Industry and academia: Partners in innovation
Red Solo® cups are synonymous with a good time—“barbeques, tailgates, fairs and festivals” according to the hit song by country star Toby Keith. But they are also a single-use plastic with few recycling options. As a student majoring in material science and engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., Lauren Choi became curious about the possibilities for turning the plastic party waste into sustainably produced textiles.
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Geosynthetics
Avenue of opportunity: Streetscapes
The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up tens of thousands of public gathering spaces by forcing proprietors to move their services outdoors and onto sidewalks and street fronts. While it is unclear how long these outdoor public sheltered spaces will remain in place, reports across the U.S. indicate that people (and businesses that have expanded outside) are expressing a desire to keep the invigorating spaces for well past the end of the pandemic, whenever that may be.
Geosynthetics
Shade sails on land and sea
A blast of color is a good thing when your fabric is adorning a playground, like these shade sails designed by Wyckam Fabric Creations in Keizer, Ore. But the growth in popularity of shade sails has as much to do with function as it does with form. Photo: Wyckam Fabric Creations. Honing your math skills...
Geosynthetics
Stake it to the limit
Allsite Structure Rentals installed a tensioned fabric structure for a movie shoot taking place in Swampscott, Mass. The structure, which would be used to film a night scene, required a height of 80 feet. To meet the client’s demands, a 157-by-246-by-54.5-foot structure was anchored atop 60 shipping containers, stacked three high around the perimeter. Twenty...
Geosynthetics
IFAI Expo: The industry in person
Celebrate textile innovation—in person!—at IFAI Expo, the leading show in the textile industry for sourcing, education and networking. Join thousands of industry stakeholders on the show floor, in valuable education sessions and at long-awaited social gatherings. Reconnect with your industry and celebrate the 100th in-person IFAI Expo and the return of doing business face to face.
Fabric Architecture
Shade sails find a place in the sun
It was only a few years ago that Amy Poe, owner of Wyckam Fabric Creations, in Portland, Ore., started hearing about shade sails. Now the company is doing elaborate shade sail projects like this shade cover for the Big Toy Playground at Keizer Rapids Park in Keizer, Ore. Photo: Wyckam Fabric Creations. For something that’s...
Advanced Textiles Source
Anti-viral textiles wage war on COVID-19
A mask that disinfects itself at the touch of a button has been developed by scientists at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and Swiss research and development company Osmotex AG. Photo: Osmotex. New treatments for textiles support the effort to contain the pandemic.  by Debra Cobb While prosperous countries such as the U.S. and...