JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT





Dr. Moon W. Suh,
Managing Editor,
Professor, TATM

Dr. Marguerite Moore,
Associate Professor, TATM

Dr. Trevor Little,
Section Editor,
Professor, TATM

Dr. William Oxenham,
Section Editor,
Professor, TATM

Dr. Peter Hauser,
Section Editor,
Professor, TECS

IT Specialist:
Shawn Dunning


Technical Design:
Robert Cooper

The Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management has been created to serve the professional needs of textile educators and researchers worldwide. Faculty of the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management have recognized the need for an online professional Journal serving the discipline of Textile Technology and Management thus permitting the discussion of research areas that today are dispersed in several types of publications.

The TATM Department prepares some 650 undergraduates and over 60 postgraduates for careers in the textile complex and therefore represents the largest textile and apparel department in the USA. The department is staffed with 24 full time faculty and some 20 additional Visiting Scholars, Post-docs and Research Specialists.

The TATM department specializes in textiles and apparel with specialization in areas of textile technology, international textile management and marketing, fashion design and sourcing, and textile design and CAD. To enhance scholarly research and transfer new knowledge to the textile and apparel complex, the Department has established Centers and Consortia to focus on specific research areas.

Operating Editorial Board

Nancy Cassill
Professor and Department Head,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Timothy G. Clapp
Director of Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Tushar Ghosh
Professor,
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)

Peter Hauser
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)

George Hodge
Associate Professor,
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)

Michelle Jones
Associate Professor,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Trevor Little
Professor,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Stephen Michielsen
Associate Professor,
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)

Marguerite Moore
Associate Professor,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Gilbert O'Neal
President,
Institute of Textile Technology (ITT)

William Oxenham
Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Programs,
College of Textiles, (TATM)

Nancy Powell
Associate Professor,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Abdel-Fattah Seyam
Professor,
Associate Dept. Head,
Director of Grad. Programs
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

Moon W. Suh
Professor,
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)

International Editorial Board

Margaret Bruce
Professor of Design Management and Marketing
Director of Corporate Business Research Marketing,
International Business and Strategy Division
Manchester Business School Booth Street West Manchester

Dr. Didimo Dewar
Dean of the School of Business and Social Sciences
ITESM Campus - Morelos, Mexico

Dr. Lawrence T. Drzal
University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Mechanics,
Michigan State University, USA

Dr. Simon C. Harlock
Senior Lecturer School of Textiles and Design,
University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr. Nigel Johnson
Chief of Textile and Fiber Technology Division CSIRO,
Belmont, Australia

Dr. V. K. Kothari
Professor in the Department of Textile Technology,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Dr.

Bulent Ozipek
Head, Department of Textile Engineering,
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Dr. Marc Renner
Professor, Ensitm (College of Textiles)
University of Mulhouse, France

Gary F. Simmons
Gerber Childrenswear, USA

Sid Smith
Former President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Hosiery Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Dr. XiaoMing Tao
Professor and Associate Head of the Institute of
Textiles and Clothing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

J. Berrye Worsham III
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Cotton Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, USA