College of Textiles TOP Program

ITT

TECS Graduate Program

Mission Statement

To establish a high quality forum relevant to the needs of global industry and higher education that will provide leadership in the timely dissemination of information dealing with all aspects of textile and apparel, technology and management.

Dr. Hooman Vahedi Tafreshi
Visiting Assistant Professor

Welcome to this issue of the Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management. In this issue, you will find articles focused on permeability and aerosol filtration properties of woven/nonwoven fibrous materials. The rising awareness of environmental agencies and the general public for a clean environment together with demands of many advanced industries, such as electronics, medical, pharmaceutical, and biological research, have urged the filtration industry to investigate on ways to improve the indoor air quality for the past decades.

The most common method of removing particles from a gas stream is via fibrous filters which are generally characterized by two basic parameters: collection efficiency and pressure drop. This issue outlines the current state-of-the-art modeling techniques used in both industry and academia for developing predictive tools to aid minimizing the cost and time of manufacturing trials.

We invite you to explore the research papers as well as the industry and education-related articles in this issue. The College of Textiles’ faculties have recognized the importance of filtration science and technology and are actively working on improving the properties of fibrous filters used in air and liquid filtration. Filtration has been the focus of several recent projects of Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) and has been embraced by the nonwoven industries.

In this issue you will also find interesting related to textile technology and textile management articles.

We invite you to share this issue with others in your organization, and be inspired to explore filtration in new ways, given the innovation in products, services, technologies, and business strategies. Enjoy reading!