Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC)
![Inside a testing lab, a human-sized manikin moves inside flames.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mah9172web.jpg)
Fanning the flames of textile science
![Mushfika Mica adjusts the female sweating manikin.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img1595.jpg)
New equipment will help TPACC researchers test military, fire fighting gear for women who serve
![Dynamic PyroMan on fire in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mah6889.jpg)
TPACC researchers unveil “game-changing” technology to test firefighter thermal wear
![Sophie Guevel (left) holds part of a blue machine and is turned to another person talking to them.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tpacc-header.jpg)