Soochow University Textile and Clothing Engineering School Overview

Soochow University & Textile and Clothing Engineering School

Overview of Soochow University Overview of School Education system of school Main Research Area

1. Introduction of Soochow University was founded in 1900 and developed greatly during past one century.

Located in the ancient city of Suzhou known as " Paradise on Earth“ in China. There are 7 campuses in the university Key comprehensive university in Jiangsu Province One of top 100 universities under the “Project 211” directed by the Education Ministry of China.

Disciplinary development and Scientific Research Ø 25 schools Ø 111 undergraduate programs Ø 244 master programs Ø 21 professional master degree programs Ø 167 doctor programs and Ø 20 post-doctoral programs

Ø 4 national key disciplines Ø 6 provincial primary key disciplines Ø 22 provincial key disciplines. Ø 1 national engineering laboratory Ø 1 incubator for national key laboratory Ø 3 national public service platforms Ø 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers Ø 24 provincial laboratories and engineering centers.

more than 50, 000 students are studying at Soochow University： Ø 25, 873 undergraduate students Ø 10, 214 postgraduate students Ø more than 12, 638 part time students. Ø More than 1000 international students.

more than 4000 academic staffs in University： Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø 2112 Full-time teachers 381 Professors 636 Associate professors 741 Lecturers 3 Members of the China Academy of Engineering 174 Doctor program supervisors 559 Master program supervisors 51 Researcher 415 Laboratory Technicians and Librarians

2. Introduction of Graduate School Ø 196 master programs Ø 10 professional master degree programs Ø 72 doctor programs and 6 post-doctoral programs Ø 10, 214 postgraduate students The academic programs cover almost all disciplines of learning.

2. College of Textile & Clothing Engineering Departments : ØTextile Engineering ØDying and Finishing ØClothing Design and Engineering ØNon-Woven Engineering

Staff and Student: Full time staff professor Associate professor 90 21 25 Undergraduate students 1115 Postgraduate students master Ph. D 245 42

Key disciplines and degree programs Name of disciplines Grade Degree level Textile Engineering National key discipline Ph. D Textile Materials and Textiles Design Provincial primary discipline Ph. D Textile Chemistry and Dyeing & Finishing Engineering Provincial primary discipline Ph. D Clothing Engineering and Provincial primary Design discipline Ph. D

Scientific Research and Teaching Platform n National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk (approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2008) n State Level Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Textile and Apparel Design (approved by The Ministry of Education in 2009) n Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Provincial Silk Engineering (approved by The Provincial Education Department of Jiangsu in 1998)

n Suzhou silk technology development center (approved by The Provincial Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu in 2008) n Research Center of Jiangsu Province Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Clean Production Engineering in Textile and Dyeing & Printing (approved by The National Development and Reform Commission of Jiangsu Province in 2009) n Jiangsu provincial Innovation experiment base for talent fostering mode (approved by The Provincial Education Department of Jiangsu in 2010)

Instruments and Equipment

3. Textile & Clothing Engineering Education system Professional system Textile Engineering Textile Materials and Textiles Design Light Chemistry Engineering Apparel Design and Engineering Textile Chemistry and Dyeing & Finishing Apparel Design and Engineering Graduate programs Nonwoven Material and Engineering International program for textile engineering undergraduate programs

Graduate training mode Textile science and engineering Training system Sectional disciplines Ph. D Master of Engineering professional master academic master Clothing design & engineering Textile Chemistry and Dyeing & Finishing textile material & design Textile Engineering

4. Main Research Areas Ø Silk Biology Engineering Ø Eco-Textiles Development Ø Functional Textile and Clothing Ø Silk Protein for Medical Uses Ø Nano-Fiber Composite Material Ø Digital Pattern Design and Weaving

Silk Biology Engineering 1. Improvement of silk quality by use of titanium oxide and rare earth elements. 2. Fluorescence distinguishable cocoon variety. 3. Genetic operation platform and protein molecular design for silkworm. 4. Environmental friendly degumming solution and recyclable sericin protein. 5. Genetic-base of silk worm and high quality silk development.

Cocoon under white light Cocoon under Fluorescence light

Expression profile of genes across Gene. Chip hybridization

protein molecular design and silk worm cultivation 1. Innovation of breeding technology for advanced silk worm cultivation. 2. Integration and application of ecotypic silk worm cultivation system. 3. Critical gene in the diapause of silkworm, Bombyx mori 4. Varaiations of hydrogen peroxide and catalase expression in Bombyx eggs during diapause initiation and termination 5. Variation in glutathione status associated with induction and initiation of diapause in eggs of the bivoltine strain of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

Colored cocoon and silk products

Textile Mechanics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bubble spinning. Minimized resistance of swimming wear. Textiles used in critical environment. Porous textile for traffic. Effect of temperature on metabolic rates of virus and host cells,

A New Device for Single Bubble Electrospinning

principle of sandbank and shark skin used for minimized resistance swimming wear

Silk self-assembly mechanism and control 1. Degradation mechanism and control of silk fibroin. 2. Silk fibroin electrogelation mechanisms. 3. Surface immobilization of antibody on silk fibroin through conformational transition. 4. Mechanisms and control of silk-based electrospinning. 5. Nanoscale Control of Silks for Porous Scaffold Formation.

Fresh silk fibroin Concentrated 5 days Freeze drying scaffold

Silk Fibroin for Medical Materials 1. Enzymatic Degradation of Silk Fibroin 3 D Scaffolds and Fibers. 2. Preliminary Biocompatibility of Regenerated Silk Fibroin. 3. The Influential Factors on the Gelation Velocity and Structure of Silk Fibroin. 4. Preparation of braided silk as a tubular tissue engineering scaffold. 5. Effects of Gamma Irradiation on The Structure and Mechanical Properties of Wild Silkworms and Bombyx Mori Silk Fibroin Films

Multichannel Silk Fibroin Material

Silk fibroin/PCL minor-caliber tube

Silk Fibroin Wound Repair Membrane

Advanced Fibers and Products 1. Effect of spinning conditions on the mechanical properties of nanofiber filaments 2. Nanocomposites Preparation for Spinningd 3. Electrospinning technology and mechanical properties of spidroin/PLLA nano-scale fiber mat 4. Hydrophilic modification of electrospun polysulfone fiber mat 5. Microstructure and properties of polypropylene/glass fiber composites grafted with poly(pentaerythritol triacrylate 6. Reinforcement of electrospun nonwovens

Grafting modification of polypropylene

Finishing and Chemicals for Functional Textiles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Functional finishing Processes for Textiles. Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Kaolin modified polyester Nano material applied in silk dying and finishing. Hemicyanine -Based Polymers Preparation, structure and properties of multifunctional silk. electrospun fluorescent nanofiber webs doped with hemicyanine dye

Polyurethane treated textile composite

Fabric and clothing Dyed and Finished from Microcrystal material

Water –free Eco-dying 1. Substitute water by CO 2 liquid for textile dying processes. 2. The key technology of production and dying machinery of Water –free Eco-dying progress.

The fabric produced by Water –free Eco-dying process The machine developed for Water –free Eco-dying process

Dying & Finishing of Multi-fiber Fabric 1. Dying and finishing processes for Silk mixed polyester, polyamide, cotton and other man-made fiber fabrics were developed. 2. Low temperature pre-dying process. 3. Technology of Multi-color dying, color changeable silk dying, color control dying 4. Agents and techniques for functional finishing.

Clothing made from Multi-fiber Fabric

Textile Design and Production 1. Textile pattern design based on multi-rules. 2. Composition and explicit/implicit effect of woven texture. 3. Prediction model of regional fabric price. 4. Recognition of fabric structures. 5. High speed shuttleless loom devices

Portable Environment and Functional Clothing 1. The Measurement and Analysis of Clothing Pressure, 2. Evaluation on Heat-moisture Comfort Performance of Knitted Underwear 3. Mechanical interaction between clothing and human body 4. Performance Clothing of Electromagnetic Protective 5. Correlation between Body Measurement Data and Pattern Plate Data

Effects of fabric shear load on blood velocity

SE measurement for clothing