Limp Materials Research at North Carolina State University

The College of Textiles at North Carolina State University is committed to support fundamental and applied research to enhance international competitiveness of the U. S. fiber, textile, and apparel complex. Automation of apparel manufacturing is an important part of the overall research in this area. Our research programs in apparel automation have some unique characteristics, particularly in our emphasis on the need for quite sophisticated materials knowledge in the design and control of appropriate, flexible automated processes. At the same time, our research programs have benefited greatly from close interactions with the major industry-sponsored research programs in this area: those at Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation [(TC)2], The Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, and the Singer Sewing Company.