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Posted on: 6/17/06 10:28 AM ET
I am considering new career paths..and having a background in engineering I thought it would be cool to study textiles. I'm not thinking so much prints and colours (although that would be part of it), but also the chemistry and physics behind it. But what would I even do then when I graduated? Is anyone on the board in this field that can give me some guidance? :)

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Posted on: 6/17/06 10:31 AM ET
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Interesting post. I best person to answer this is taking a little vacation. Hopefully she'll check in and see this. I'd be interested in her take.
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Posted on: 6/17/06 11:16 AM ET
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My DMIL (from England) has a degree in this very thing (I think), mostly focusing on wools since she lived in a big woolmill town. I will ask her what her take is on it. Might help, might not. Be very curious to see what this other person has to say (and who is this mystery person?).
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Posted on: 6/17/06 11:24 AM ET
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Identity concealed to protect the innocent. I mean, like what if she doesn't have anything she wishes to say?
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Posted on: 6/17/06 11:50 AM ET
I believe it's possible that all of those jobs are already in or on their way to India and/or China. India has a huge textiles industry, and it is also where many of the engineering type jobs are going these days due to the cost advantages.

I read a magazine article not too long ago about a guy who invented colored bubbles (the kind you blow with a soap mix). This had been a challenge nobody had been able to solve for something like 100 years, and it finally took him finding someone from India who had a PhD specializing in the chemistry of dying things to collaborate with.
  
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Posted on: 6/17/06 2:01 PM ET
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Oh I agree, I wasn't expecting you to say... it was just all very exciting and mysterious (probably much more so than fabric engineering could be, regardless of how much you like it).
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Posted on: 6/17/06 7:44 PM ET
Glenda -- I read that same article (about the bubbles) some months ago! I think they were called Zubbles.
  
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Posted on: 6/17/06 7:52 PM ET
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a wonderful Textile, Clothing & Design Department, which includes the kind of thing I think you're talking about. Here's a link to their website where you can see what kinds of things you can do with a Textile Science degree, which may be what you'd want, and what things you would be studying. Our Guild had a program by a professor there, who is developing new textiles from cornstalks, or any kind of cellulose fiber I think. It was very interesting, and they have a wonderful program.

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Posted on: 6/17/06 8:36 PM ET
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Textiles have uses in things such as erosion prevention, safety gear, etc. What kind of engineering do you do?
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Posted on: 6/17/06 9:25 PM ET
Even though I think you are mostly interested in fabrics, here is a thought-My DH is a materials engineer specializing in non woven materials-I am always amazed at the projects he works on. He understands far more about batting than I do.
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