Curriculum
What is a fiber
Career opportunities on the fiber level are oftealigned with the textile technology industry. This includes anything from operating the fiber spinning machines, as a technician, to fiber testing and analysis, to creating new and innovative fibers. These opportunities are often located at textile manufacturing mills, academia, and research and development companies. In the recent years, Entrepreneurial career opportunities have evolved for companies that create new textile capabilities for the industry.
How to make an advanced fiber
Advanced Fibers are a growing fiber platform that is still developing. The advanced fibers space requires technicians, material scientists, and engineers, and textile technologists who can create the fibers of the future. These careers individually stretch across a multitude of industries but are convened for fiber development at research institutions and universities.
Textiles & Biosensors
For the world of biology, many careers exist in a research setting at universities or at biotech companies developing biosensor technology and determining where it can live in the market. The space of bio fabrication and synthetic biology will be essential to integrate natural resources into the fabric space.
Artificial Muscles & Fiber Neural Probes
Fiber muscles and Fiber Neural probes demonstrate the power of fiber technology and entrepreneurship and how advanced fibers can be developed to fit a need. Entrepreneurship opportunities and careers will develop as the development of advanced fibers continue. Medical Devices companies will develop a space with miniaturized technologies that will transform career opportunities.
Knitting
Career opportunities for knitting includes traditional careers such as knitwear design for apparel, industrial knitting machine operator and technicians. Knitting also has its own space in research and development, and education as well. The knitting field is continually optimizing, as 3D and 4D knitting begin to gain traction. The future of knitwear will require a workforce that is able to work with multiple disciplines, as electronics and sensors continue to be integrated into fabrics.
Weaving
Woven fabrics are found in apparel, architecture, home furnishings, etc. Career paths for weaving includes traditional careers such as textile design, industrial weaving machine operator and technicians. Woven fabrics also have their own space in research and development, and education as well. The future of woven materials will require a workforce that is able to work with multiple disciplines, as electronics and sensors continue to be integrated into fabrics.
Embroidery
Career opportunities are found in the development of smart textiles and embroidered conductive materials. These positions are usually located in academia, research focused companies or established embroidery businesses.
Apparel & Shoe Prototyping
Opportunities as product designers and engineers often include a prototyping element to test new technologies or fabrics in their potential products both for apparel and footwear. These fields have also embraced 3D design for rapid feedback and iterations. Career opportunities in product development and product life cycle with a sustainable and environmental impact will also continue to grow.
3D Design & Printing
As future fibers and lab-grown textiles develop, 3D designers and printers will be in high demand to create silhouettes and shapes that can communicate with 3D printers. 3D pattern-based modeling is not only the key to current shifts of production but prepares you for the future shifts as additive manufacturing becomes more sophisticated.
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