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SMDTex (Sustainable Management and Design for Textiles)

SMDTex (Sustainable Management and Design for Textiles)

SMDTex is the Erasmus Mundus join Doctorate Programme about Sustainable Management and Design for Textiles

Start date: 2013-08-01

End date: 2020-09-01

In each edition, SMDTex will train 8 joint PhD students for 4 years. Co-supervised by three research partners (two European and one Chinese textile universities) of the consortium, the PhD students will work in the following research areas:

Theme 1: Risk/safety and resilience in the textile value chain
Theme 2: New organisation models for sustainable textile processes and supply chain
Theme 3: Sustainability policies and sustainable consumption around the textile supply chain
Theme 4: Sustainable and innovative design processes and materials
Theme 5: Sustainable quality inspection and management in the textile supply chain
Theme 6: Personalised and virtual reality-assisted textile design

Partners:

ENSAIT

Gheorge Asachi Technical University of Iasi

Politecnico di Torino

Soochow University

Project Members

  • Vincent Nierstrasz, project leader
  • Chandadevi Giri
  • May Kahoush
  • Melkie Tadesse Getnet
  • Molla Tadesse Abate
  • Mohammad Neaz Morshed
  • Prisca Eutionnat-Diffo
  • Razieh Hashemi Sanatgar
  • Sheenam Jain
  • Sweta Iyer
  • Tarun Kumar Agrawal
  • Tove Agnhage

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2021-11-19

AI leads to new knowledge in the fashion and textile industry

In a world where information and data abound, fashion and textile companies face a new kind of challenge. Is AI technology a solution? If so, how can the industry use it?

2021-06-29

Textiles for more efficient wastewater treatment

The lack of clean drinking water and the release of toxic wastewater into the environment are some of our biggest global problems. At the same time, the purification process is often complicated, expensiv...

2020-12-14

New models predict the properties of 3D print onto textiles

Is it possible to predict how 3D printing and textile properties affect quality and durability of 3D printed polymer onto textiles? Prisca Eutionnat-Diffo has shown that it is. She recently...

2020-10-21

How algorithms can help the clothing industry

Can big data and artificial intelligence (AI) improve the clothing industry's value chains, adapt products to customer needs, and help the industry keep up with how customer needs are evolving? Sheenam Jain,...
A neon coloured fish by a coral reef, and a portrait photo of Sweta Iyer

2020-10-19

Biobased products can create luminescent textiles

Luminescent textiles can be created by using a bioluminescent reaction system. This is something that Sweta Iyer, with her newly-minted doctorate, has established. Her doctoral thesis in the field of...

2020-10-20

New method can help industry choose the best location for production

The manufacturing industry is facing difficult decisions when it comes to living up to various sustainability goals and at the same time maintaining profitability. A new method has now...

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Updated: 2023-09-14

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