WSU wins grant for recycled textile innovation
WSU has won a $365,000 U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Fund grant for research on recycling cotton waste products into high-quality regenerated fibers for consumer goods.
Textiles
Hawaiian Textiles Exhibit Opens at WSU on Mom’s Weekend
Pullman, Wash. – The man responsible for bringing Hawaiian textile design to the world’s attention is the focus of Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion. Stunning mid-20th century textiles and garments will be on display at the Washington State University Museum of Anthropology beginning April 7. The exhibit opens in conjunction with Mom’s Weekend and […]
Electrospinning Yields Holds Promise for Safer Medical Garments
PULLMAN, Wash. — Researchers in Washington State University’s Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles are conducting innovative research on a process called electrospinning, which would allow for the creation of fabrics that could keep health-care professionals safer.