Inside Science interview
AFFOA CEO Featured in Special Inside Science Video About High-Tech Fabrics!
AFFOA Update: Project Call 1.0 Project Selection Update MIT, IS, MinistrySupply, Hills
AFFOA Update: Project Call 1.0 Project Selection Update
AFFOA Update: Project Call 1.0 Project Selection Update
AFFOA Update: Project Call 1.0 Project Selection Update
Press Release: Defense Department Hosts Hackathon for Advanced Functional Fabrics in Challenging Environments
Defense Department Hosts Hackathon for Advanced Functional Fabrics in Challenging Environments
August 8, 2017 Webinar on E-Textile Standards Development
August 8, 2017: AFFOA Member Webinar on E-Textile Standards Development
MIT News: Hacking functional fabrics to aid emergency response
Hacking functional fabrics to aid emergency response
MIT and other innovators design novel solutions for the battlefield, disaster sites, and other dangerous environments.
MIT News: Hacking functional fabrics to aid emergency response
AFFOA Featured in N.Y. Textile Preview
N.Y. Textile Preview: AFFOA Looking to Drive Innovation for Functional fabrics
LUMEN by Jenny Sabin Studio – 2017 MOMA Young Architect Program Winner
As winner of the MOMA Young Architect Program, my co-author and long-standing collaborator, Jenny Sabin, has a 3 month long installation at MOMA PS1 in NY. She used seamless knitting involving a million yards of fiber to create a pavilion. It’s remarkable and ground-breaking, but also inspirational to those in the field. Interestingly, she and I collaborated on a knitted installation last year that prototyped a part of this project. – Peter Lloyd Jones
LUMEN by Jenny Sabin Studio - 2017 MOMA Young Architect Program Winner
MIT News: Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit
MIT News: Researchers design moisture-responsive workout suit
The Bloomberg Baystate Business Hour: Immune Systems and Fabric
The Bloomberg Baystate Business Hour: Immune Systems and Fabric
AFFOA Opens $10M HQ, Unveils Two Advanced Fabric Product Platforms
AFFOA Opens $10M HQ, Unveils Two Advanced Fabric Product Platforms
Boston Herald: Smart fabrics firm opens new HQ in Cambridge
The Boston Herald: Smart fabrics firm opens new HQ in Cambridge
AFFOA opens National Fabric Innovation Centre
Apparel Resources: AFFOA opens National Fabric Innovation Centre
CNN Tech: JanSport’s high-tech backpack shares your social media
CNN Tech: JanSport's high-tech backpack shares your social media
Boston Globe: MIT lab shows off smart threads that can send messages, change color
The Boston Globe: MIT lab shows off smart threads that can send messages, change color
MIT News: AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics
MIT News: AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics
WBUR: National Fabric Innovation Center Opens In Cambridge With A Hat That Streams Audio
WBUR: National Fabric Innovation Center Opens In Cambridge With A Hat That Streams Audio
Advanced Manufacturing: AFFOA opens state-of-the-art facility for protoyping advanced fabrics
Advanced Manufacturing Media: AFFOA opens state-of-the-art facility for protoyping advanced fabrics
T.EVO News: National Fabric Innovation Centre opens
T.EVO News: National Fabric Innovation Centre opens
Electronics 360: New Facility Opens for the Development of Smart Fabrics and e-Textiles
Electronics 360: New Facility Opens for the Development of Smart Fabrics and e-Textiles
GearBrain: Your next backpack may send a help message when lost
GearBrain: Your next backpack may send a help message when lost
Gant News: JanSport’s high-tech backpack shares your social media
Gant News: JanSport’s high-tech backpack shares your social media
MIT News: Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus
MIT News: Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus
Metro: AFFOA opens Cambridge headquarters by unveiling hat that transmits audio
Metro: AFFOA opens Cambridge headquarters by unveiling hat that transmits audio
Watch Now: Live streaming of AFFOA Grand Opening and Product Platform Unveiling!
Watch Now: Live streaming of AFFOA Grand Opening and Product Platform Unveiling!
AFFOA Opens $10 Million HQ and Unveils Two Advanced Fabric Product Platforms
AFFOA Opens $10 Million HQ and Unveils Two Advanced Fabric Product Platforms
Hackathon: Advanced Functional Fabrics in Challenging Environments
Hackathon: Advanced Functional Fabrics in Challenging Environments. July 28-30, 2017
MIT News: Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
Clothing tinkerers innovate fashion with science-based performance dresswear and 3-D knitting.
MIT News:Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
Bluewater Defense Inc. is dedicated to serving those who serve us.
Bluewater Defense: Dedicated to serving those who serve us.
Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Fundamental Research to Enable Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing at Manufacturing USA Institutes
NSF Supporting Fundamental Research to Enable Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing at Mfg. USA Institutes
Rebirth of Lowell Textile Industry
AFFOA’s Advanced Fabric Revolution Could Mean Rebirth of Lowell Textile Industry
AFFOA’s Advanced Fabric Revolution Could Mean Rebirth of Lowell Textile Industry
Reaches Milestone in Fabric Revolution Mission
AFFOA Reaches Milestone in Fabric Revolution Mission
AFFOA Reaches Milestone in Fabric Revolution Mission
Elizabeth Whelan Design wins top prize at FT Awards
Textiles studio Elizabeth Whelan Design took home the Launch of the Year trophy at last night’s Future Textiles Awards 2017, hosted at The Westin Grand Frankfurt, Germany. Kunal Mankodiya, of the University of Rhode Island, was named Innovator of the Year, and the team from Inuheat Group AB was successful in two separate categories.
Elizabeth Whelan Design wins top prize at FT Awards
PhilaU and Regional Partners Poised for Big Moves in Smart Fabrics
Philadelphia University and its regional partners in the federal Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) initiative are poised to make big moves in smart fabrics, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported May 11.
PhilaU and Regional Partners Poised for Big Moves in Smart Fabrics
PhilaU and Regional Partners Poised for Big Moves in Smart Fabrics: Philadelphia Inquirer
PhilaU and Regional Partners Poised for Big Moves in Smart Fabrics
Elizabeth Whelan Design wins top prize at FT Awards
Elizabeth Whelan Design wins top prize at FT Awards
Contact Us
Questions?
Contact Tina Gilman, Director of Administration and Membership
tina@affoa.org
617-253-5957
AFFOA is headquartered in Cambridge, MA
Collaborative efforts support growth in the smart textiles industry
Collaborative efforts support growth in the smart textiles industry
In Appalachia’s Foothills, a Leaner Textile Industry Rises
In Appalachia’s Foothills, a Leaner Textile Industry Rises
Bonbouton Wins at Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup
Bonbouton Wins at Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup
Watch: New biomedical textiles show potential of smart, human-centered service systems
Watch: New biomedical textiles show potential of smart, human-centered service systems
March 21-22: Programmable and Wearable Molecular Composites Workshop
March 21-22: Programmable and Wearable Molecular Composites Workshop
PhilaU Team Wins U.S. Defense Department Chembio Suit Design Challenge
PhilaU Team Wins U.S. Defense Department Chembio Suit Design Challenge
Academic
A Research and Development (R&D) and education powerhouse consisting of universities, blending classical textile studies with fiber design and technology-oriented programs.
FIN
A nationwide collaborative infrastructure consisting of small and medium domestic manufacturers, academic labs and NPOs across the US and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that have committed unique and dedicated capacity in support of AFFOA projects. Assembled, coordinated, and managed by AFFOA, the FIN serves as its distributed project execution foundry with capabilities in all aspects of manufacturing in advanced textile systems including design and modeling, manufacturing of fibers and yarns as well as nonwovens, woven and knitted textiles plus assembly and system integration, including data and software services across prototyping and pilot production scales.
Start Up/NPO
A network of regional “fab-less” startup incubators dedicated to advanced fabrics will be set up with help from Venture Capital (VC) near our University Hubs.
Hi-tech fabric could revive textiles
A group of researchers at the University of Georgia are on the leading edge of developments that they hope will bring the textile industry back from the dead in the United States.
Hi-tech fabric could revive textiles
URI biomedical engineering professor creating smart gloves to monitor Parkinson’s disease patients
KINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 19, 2016—Prescribing a medication plan for a patient with Parkinson’s disease is a big challenge for doctors, but now a University of Rhode Island biomedical engineering professor and his students are making great strides in solving that problem with their groundbreaking research.
URI biomedical engineering professor creating smart gloves to monitor Parkinson’s disease patients
PhilaU Team Helps Develop Protective Garment for Military
A Philadelphia University-lead team recently completed work on two prototypes of protective suits for the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in partnership with the Battelle Memorial Institute.
PhilaU Team Helps Develop Protective Garment for Military
Norman Chapman
Norman Chapman
Norman Chapman is the President and COO of Inman Mills. Inman is a textile company located in South Carolina with 700 employees. Inman’s products include fire retardant fabrics for bedding and apparel, industrial fabrics including beltings, thermoplastic composite prepregs, workwear, and sportswear.
Norman holds a B.S. in Economics from Clemson University. He has served on numerous professional and nonprofit boards in leadership positions including the Southeastern Apparel and Textile Association, National Council of Textile Organizations, Inman Mills, B2B Media, Carolina Alliance Bank, Wofford College Presidents Advisory Board, Clemson Board of Visitors, Chamber of Commerce, United Way, and AFFOA.
John Fry
John Fry
John Anderson Fry, appointed Drexel University’s 14th president in 2010, has served higher education for his entire professional life. Through his roles as a consultant, board member, chief operating officer and chief executive, he has acquired a deep and broad understanding of the challenges of leading a major educational institution.
Fry set out to transform Drexel into what he has termed the “modern urban university of the future”—an institution that harnesses both its long-established and still-emerging strengths to serve its students, its neighborhood, its city and the nation. Under Fry’s leadership, Drexel is setting a new standard for cooperative education, transforming its online and hybrid offerings, and becoming a powerful force for economic development in the Greater Philadelphia region. Fry led the University community’s collaboration on a five-year strategic plan, launched in 2012, to guide the pursuit of those goals.
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Charles Howland
Charles Howland
Charles Howland is President and Chief Engineer of Warwick Mills based in New Ipswich, NH. Howland is the author of over 60 patents or patents pending on textile constructions, specializing in material science solutions for aerospace textiles, protective garments and body armor, needle-resistant fabrics, cut-resistant gloves, impermeable laminates for chemical and biological hazards among others. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Over the course of thirty years of material science work, Howland has focused on improving a substrate’s adhesion performance by investigating the surface analysis and surface modification technologies for products involving coating, lamination and mosaic assembly.
Steve Rendle
Steve Rendle
Steve Rendle is President & Chief Operating Officer at VF Corporation, a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories. VF had 2015 revenues of $12.4 billion and is owner of iconic brands, including The North Face®, Vans®, Timberland®, Wrangler® and Lee®.
Rendle has more than 30 years of experience in the specialty outdoor and action sports industry, including 17 years at VF where his successful, value-creating career has been comprised of executive-level positions at both the brand and corporate levels. He is a member of VF’s Board of Directors, and its Operating and Executive Committees.
Michael Spillane
Michael Spillane
Michael Spillane leads NIKE’s product engines and merchandising as President, Product & Merchandising. Spillane is responsible for developing the strategy that drives the creation of all NIKE footwear, apparel and equipment, and he leads the merchandising of all product to the global marketplace. Since he joined NIKE in 2007, Spillane has held leadership positions with Converse, Umbro, Greater China, and, most recently, Global Footwear. With extensive experience in marketing consumer products, Spillane previously held senior management roles at leading apparel and textile companies, including Malden Mills, Tommy Hilfiger USA, Jockey International, and Missbrenner, Inc. Spillane serves on the board of directors at The Boston Beer Co., and Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA).