easy to throw on and always comfortable to wear. Naturally, there has been little change to the basic tee shirt. Until now! Hanesbrands wants to be at the forefront of the basic tee shirt re-design revolution. Hanes is seeking a team of innovative students to develop a newly designed basic tee. Students are encouraged to \u201cthink outside the pattern\u201d for the new design. There are few restrictions on what the design should be, but similar to the current basic tee, there should be a high demand for the new design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop a new design for the basic tee shirt concept that can be commercially supported. A market analysis and manufacturing cost analysis should be done on the newly designed shirt.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Temperature Regulating Fabric<\/h2><\/a>
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\"Hugo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hanesbrands (Keith Zimmerman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hugo Garcia, Omar Knio, Joseph Moo-Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you get hot, your shirt cools you off. When you get cold, the your shirt warms you up. Athletic apparel is in need of a tee shirt you can wear in all temperatures. For instance, during a hard workout at the gym a cooling feature is desired, but stepping outside during the winter after a workout would need a warming feature. Recently, advances in coatings and additives to textiles allow for temperature regulation in fabrics. Hanes is seeking students to explore these technologies and develop a shirt that has the ability to cool and warm. There are few limitations as to how this concept will be created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final goal of this project is to develop a shirt that warms and cools based on the external environment or the need of the wearer. A cost analysis should be conducted and market space should be identified. Proof of the garment\u2019s cooling and heating abilities should be quantified.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Realistic Canine Bite Sleeve Commercialization<\/h2><\/a>
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\"Carly<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Army Research Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carly Bohnenblusch, James Murdock, Andrew Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Military Working Dogs serve in a wide range of capacities within the US military including security, patrol, explosives detection, tracking, search and rescue, guard, sentry and tactical duty. During advanced training multi-purpose canines will receive negative reinforcement during a \u201cmis-bite\u201d on a handler or trainer. This negative behavioral reinforcement can remain throughout training and into tactical situations where a canine will disengage from a bite for fear of punishment from its handler. Disengagement during a tactical operation poses a significant liability, not only to the canine but the team the canine supports. The most critical aspect of the project is safety, not only for the handler but also for the canine. The materials selected have to be nontoxic to dogs, so if they ingest any material, the canine is not harmed. The sleeve needs to be puncture resistant for the handler, so they are not hurt during the canine training process.
Materials challenges in the current bite sleeve that need to be improved include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. the comfort of the material in contact with trainer\u2019s arm<\/li>
  2. flexibility of the bite sleeve: i.e. maximizing joint movement and protection.<\/li>
  3. reducing the sleeve weight.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The goal of this project is to improve upon the bite sleeve design and progress forward the commercialization potential of the bite sleeve. In addition to finalizing material decisions of the bite sleeve; a market analysis, and complete cost analysis of manufacturing should be conducted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    3D Compression Fabric Test Method<\/h2><\/a>
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    \"John<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    BSN Medical<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    John Stover, Helen Wilson, David Jenkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Graduated Compression Stockings (GCS) provide a gradient compression pressure (mmHg) to limbs; the highest compression being at the ankle and a gradual decrease in pressure towards upper parts of the limb. HATRA, CEN and HOSY are some of the common test methods\/devices to evaluate compression properties of stockings. In all these methods, the stocking is stretched using two pairs of jaws\/blades and the corresponding stiffness at specific extension is used to calculate the compression properties. The stretching profile in these test methods is different from stretching profile in application wherein the stocking covers a three dimensional object (such as a limb). Thus the pressure sensed by the limb might be different from the pressure measured by the aforementioned test methods. In addition, the current methods have other limitations being time consuming in sample preparation, testing, implementing size\/shape changes, etc. Thus, it is of great significance that the testing method\/device should evaluate pressure profile based on three-dimensional stretch similar to wearing condition and address limitations in current testing approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The goal of this project is to design and develop a testing device or method\/fixture to existing device that simulates 3D stretching characteristics of a stocking in application. The design would allow measurements to be taken at multiple locations of the stocking with preferred limb profile. The design will require minimum effort to implement size changes (limb diameter and length). The test results should correlate with existing test methods, for instance HATRA test results. The design will be robust and user-friendly in order to be implemented in manufacturing and development setting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Nonwovens for Performance Gear<\/h2><\/a>
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    \"Colin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Sponsor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Under Armour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Team Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Colin Donahue, Jordan Tabor, Tommy Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Project Description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Nonwovens are a cost-effective textile-formation method that historically has not been considered for Performance Gear due to concerns with durability and drape.  As technology continues to evolve, Under Armour (UA) would like to be on the forefront of new advances in nonwoven formation that not only address durability and drape, but performance factors that aren\u2019t necessarily achieved via conventional textile-formation processes. UA is also very interested in applied technology and using concepts and ideas other industries are driving to create new Performance Gear (apparel, accessories, footwear), specifically through the use of nonwovens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n