This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $550,000 to Northeastern University will investigate the design needs of garment designers and hand-knitters for machine-knitting software to enable the creation of complex, interactive smart textiles. The key objectives are: (1) a comprehensive examination of the design space of machine knitting, (2) development of two software systems, KnitScript for...
This $319,996 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program covers research to develop a formal theory and tools for manufacturing programs that control industrial knitting machines. The project aims to connect programming language theory with knot theory, enabling a precise definition of manufacturing program equivalence for non-rigid textile objects. Key objectives include developing a denotational semantics for...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $745,310 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Delaware on December 15, 2022. The grant supports the Recycled Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Ecosystems project to develop a sustainable recycled materials model for the textile and apparel industry. Key deliverables include advancing mechanical recycling technologies to convert post-consumer clothing waste into...
Cornell University was awarded a $537,796 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of computational tools to revitalize the U.S. textile manufacturing workforce from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. As part of the grant, Cornell University will work to advance research and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), provides $315,214 to the University of Virginia to establish a cloud-based manufacturing framework for embroidered wearable electronics. The framework aims to make electronic design and manufacturing accessible on fabric substrates through embroidery. It will integrate design-to-manufacturing...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $275,030 will fund the development of technology to extract cellulosic raw materials from post-consumer textile waste. The awardee, Regenerated Textile Industries LLC of Everett, Washington, will optimize a non-destructive extraction process to convert end-of-life textile waste into high-value cellulosic feedstocks of equal or greater quality than virgin materials at the kilogram...
The National Science Foundation awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $745,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop sustainable textiles and materials for the fashion industry. Over the one-year period from December 2022 to November 2023, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will produce prototypes of silk-enhanced mycelium leather, hemp-silk yarn, and waste-derived chromoprotein dyes. The institution will also develop associated...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $502,682 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research advancing the manufacturing of multifunctional composite fibers through thermal drawing for wearable energy storage textiles. The three-year award beginning September 1, 2022 will fund research to fill knowledge gaps on how composition and nanostructures affect failure mechanisms during thermal drawing of composites...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $600,002 to Villanova University and Temple University, in partnership with Otex Specialty Narrow Fabrics Inc., to establish a transformative water-based salt-assisted-assembly process for manufacturing durable smart textiles. The goal of this interdisciplinary research is to expand the design space of viable nanomaterial-textile systems by enabling self-assembly at...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to develop innovative, recyclable nylon textile yarns. The project focuses on modifying nylon fibers to enhance their elasticity and recovery, enabling them to replace pollutive elastic polyurethane-based fibers like elastane (Lycra) in performance apparel. The goal is to create a monomaterial nylon textile that can be 100% recycled, reducing textile waste. The...