AATCC engineering design competition for students
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced its second annual engineering design competition, developed by its Materials Interest Group. Submissions are invited from both graduate and undergraduate students with the aim of promoting innovative product development from an engineering design perspective.
The theme of this year’s competition is ‘Design of Material Structures’ and the contest has been divided into three areas: Industrial/Technical; Protective/Medical/Biomedical; and Smart/Electronic.
Entries will be evaluated on concept originality, design element integration, technical feasibility, clarity of supporting documentation, technical and materials rationales, efficacy of proposed commercialisation of the idea and viability of economic cost analysis.
The winners will be announced on
