8 weeks
This new course introduces the bridge between Novel Textile Technologies and Fashion Industry, to adjust to the new reality. The course combines two competitive advantages of European textile and clothing industry. Its excellence in research and development of new textile products with advanced properties and its leadership in global fashion market. Novel technologies bring new opportunities for new production lines, highly specialised. The clothing industry, using smart textiles, has started to produce wearables, i.e. garments with microelectronic devices with multiple applications in measuring, monitoring and controlling body physical properties. While these technologies found a relevant field of application in medical and hygiene sector, more and more, they expand in new applications, i.e. sports and fitness garments, casual clothing, baby-wear, footwear, applications in which fashion constitutes an important element. New textile technologies present a competitive advantage for European clothing industry, opening up new exploitation opportunities.
The course is focused on advanced textile and fashion technologies. You will have possibility to learn about new textile materials, their structures, properties and manufacturing technologies; nanomaterials, classification and fields of their application; smart textiles, i.e. the main definition, classification, wearable electronics, various sensors, heating and conductive textiles, etc.; digital fashion design, colours, textures, shapes and proportions, creative process and fashion education. Sustainability in design and production, logistics and distribution and how it affects clothing and fashion industry will be presented, too.
The course is public and addressed to students and recent graduates of higher education and post-secondary VET institutes, that attend or have attended related study fields (clothing and textile industry, fashion,) and employees of SME’s working in textile and fashion industry.
Pablo Díaz García
Phd in textile program from UPV. He is working as both lecturer and researcher in textile and paper department (DTEXPA). He is specialised on textile field and works on research focused on new developments of textile structures or management. He has been working for more than 20 years in many projects from national or international calls or according to different agreements with companies.
María Ángeles Bonet Aracil
Phd in industrial textile from UPV. She is working as both lecturer and researcher in textile and paper department (DTEXPA). Contents are always related to textile field as well as research lines. She has specialised on fucntionalisation of fibres and fabrics. She has been working for more than 15 years in many projects from national or international calls. Also on different agreements with companies. She has published many papers related with textiles and has collaborated in other MOOC based on microcapsules.
Eva Bou Belda
Phd in industrial textile from UPV. She is working as part time lecturer and as laboratory researcher in textile and paper department (DTEXPA). Contents are always related to textile field as well as research lines. She has been working for more than 10 years in UPV. She has published many papers related with textiles and has collaborated in other MOOC based on microcapsules.
Ignacio Montava Seguí
Phd in textile program from UPV. He is working as both lecturer and researcher in textile and paper department (DITEXPA). He is specialised on textile field and works on research focused on new developments of textile structures or management. He has been working for more than 20 years in many projects from national or international calls or according to different agreements with companies.
Nuno José Ramos Belino
Presently is the Director of the Ph. D. Degree in Textile Engineering at University of Beira Interior. He holds a PhD in Textile Engineering Science - branch of materials and textile physics and a master’s in computer sciences applied into the textile industry, Software development and industrial automation. He has worked in the textile industry as a supervisor for the weaving and finishing department for more than ten years. He also coordinated and participated in different national and International projects.
Manuel José dos Santos Silva
Full Professor of the Department of Textile Science and Technology of Universidade da Beira Interior. He holds several patents of equipment for quality control based on the application of lasers to textiles and has also participated in the design and development of software for the management of weaving, spinning and design of textile patterns as well as textile machines.
Roshan Paul
Invited Professor at University of Beira Interior. He holds a PhD degree in Chemical technology. Presently he is the Director of the Indo-German Science & Technology Centre and before that he was the Head of European Research - Department of Function and Care in the Hohenstein Institute. He is Vice-president of the International Technical Committee for Textile Care and member of other 15 editorial boards of journals and scientific magazines. He has more than 150 publications and has edited 2 books and author/co-author other 10 book chapters
Rui Alberto Lopes Miguel
Associate Professor, the Director of Master Program in Branding and Fashion Design and the Head of the Textile Department of UBI. He is author and co-author of several papers in textile physics, smart clothing and fashion design areas.
Maria Madalena Rocha Pereira
Assistant Professor and Director of Master Program in Fashion Design in Textile Department of UBI. Her area of expertise comprises clothing industry business and management; CAD systems for patterns clothing; consumer and new technologies for clothing industry.
Cláudia Isabel de Sousa Pinheiro
She holds an PhD in Textile Engineering and a MSc in Fashion Design. Currently, she is an invited lecturer. Her areas of expertise lie in the following fields: Lectra CADs; Apparel industry and Branding Management.
Daiva Mikučionienė
More than 25 years’ experience in academic and research and development career in the field of textile engineering. Since 1998 PhD of Technological sciences. Since 2018 Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Experienced in knitted structures (designing and investigation), development of 3D knitted structures and knits for medical and protective applications, sustainable production. Teaching in Textile engineering at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) and in Germany, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Poland, France by ERASMUS exchange programme. Since 2011 – lecturer in AUTEX international Master’s Degree Program E–TEAM (registered at Ghent University, Belgium). Author and co-author of more than 30 scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, 220 citations, h-index=9. Author of 12 handbooks for students. Scientific supervisor of PhD students. Member of Editorial Board of several international journals in textile. Supervisor of Bachelor and Master Degree students’ final works. Over 10 years’ experience in Committee of Study Programs at Kaunas University of Technology. Coordinator / participant in more than 30 International and National projects.
Rimvydas Milasius
More than 30 years’ experience in academic and research and development career in the field of textile engineering. Since 1988 PhD of Technological sciences, PhD thesis in the field of textile based composites. Since 2005 Professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. In the period 2007-2013 Head of Department of Textile Technology at KTU, since 2018 head of scientific group Materials Engineering at KTU, in 2019 visiting professor at Riga Technical University (Latvia). Since 2015 member of Board of Delegates of European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). In the period 2013-2016 member of Presidium of Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry Association. Member of Scientific/Editorial Boards of several international journals in textile. Experienced in woven structures (designing and properties investigation), electrospinning, development of fibrous composites, flame-retardancy of textile. Teaching in Textile engineering at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) and in Germany, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Poland, France, Slovenia by ERASMUS exchange programme. Since 2008 – lecturer in AUTEX international Master’s Degree Program E–TEAM (registered at Ghent University, Belgium), since 2017 member of E-TEAM studies international programme committee. Author and co-author of 60 scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, 300 citations, h-index=11. Author of 8 handbooks for students. Scientific supervisor of PhD students (9 of them have recently successfully graduated), current supervisor of 4 PhD students. Member of more than 20 boards of PhD thesis defending in KTU, Vilnius University and Riga Technical University, 12 time of them Chairman of Board. Coordination and participation in more than 30 International and National projects.
Audrone Ragaisiene
More than 20 years’ experience in academic and research and development career in the field of textile engineering. Since 2003 PhD of Technological sciences, PhD thesis in the field of fancy yarns. Since 2008 Assoc.professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Experienced in designing and development of spun and fancy yarns, electrospun nanofibers. Teaching in Textile engineering at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania). 5 years’ experience as quality control manager in knitting company. Supervisor of Bachelor, Master and PhD students. Expert of Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA, Lithuania). Member of LAMR. Member of Assessment Committee of Textile Design and Technology Program bachelor thesis. Author of 1 Monograph of Science and 5 handbooks for students. Author and co-author of 20 scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS. Coordinator / Participant in 5 scientific projects with Lithuanian industrial companies and 6 EU projects.
Cédric Cochrane
15 years’ experience in academic and research and development career in the field of smart textile and textile engineering. Since 2007 Ph.D. of Engineering Sciences, Ph.D. thesis in the field of textiles mechanical sensors. Since 2012 Assoc.professor at ENSAIT, France. More than 10 years of experience in research and innovation in the field of smart and multifunctional textile. He has participated in many projects in the fields of the design of sensors (elongation and compression) for textile (light and flexible) structure, color change or light emitting textile structure, and energy harvesting textile. Teaching in smart textile, experimental design and textile metrology at ENSAIT, France. Author and co-author of more than 25 scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, more than 10 book chapters, 400 citations, h-index=8. Scientific supervisor of Ph.D. students and Master students’ final works. Coordinator/participant in more than 20 International and National projects (H2020, Erasmus+, Interreg IV, etc.).
Xuyuan TAO
12 years” experience in academic and research and development carrer in the field of smart textile and textile engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2010 at the Lille University of Science and Technology in Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, in the field of the Automation. Since September in 2011 he works as associate professor at ENSAIT (Textile Engineering Institute in Roubaix, France) in the HCD (Human Centred Design) research group in GEMTEX laboratory. Dr Xuyuan TAO has extensively involved in the research of multifunctional and intelligent textiles, flexible sensors and actuators, smart textile structures, human-machine interface and virtual textile. His current interests lie the areas of smart textile, wearable textile and machine learning in textile fields. He has participated a number of European Framework collaborative projects (H2020, Erasmus+, Interreg V, etc.) and French national funded projects (ANR, FUI, CIFRE, etc.) He has authored and co-authored over 20 scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, and book chapters, 67 citations, h-index=5. He is also the invited reviewer of several international SCI indexed scientific journals, such as TRJ, IEEE Sensors, IEEE Access, Sensors, Electronics, Fibers, IJCST, etc.
Vladan Koncar
Vladan Koncar is Distinguished Professor at ENSAIT (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles) textile engineering institute in Roubaix, France. He obtained his PhD in 1991 at the University of Lille 1 in Villeneuve d’Ascq. From November 2009 to November 2015 he was Head of Research at ENSAIT and Director of GEMTEX research laboratory. Professor Koncar was AUTEX (Association of Universities for Textiles, www.autex.org) President from June 2007 to June 2010. Professor Koncar has also been Deputy Director of ENSAIT from 2005 to 2007 and Director of International Relations from 2007 to 2009. He still serves as an elected member of ENSAIT Governing Board. He has been promoted Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Iasi, Romania in January 2010. He has authored and co-authored 54scientific publications in journals with Impact Factor listed in Clarivate Analytics WoS since 2006, and book chapters, 697 citations, h-index=15. (Google scholar, citations 2121, h-index=23, 7 patents). He served as a Chairman of 9 International Scientific Conferences and is member of numerous Editorials Boards of Scientific Journals. His research interests cover the area of flexible textile sensors and actuators, smart textile structures and modelling and control of complex systems. He teaches in the area of Automation, Computer Networks, Virtual Reality and Smart textiles.
Georgios Priniotakis
Associate Professor in University of West Attica, School of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, in Athens, Greece. His Ph.D. is in Textile Sensors, from Textile Department, at Ghent University, Belgium in 2005. His background is in Technical Textiles with focus on Intelligent Textiles and Sustainable Technology Solutions. For several years was National Representative of Greece to boards and committees in the activities of the European Research Area of embedded systems. He has published numerous scientific papers and he has many participations in International conferences the last 25 years. Reviewer in various Scientific Journals. Participated in a number of Research and Education Projects. Member of various Scientific conference committees and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of conference AITAE. Dr. G. Priniotakis features 30 items, 206 citations, H index of 8 in Scopus.
Ioannis Chronis
Lecturer in UNIWA.Graduated from University of Patras Degree in Chemical Engineer, Donau Universitat Krems (Austria), Master in Telematics Management, Greek Open University, Master of Science in Open and Distance Learning, Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Administration of Master course “Master in Telematics Management” (2002-2005), Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Part time lecturer-Laboratory assistant (1998-today), Laboratory of Smart textiles, Lab of Thermodynamics, Lab of Systems Design and Manufacture. European Projects: Ensuring Safety for the Young Workforce, 2003-2004, European Organization for Health and Safety at Work (Bilbao, Spain). Leonardo da Vinci ELITE 2004-2006:Telework for SME’s .
Marisa Sigala
Administrative Head of Quality Unit of UNIWA. She holds a PhD in e-government in the educational field in Greece. Her first diploma is as a Civil Engineer by PUAS Greece and her master’s degree is in Education and Computing by the University of Athens. She has been working for the PUAS for 15 years and now she is Head of International and European Peleationship Department. Also she had working as a secretariat member for the Open University – TEI Piraeus collaboration in 1998 – 2002. Mrs. Sigala has participated in a several conferences such as: Era 7, conference by the University of Athens and has also worked as a lab assistant in the civil engineering department and IT department of TEI Piraeus from 1999 – 2009 and she is Administrative Head of Quality Assuranve Unit of UNIWA.