Facilities
- Lab for heat and thermal protection research: thermal hazard simulation, textile material and ensemble components and systems performance prediction, modeling, thermal degradation, off-gassing study and new material development. The instrumentation includes the Thermal Protective Performance (TPP), Radiant Protective Performance (RPP), fabric stored energy testing, immersion tester, hot liquid and steam tester, as well as cone calorimeter for thermal degradation study.
- Video demo for TPP
- Video demo for RPP
- Video demo for hot liquid splash
- Video demo for cone calorimeter
- Lab for clothing comfort performance: textile material comfort related property study, the complex heat and moisture transfer nature in textile material, clothing that interact with human body and environment. The major instrumentation includes guarded sweating hotplate (skin model), moisture vapor transmission rate, air permeability test, video-based optical contact angle measuring instrument, sweating hand, sweating manikin test etc.
- Video demo for sweating manikin test
- Video demo for sweating hand
- Video demo for sweating hotplate
- Video demo for video-based optical contact angle measuring instrument
- Video demo for dynamic angle measuring instrument
- Textile testing lab: fundamental textile material property testing: tensile, abrasion, flammability, color fastness, UV protection tester, etc.
- Video demo for electro spinning equipment
- Micro/nanoscale thermal science for fiber and fabrics lab: fiber, yarn and fabrics thermal property study, such as conductivity, heat capacity, emissivity and relevant modeling
- Design and production lab: sewing machines, digital textile printer & pattern making, three-dimensional body scanning technology
- Biomechanics and physiology research lab: human comfort, performance interactions with textiles and clothing study
Contact information
Guowen Song
1078 or 2094 LeBaron
626 Morrill Rd.
Ames, IA 50011-1121
515-294-3012
icpclab@iastate.edu
Quick links
AFFOA:
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)
Professional Organizations:
AATCC
ICEE
TBIS
Fiber Society
ESPC
Industry Manufactures:
Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Veridian Fire Protective Gear
Tencate
Collaborative Labs:
Xinwei Wang
Yue Wu
AATCC | http://www.aatcc.org/
ICEE | http://www.environmental-ergonomics.org/
TBIS | http://www.tbisociety.org/conference/EN/column/column2.shtml
Fiber Society | https://www.thefibersociety.org/
ESPC | http://www.es-pc.org/