Meet the Advisory Council For Techtextil North America 2019

ATLANTA — August 15, 2018 —Messe Frankfurt Inc. has announced the Advisory Council for Techtextil North America 2019, to be held in Raleigh, N.C., February 26-28, 2019, at the Raleigh Convention Center.

Dr. Roger Barker
 – Professor, North Carolina State University, and Director of TPACC 

Roger L. Barker is internationally recognized for his work in the field of thermal protective clothing and comfort and heat stress in clothing systems.

Dr. Phillip Bradford
Associate Professor, TECS, North Carolina State University


Dr. Bradford’s research group focuses its efforts on the synthesis of ultra-high aspect ratio carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and production of textile like structures from those unique CNTs.

Sam Buff 
Director, Textile Technology Center at Gaston College
The Textile Technology Center provides product development, testing and training resources for the textile industry.

Dr. Jeff Joines – 
Department Head and Professor, TECS, North Carolina State University
Dr. Jeff A. Joines is the department head for Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS) at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Jesse Jur – 
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
Professor Jur’s research targets the development of materials processing methods for nanoscale inorganic integration with polymer-based materials, including nonwoven textiles.

Dr. Martin King
Professor, TECS, North Carolina State University
Martin King is regarded as an international specialist in the area of biotextiles, implantable devices, biomaterials and medical textiles.

Dr. Benham Pourdeyhimi
Associate Dean for Industry Research and Extension, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor, Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
Behnam has taught textile and fiber science, technology and engineering as well as microscopy and image analysis applications to textiles, nonwovens and materials.

Posted August 15, 2018

Source: Messe Frankfurt

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