When Wilson College of Textiles alumnus Ross Mason began work on his Senior Design project, he never imagined it would take him to where he is today \u2014 leading over a hundred employees as a plant manager at Knit-Rite, a leading producer of prosthetic interfaces, compression garments and other medical textiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason, who graduated with a degree in textile technology (TT)<\/a> with a concentration in medical textiles<\/a> in 2016, originally found the Wilson College through the Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a>. It was there he decided to pursue his burgeoning interest in medical textiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mason followed this interest through his time at the college and into Senior Design<\/a>, where students are assigned a year-long industry-sponsored project. The students see these projects through from project planning and design, to prototyping and testing, all the way to presenting their final products or processes. <\/p>\n\n\n