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Dynamic PyroMan on fire in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center.

Jul 2, 2025

Wilson College of Textiles Names New Director of Milliken Textile Protection and Comfort Center

Associate Professor Bryan Ormond will become the second director of TPACC as Professor Roger Barker moves into a new role.
A speaker presents at a podium in a conference room with several round tables of seated attendees. Two screens display the message, "Thank you! Any questions?"

May 16, 2025

Wilson College of Textiles Students Present Research at Biomaterials Day  

Textiles’ major role in biological and human health research and took center stage at Biomaterials Day. The annual event is an opportunity for students to share research and build connections with peers, faculty and industry experts.
Three men in suits pose indoors: From left to right: Randy Woodson, Xiangwu Zhang and Ed Weisiger Jr. They stand in front of white walls and glass doors, with a podium to the left. Xiangwu Zhang wears the Holladay Medal. The lighting is bright and the atmosphere formal.

Apr 14, 2025

TECS Professor Wins NC State’s Top Honor

Associate Dean Xiangwu Zhang is one of three faculty members to win the 2025 Holladay Medal.
Bailey Knight operates a blue industrial machine in the Wilson College of Textiles' Flex Factory. She wears large blue earrings and a black shirt. Spools of red thread are visible on the machine, indicating a textile or sewing process.

Apr 11, 2025

NC State Research Empowers Product Developers to Make More Sustainable Choices

An in-progress database will enable eco-conscious brands to compare the environmental impacts of the most common fibers.
Facutly and students work with Pyroman, a life-sized manikin used to evaluate the performance of thermal protective clothing in the Textile Protection And Comfort Center.

Apr 7, 2025

Milliken Naming Investment Fuels NC State Research in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center

A new $1.5 million investment from Milliken & Company will further elevate groundbreaking research at NC State’s Textile Protection and Comfort Center.

Feb 14, 2025

Textile Technology Launches NC State Alumnus’ Career with Under Armour, Carhartt 

With over $1 billion in revenue and a quickly expanding customer base, Carhartt is one of the industry’s most talked about American-based clothing brands. Every time James Carr sees one of these Carhartt customers out in the world, he says he feels proud to have played a role in what they’re wearing.  “That is one…
A group of people monitors a Dynamic PyroMan test in a TPACC laboratory. One person is seated at a computer workstation with data on the screen, Roger Barker and others stand nearby. A large blaze is visible through a window, contained in a separate room.

Nov 22, 2024

TPACC featured on PBS NOVA’s Building Stuff series

Dynamic PyroMan and researchers at the Wilson College of Textiles are the stars of the newest episode of PBS NOVA.  Producers with the Building Stuff series paid a visit to the Wilson College’s Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) to learn about the science behind firefighter turnout suits. They also spoke with TPACC’s researchers to…
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. 
Inside a testing lab, a human-sized manikin moves inside flames.

Jun 13, 2024

Fanning the flames of textile science

In its 30th year, the Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) celebrates innovations that have defined textile science.