Apparel, Textiles and Design Research
The Apparel Product Development Studio is a 1700 square foot space on the third floor of the Niccolls Building. This space is used exclusively by apparel, textiles and design students and faculty for classes, research and independent work. Students have access to industrial lock stitch machines, sergers, home sewing machines, pressing equipment and specialty machines. The studio can be accessed after hours and on weekends via a keycard system allowing students access to equipment to complete projects.
Undergraduate research
Students are encouraged to apply for funding through the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences.
- Claire Smith, 2024, Improving Biometric Data Collection for Female Athletes, funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Read Claire’s story.
- Tess Richardson, 2023, Knitting Machine Exploration: A Comparison of Knit Stitches and Materials, funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research
- Asiah Brazil-Geyshick, 2023, Kombucha as a Sustainable Textile Source, funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Read Asiah's story.
- Torrey Long, 2023, Using Wet Molding to Transform Post Consumer Leather, Undergraduate Research Project, funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research
- Micayla Dougherty, 2023, Best Dressed in the West: Western Rodeo Menswear Tailoring Project, funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research
- Rachel Houle, 2022, Intersection of Function & Farm Through Convertibility in Women's Outdoor Jackets. Read Rachel's story.
Graduate research
Students pursue a M.S. Family and Consumer Sciences and focus their content in apparel, textiles and design studies.
- Maggie Zee, 2023, The Effect of Different Retting Methods on hop (H. lupulus) Fiber Quality for Small-Scale Textile Production. Read Maggie's story.
- Patrick Brown-Hayes, 2021, Redefining Fashion Consumption and Closing the Gap of Circularity Within the Fashion Supply Chain
- Joyce Sun, 2020, Priceless or Price — less: Challenges of Understaffed Collections, A case study of the Leila Old Historic Costume Collection
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