About the Journal
MISSION - To establish a high quality forum relevant to the needs of global industry and higher education that will provide leadership in the timely dissemination of information dealing with all aspects of textile and apparel, technology and management.
Current Issue
Introduction to JTATM: ITMA 2023, Special Issue 2 of 2 ITMA 2023 (19th show) was held in Milan, Italy, June 8-14. Despite the slowdown in the world economy impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, this ITMA show attracted 111,000 visitors from 143 countries with an exhibition space of 200,000 square meters that accommodated 1,709 exhibitors from 47 countries. The show has exceeded all expectations as the record was broken in terms of number of exhibitors since its inception in 1951. The technologies exhibited at ITMA 2023 show covered the entire textile manufacturing pipeline (from fiber formation to market) with focus on sustainability and digitization. This JTATM special issue 2 covers the most innovative technologies of conversion of fiber to yarns and fabrics, along with assessment and evaluation. These two issues cover a range of technologies that are of interest to scholars and industry professionals providing insights into digitization and sustainability.
ITMA
The Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management has been created to serve the professional needs of textile educators and researchers worldwide. Faculty of the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management have recognized the need for an online professional Journal serving the discipline of Textile Technology and Management thus permitting the discussion of research areas that today are dispersed in several types of publications.
The TATM Department prepares some 550+ undergraduates and over 60 postgraduates for careers in the textile complex and therefore represents the largest textile and apparel department in the USA. The department is staffed with 21 full time faculty as well as several Visiting Scholars, Post-docs and Research Specialists.
The TATM department specializes in textiles and apparel with specialization in areas of international textile management and marketing, fashion design and sourcing, and textile design and CAD. To enhance scholarly research and transfer new knowledge to the textile and apparel complex, the Department has established Centers and Consortia to focus on specific research areas.
Operating Editorial Board
Helmut H. Hergeth
Associate Professor
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Ellie Jin
Albert Myers Distinguished Professor
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Karen K. Leonas
Professor
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Kavita Mathur
Associate Professor
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Marguerite M. Moore
Professor, Co-managing Editor, JTATM
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Abdel-Fattah M. Seyam
Professor and Department Head, Co-managing Editor, JTATM
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Yingjiao Xu
Professor, Director of Ph.D. Programs
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
Robert W. Cooper
University Program Associate
Technical Editor, JTATM
Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (TATM)
International Editorial Board
Dr. Lawrence T. Drzal
University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Mechanics,
Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Eunae Kim
Professor of Textile Science
Department of Clothing and Textiles
Yonsei University, Korea
Dr. V. K. Kothari
Emeritus Professor in the Department of Textile Technology,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Dr. Bulent Ozipek
Head, Department of Textile Engineering,
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Gary F. Simmons
Managing Director of S & G Consulting
Dr. XiaoMing Tao
Chair Professor of Textile Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
J. Berrye Worsham III
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Cotton Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, USA