Textiles Content

In Memory: Jo Ann Stabb, Professor Emerita and Namesake of Design Collection

Karen Michele Nikos — March 15, 2022 - 4:10pm

Jo Ann Stabb, a founding member of the UC Davis Department of Design and a widely recognized scholar of textiles, died Feb. 13 in Walnut Creek, California. She was 80.

Grant will Support Work to Improve PPE for Healthcare Workers

Andy Fell — November 03, 2021 - 10:08am

A multidisciplinary team of researchers is working to improve the design, function and safety of personal protective equipment, or PPE, for health care workers.

UC Davis Included in National Partnership to Accelerate Innovation in Fibers and Textiles

Andy Fell — April 01, 2016 - 10:15am

The University of California, Davis, is a partner in a new federally funded Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Advanced Functional Fibers of America, designed to accelerate innovation in high-tech, U.S.-based manufacturing involving fibers and textiles.

The proposal for the institute was led by Professor Yoel Fink, director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The partnership includes 31 universities, 16 industry members, 72 manufacturing entities, and 26 startup incubators, spread across 28 states.