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New faculty adds to NC State’s nonwovens reputation

Department of Textile Engineering Chemistry and Science

Ahmed El-Shafei stands to left of a machine in the Pilot Plant.

Oct 30, 2024

TECS professor is NC State’s Innovator of the Year

Professor Ahmed El-Shafei’s patented dyeing technology takes a meaningful step towards a greener textile industry. 
Ted Meyers

Oct 29, 2024

Ted Meyers ’17 joins the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council

Driven by a passion for problem-solving and innovation, Ted Meyers is excited to contribute his knowledge and expertise as one of the newest members of the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council. 
Hannah Orlowski smiling

Oct 29, 2024

Hannah Orlowski ’19 joins the dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council

As a passionate textile engineering alumna with a love for networking, Hannah Orlowski looks forward to returning to NC State as a new member of the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council. 
A render of the proposed NC State Integrative Sciences Building, situated on the Brickyard.

Oct 16, 2024

CBE’s Abolhasani named Integrative Sciences Initiative’s director of accelerated technologies

Two new directors of NC State’s Integrative Sciences Initiative (ISI) and the first occupants of Woodson Hall, the heart of the ISI, have been announced. Milad Abolhasani and Melanie Simpson were named director of accelerated technologies and director of research, respectively, effective October 1. 
A woman with braided hair is operating a knitting machine in a workshop. She is focused on her work and smiling. Spools of colorful thread are visible on the machine, and the background shows workshop equipment and a door with a safety sign.

Sep 19, 2024

NC State student blends interests in science, fashion through research

Maddy Moore shares how the Research Experience for Undergraduates program widened her overall perspective on the textile industry. 
Center for Advanced Photocatalysis logo

Sep 17, 2024

NC State receives NSF grant to establish the Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that North Carolina State University will direct a center that deploys self-driving labs (SDLs) to accelerate discovery for reactions which use light as a catalyst in challenging chemical transformations. The NSF Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis (CAPs) is supported by an NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program Phase I… 
Four students in matching NC State T-shirts pose for a selfie with Ms. Wuf outdoors before taking their class photo during convocation.

Sep 10, 2024

Get to know our 2024 incoming class

We're welcoming our largest-ever incoming class — for the fifth year in a row. Meet some of our new NC State students and learn what’s in store for them as members of the Wolfpack. 
Bailey Knight (left) and Andrew West (right) stand in the Prototype Lab, discussing designs printed onto a tote bag. Bailey points at the fabric laid out on a large cutting table, which features several tote bags with colorful prints. Various sewing and cutting machines are in the background.

Aug 29, 2024

Innovative flex factory to serve students, industry partners under one roof

Slated for construction in early 2025, this state-of-the-art facility will combine the Wilson College of Textiles Prototype Lab and the Senior Design Lab in one space.  
Raoul Farer in The Nonwovens Institute.

Aug 9, 2024

New faculty adds to NC State’s nonwovens reputation

Raoul Farer, Ph.D., will serve as a professor at the Wilson College of Textiles and executive deputy director at The Nonwovens Institute after an industry career with a leading nonwovens manufacturer.