Courses Offered Spring 2010

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Undergraduate Courses

FTM 217 F. Gibson (919-513-7886)
The Textile Industry
(3 credit hours)
TT 105
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Study of the structure and organization of the integrated textile complex and its strategic functions. Critical stages involved in the manufacture of textile and apparel products. Fundamental aspects of cost management and finance as related to the integrated Textile Complex. One Saturday attendance during the semester is required.

FTM 282 H. Hergeth (919-515-6574)
Principles of Soft Goods Marketing
(3 credit hours)
Preq: EC 201
Available on: Web
Principles of marketing textiles in the consumer goods sector. Emphasis on market segmentation, product strategy, pricing decisions, promotion and channels of distribution. Interface between textile manufacturers and those producing apparel and upholstered furniture. Marketing channel for apparel to the retailer.

FTM 385 F. Gibson (919-513-7886)
Fashion and the Consumer
(3 credit hours)
FTM 217, FTM 282
Available on: Web
This course focuses on consumer decision process for textile products, including the study of environmental, individual, psychological and marketing influences on behavior of consumers in the textile consumption process. Further examination will include influences on the process, including fashion theories, the mass media, demographics and psychographics, and societal trends. Current development and research in the textile consumer decision process are reviewed.

FTM 481 H. Hergeth (919-515-6574)
Product Costing in the Textile and Apparel Industry
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 221, TT252, FTM 217, FTM 380, and ACC210
Available on: Web
Capstone course covering cost issues in yarn manufacturing, fabric formation, finishing, apparel production and retail operations. Traditional and activity-based costing systems will be addressed. Relevance of costing to managerial decisions as well as cost reduction strategies will be emphasized.

MT 105/TT 105 S. Michielsen (919-515-1414)
Intro to Medical Textiles
(3 credit hours)
Coreq: CH 101 and MA 131 or MA 141
Available on: Web
Introduction to the structures and methods of production of polymers, fiers, yarns and farics used in medical applications. Survey of the performance requirements of current medical textiles and healthcare products used in health centers, as surgical implants and as consumer products. Overview of the structure, organization and integration of the medical textile, medical device and pharmaceutical industries within the healthcare sector. Credit not allowed if previous credit for TT 105

MT 323 S. Hudson (919-515-6545)
Intro - Medical Fiber Yarn Formation
(3 credit hours)
PY 211 or PY 205, PCC 203 or CH 221
Available on: Web
Introduction to the manufacture of fibers and filament yarns used in medical textiles. It includes the flow behavior of polymeric materials as it relates to fiber formation. It also includes the application of fiber forming theories to synthetic and biopolymeric fibers used in medical textiles. The common methods of yarn manufacture are introduced.

PCC 203 R. Kotek (919-515-6585)
Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
(3 credit hours)
Preq: CH 101, TC 105 or TT 105
Available on: Web
Organic reaction principles necessary to understand the preparation, properties and chemistry of polymers. Synthesis, applications and behavior of common classes of polymers with emphasis on those materials used in the textile industry. The chemistry and structure of natural and man-made fibers.

PCC 301 H. Freeman (919-515-6552)
Technology of Dyeing and Finishing
(4 credit hours)
Preq: PCC 105 or PCC 203
Available on: Web
Basic principles and procedures for the preparation, dyeing, printing, and finishing of natural and man-made fibers. The chemical nature of dyes and fastness properties and the chemical nature of finishes used to impart specific end-use properties.

PCC 302 D. Hinks (919-515-6554)
Technology of Textile Wet Processing
(4 credit hours)
Preq: TT 105 or PCC 105, TMS 221, CH 101, PY 211 or PY 205
Available on: Web
Introduction to the science and technology used in textile wet processing. Topics include preparation, dyeing, printing and finishing of textiles, basics of color generation and measurement. Emphasis mainly on cotton, wool, nylon and polyester. Laboratory includes experiments in wet processing and a project on statistical analysis of fabric defects.

PCC 310 P. Hauser (919-513-1899)
Textile Preparation and Finishing Chemistry
(3 credit hours)
Preq: PCC 301
Available on: Web
Topics in textile wet processing. Chemical mechanisms and unit operations in fabric preparation and finishing.

PCC 401 . ()
Manufacturing and its Impact on Safety, the Environment, and Society
(3 credit hours)
Preq: Junior standing
Available on: Web
Relationship of society to safety and environmental aspects of manufactured products. Quantifying manufacturing risks. Protective methods, e.g. administrative, engineering, personal, treatment, pollution prevention. Social factors, e.g. political, regulatory, legal, consumer attitudes, public policy, perceptions. Understanding complex social issues, especially situations with conflicting goals.

PCC 402 S. Hudson (919-515-6545)
Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Fiber Formation
(3 credit hours)
Preq: Senior standing; PCC 203, PY 208 or 212, MA 242, CH 201
Available on: Web
Flow behavior of polymeric materials as related to the formation of fibers by melt, dry and wet extrusion. Elementary theories of drawing and heat setting. Application of fiber-forming theories to synthetic and cellulosic fibers.

T 101 P. Dail (919-515-1177)
Intro to the College of Textiles
(2 credit hours)
Available on: Web
Introduction topics related to the College of Textiles, the textile industry, all textile curricula, advising, academic skills, team work, research and personnel involved in the college.

T 200 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Introduction to Textiles
(3 credit hours)
Available to off-campus non-degree seeking students only.
Available on: Web
Survey of textiles including technical and economic history of the industry; physical and chemical processes involved in producing textile products from raw materials; unique aesthetic, physical and chemical properties of textiles and how these properties are determined by raw materials and production processes; and influence of properties of textile materials on their utilization and performance.

TMS 211 H. Hamouda (919-515-6567)
Intro to Fiber Science
(3 credit hours)
TT 105, or PCC 105, Corequisite: MA 131 or 141
Available on: Web
Properties of fibers related to type and chemical structure. Fiber classification and identification. Reaction to moisture, stress-strain properties, and methods of measuring physical properties. Relationship between polymer structure, fiber properties and utilization.

TT 105/MT 105 S. Michielsen (919-515-1414)
Introduction to Textile Technology
(3 credit hours)
Available on: Web
Introduction to Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management. Structures and production methods for fabrics, yarn, and fibers. Introduction to the nature of polymers and the characteristics of polymers which make them useful for producing fibersthat are practically and aesthetically desirable. Design of end products as well as fundamental economic and supply chain issues.

TT 221 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Yarn Production and Properties I
(2 credit hours)
Preq: TT 105 Coreq: MA 131 or MA 141; PY 211 or PY 205
Available on: Web
The techniques available for manufacturing yarns from staple fibers. A review of yarn numbering and fiber properties. The principles involved in opening, cleaning, blending, drafting, twisting and winding. Short and long staple spinning systems including a review of opening and cleaning lines, carding, draw frames, roving frames and different spinning machines. Filament yarn processing.

TT 252 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Formation and Structure of Textile Fabrics
(4 credit hours)
Preq: TT 221
Available on: Web
Fundamentals of the conversion of fibers and yarns into woven, knitted, and nonwoven fabrics, and fabrics' conversion systems. Introduction to woven, knitted and nonwoven fabric design structure. Structure, property, and performance relations of textile fabrics. Testing and evaluation of textile structures.

TT 252L A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Formation and Structure of Textile Fabrics Laboratory
(0 credit hours)
Available on: Web


TT 305 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Fiberweb and Nonwoven Production
(3 credit hours)
Preq: (PCC 203 and TMS 211), (MA 231 or MA 241), and (PY 211 or PY 208) Coreq: TT 252 and ST 361
Available on: Web
Fiber web/nonwoven fabrics produced directly from fibers or their precursors. Physical and chemical nature of local bonding and fiber entanglement.Viable processes for producing these fabrics. Economic justification for process and production. Product/process interaction. Plant visits whenever possible.

TT 321 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Yarn Production and Properties II
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 221
Available on: Web
Fiber and machine interactions in blending, carding, drawing and spinning. Drafting theories and the influence of fiber and machine variables on irregularity. The role of twist on yarn structure, properties and productivity. Developments and limitations in processing technology.

TT 321L P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Yarn Production and Properties II Lab
(0 credit hours)
N/A
Available on: Web
Accompanying Lab to TT 321

TT 331 M. King (919-515-1011)
Performance Evaluation of Textile Materials
(4 credit hours)
Preq: ST 311 or ST 361, TMS 211, TT 221,
TT 252 or TT 251, PY 211 or PY 205, and MA 231 or MA 241
Available on: Web
Standards, principles and effects of test conditions in measuring basic physical and mechanical properties of textile materials. Design of test and interpretation of test results in relation to end-use performance, product development, process control, research and development and other requirements.

TT 331L M. King (919-515-1011)
Performance Evaluation of Textile Materials-Distance Section
(0 credit hours)
Available on: Web
Accompanying lab to TT 331

TT 341 G. Smith (919-515-6549)
Knitted Fabric Technology
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 252 or TT 241
Available on: Web
Review of knitted fabric production techniques. Technology of more advanced weft and warp knitting. Jersey and rib fabric modification techniques, yarn knitability and productivity, yarns, creels, patterning and machinery developments, manufactureand properties of warp knit fabrics such as mesh, laid-in, weft insertion and plush.

TT 405/TT 505 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Advanced Nonwovens Processing
(3 credit hours)
MA 241, PY 208, TT 305 (credit can not be received for TT 405 and TT 505)
Available on: Web
An in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and processes used in the production of nonwoven materials. Design and operation of these mechanisms and processes. Process flow, optimization of process parameters, influence of process parameters on product properties.

TT 406/TT 506 B. Pourdeyhimi (919-515-1822)
Bonding Fundamentals in Nonwovens
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 405, MAE 308, MAE 310
Available on: Web
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics and heat transfer mechanisms during the bonding of nonwovens. In-depth description of hydroentangling, thermal bonding and needle punching techniques. Modeling methods and laboratory work are assigned.

TT 425/TT 521 W. Oxenham (919-515-6573)
Textured Yarn Production and Properties
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 331
Available on: Web
Structure and properties of continuous filament yarns. Examine response to elevated temperature and variables for texturing methods of producing bulked, textured and torqued yarns. Testing of yarn behaviors and discussion of problems encountered during processing.

TT 451/TT 551 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Advanced Woven Fabric Design
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 252 and junior standing
Available on: Web
Design and production requirements for highly specialized woven fabric structures. The laboratory activities will include a project on design from concept to final production and finishing.

TT 451L A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Advanced Woven Fabric Design laboratory
(0 credit hours)
Available on: Web

 

Graduate Courses

NW 503/TT 503 E. Shim (919-515-4574)
Materials, Polymers, and Fibers used in Nonwovens
(3 credit hours)
MA 141, PY 205, PCC 203
Available on: Web
Fundamentals of raw material used in nonwoven processes. Raw material production, chemical and physical properties of nonwoven raw materials and assessment of material properties. Introduction of structure/property relationships for these materials and how these relationships influence end use applications.

NW 504/TT 504 B. Pourdeyhimi (919-515-1822)
Introduction to Nonwovens Processes and Products
(3 credit hours)
MA 141; PY 205, Corequisite: TT503
Available on: Web
Fiber web/nonwoven fabrics produced directly from fibers or their precursors. Physical and chemical nature of local bonding and fiber entanglement. Viable process for producing these fabrics. Economic justification for process and production. Product/process interaction. Plant visits whenever possible.

NW 505/TT 505 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Advanced Nonwovens Processing
(3 credit hours)
TT/NW503, TT/NW504
Available on: Web
An in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and processes used in the production of nonwoven materials. Design and operation of these mechanisms and processes. Process flow, optimization of process parameters, influence of process parameters on product properties.

NW 506/TT 506 B. Pourdeyhimi (919-515-1822)
Bonding Principles in Nonwovens
(3 credit hours)
MAE 308, MAE 310, TT /NW505
Available on: Web
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics and heat transfer mechanisms during the bonding nonwovens. Provide engineering and in-depth description of hydroentangling, thermal bonding and needle punching techniques. Modeling methods and laboratory work are assigned.

TC 530 P. Hauser (919-513-1899)
The Chemistry Of Textile Auxiliaries
(3 credit hours)
Preq: One yr. of organic chemistry
Available on: Web
Industrially important textile chemicals used for enhancing fiber and fabric properties such as durable press, water repellency, anti-soiling, flame retardancy, softness, stiffness, lubricity and other uses. Correlation of effect with structure, end-use influences, interaction with fabric and fibers, sources and synthetic routes, economic and environmental considerations.

TC 565 R. Kotek (919-515-6585)
Polymer Applications and Technology
(3 credit hours)
Preq: One yr. of organic chemistry; TC 461
Available on: Web
Poly(olefins), poly(vinyl chloride), poly(vinyl acetate), poly(urethanes), epoxies, silicones, styrene copolymers used as textile finishes, nonwoven binders, fabric coatings, composites, adhesives, foams, carpet backing adhesives. Emphasis upon synthesis, industrial processes, properties and products.

TC 690 P. Hauser (919-513-1899)
Master's Examination
(3 credit hours)
Preq: Master's student
Available on: Web
For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam

TC 704 S. Hudson (919-515-6545)
Fiber Formation--Theory and Practice
(3 credit hours)
Preq: MA 301, PY 208 or Consent of Instructor
Available on: Web
Practical and theoretical analysis of the chemical and physical principles underlying conventional methods of converting bulk polymer to fiber; rheology; melt, dry and wet polymer extrusion; fiber drawing; heat setting; general theory applied to unit processes.

TC 720 H. Freeman (919-515-6552)
Chemistry Of Dyes and Color
(3 credit hours)
Preq: CH 221 and CH 223
Available on: Web
Correlation of color and chemical constitution, synthetic routes for popular dyes of all important types; electronic mechanisms for reactive dyes; chemistry of dye interactions with light, washing and other in-use influences; economic and environmental considerations.

TT 503/NW 503 E. Shim (919-515-4574)
Materials, Polymers & Fibers Used in Nonwovens
(3 credit hours)
Preq: MA 141 & PY 205 or equivalent
Available on: Web
Fundamentals of raw materials used in nonwoven processes. Raw material production, chemical and physical properties of nonwoven raw materials and assessment of material properties. Introduction of structure/property relations for these materials and how these relationships influence end use applications.

TT 504/NW 504 B. Pourdeyhimi (919-515-1822)
Intro to Nonwoven Products and Processes
(3 credit hours)
Preq: MA 141 or eq., PY PY 205 or eq., TT 503 or eq.
Available on: Web
Fiber web/nonwoven fabrics produced directly from fibers or their precursors. Physical and chemical nature of local bonding and fiber entanglement. Viable process for producing these fabrics. Economic justification for process and production. Product/process interaction. Plant visits whenever possible.

TT 505/TT 405/NW 505 P. Banks-Lee (919-515-6581)
Advanced Nonwovens Processing
(3 credit hours)
TT503, TT504 (credit can not be received for TT 505 and TT 405)
Available on: Web
An in-depth understanding of the mechanisms and processes used in the production of nonwoven materials. Design and operation of these mechanisms and processes. Process flow, optimization of process parameters, influence of process parameters on product properties.

TT 520 W. Oxenham (919-515-6573)
Yarn Processing Dynamics
(3 credit hours)
Graduate Standing or PBS Status
Available on: Web
Principles and practice involved in modern yarn and manufacture; including machine-fiber interactions occurring during different processing stages. Not normally for credit for undergraduate textile majors.

TT 521/TT 425 W. Oxenham (919-515-6573)
Textured Yarn Production and Properties
(3 credit hours)
Graduate Standing or PBS status; credit not allowed for both TT 521 and TT 425
Available on: Web
Structure and properties of continuous filament yarns. Examine response to elevated temperature and variables for texturing methods of producing bulked, textured and torqued yarns. Testing of yarn behaviors and discussion of problems encountered during processing.

TT 550 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Production Mechanics and Properties of Woven Fabrics
(3 credit hours)
Graduate Standing or PBS
Available on: Web
Interrelation between mechanics of production and mechanical properties of woven fabric; unit operations required to prepare yarns for weaving and the mechanism employed in weaving; fabric structure, geometry and mechanical properties; designing forspecific fabrics properties. Not normally for credit for undergraduate textiles majors.

TT 551/TT 451 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Advance Woven Fabric Design & Structures
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TT 550
Available on: Web
Theory and practice of structural design and technology requirements for highly specialized woven fabrics. Emphasis upon resultant physical behavior of different fabrics and their components.

TT 591 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Special Studies in Textile Technology
(3 credit hours)
Graduate Standing or PBS Status
Available on: Web
Special Studies in Textile Technology to fulfill needs not covered by current offering. Student and faculty required to submit topics to be covered to director of graduate programs within first week of semester.

TT 690 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Master's Examination
(3 credit hours)
Preq: Master's student
Available on: Web
For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam

TTM 573 N. Powell (919 515-6578)
Management of Textile Product Development
(3 credit hours)
graduate standing
Available on: Web
The course focuses on an integrated approach to new product design, development and marketing of textile products. This integrated approach includes a) innovation strategy and opportunity identification, b) the design process for textile products, c) market launch, and d) managing innovation. The course include diverse textile end-uses, including apparel, home textiles, transportation textiles, and medical textiles. Trends in textile product development are reviewed. The dynamics of business analysis and strategy, design prototypes, and product analysis and recommendation are analyzed.

TTM 585 M. Moore (919 515-0906)
Market Research In Textiles
(3 credit hours)
Preq: TAM (EC) 482
Available on: Web
A study and analysis of quantitative methods employed in market research in the textile industry. Function of market research and its proper orientation to management and decision making.

TTM 630 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Ind Study TX Tech Management
(3 credit hours)
Grad standing
Available on: Web
Problems of specific interest in textile and apparel technology. Preparation of report, in a format suitable for publication required. One-page outline signed by advisor must be submitted within first week of semester.

TTM 690 A. Seyam (919-515-6583)
Master's Examination
(3 credit hours)
Preq: Master's student
Available on: Web
For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam