{"id":49741,"date":"2023-05-01T15:29:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=49741"},"modified":"2024-01-16T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:00:37","slug":"connie-wong-23-explores-all-aspects-of-textile-science-en-route-to-nike-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/connie-wong-23-explores-all-aspects-of-textile-science-en-route-to-nike-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Connie Wong \u201923 Explores All Aspects of Textile Science En Route to Nike Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
By Sarah Stone <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a few short years ago, Connie Wong was a first-year student at NC State with no idea what she wanted to study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI applied to NC State as an exploratory studies student, and I was flipping through the majors and saw the medical textiles concentration<\/a>,\u201d Wong says. \u201cI thought that sounded interesting, so I decided to transfer into the textile technology<\/a> program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, she\u2019s gearing up for a supply chain internship at her dream company: Nike headquarters. In between, she\u2019s gained hands-on experience with just about every aspect of textile science, from researching sustainability and smart textiles with faculty to a product management internship with Hanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI like how I got to experience so many different aspects of the textile industry, as it\u2019s so big and diverse in terms of job opportunities,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Wong walks across the stage in Reynolds Coliseum, it won\u2019t be her last time in NC State regalia. She\u2019ll return in the fall to earn a master\u2019s in textile engineering<\/a> through the Accelerated Bachelor\u2019s\/Master\u2019s (ABM) program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Karen Leonas and I are working with a start-up company called Sortile that has developed a device that can determine fiber blend compositions of fabrics using NIR spectroscopy. This device will be useful for textile recycling, as post-consumer fabrics need to be first sorted by their fiber composition. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat research are you working on right now? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n