Events organized by the lab

DIGITEX project seminar at the premises of UNIWA 03.10.22-07.10.22 with trainers and trainees from UNIWA, TUIASI and KTU Last week the Intensive Study Program – Creative methods for co-design/co-development of medical, protective, sensorial and smart textiles, took place. The Program consisted in a whole week full of dynamic learning for the students from KTU, TUIASI and UNIWA. The event was held in Athens, Greece, and was hosted by UNIWA. It started on October 3rd and finalized on 7th. The content, mostly focused on E-textiles and smart textiles, was designed, and developed previously by the partners with the aim to [...]

RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE project IBDPTEC and Erasmus+ project WINTEX presentation on 05.10.2022 -Athens RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE project Innovative Bridal Dresses and Baptismal Clothes from Peach Textile with eco-Consciousness and Erasmus+ project WINTEX were presented during the event "Manufacturing and Creative Industries in the Age of the Circular Economy". The event was held in Athens on 5/10/22. In particular, the audience was informed about our laboratory's work on the production of cellulosic fibres from peach residues and the encouraging results obtained so far. [...]

T-CREPE Online workshop/webinar entitled "Co-creating Entrepreneurship in Higher Education" 02/09/22 This event is organized by T-Crepe project team, in the scope of the Erasmus+ KA2 project T-CREPE (Textile Engineering for Co-creation Paradigms in Education, Project No: 612641) and it will take place on Friday, 2 September from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm EET.  There is a positive correlation between entrepreneurship and economic growth, but the benefits of entrepreneurship education are not limited to business life. Entrepreneurship skills are also useful in both personal and social aspects of everyday life. Therefore, it is important to foster entrepreneurial mindsets in higher education. Come and listen [...]

Article at Greek fashion magazine for the dissemination of WE-TEAM MSc "WORLD TEXTILE ENGINEERING ADVANCED MASTER" Industrial Design and Production Engineering Department (University of West Attica) in collaboration with the University of Ghent (Belgium), Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan), University of Haute-Alsace (France), University of Boras (Sweden), and University of Valencia (Spain), organize and operate the joint Postgraduate Program  entitled "Advanced Studies in Textile Technology" (World Textile Engineering Advanced Master: WE-TEAM) started at the academic year 2021-2022. The purpose of this International MSc program is the acquisition of the necessary basic knowledge, skills and abilities to assimilate the latest [...]

SMARTEX project Newsletter 5/2022 - Staff exchanges -Visit to Pakistan IN THIS ISSUE: Project activities - events VISIT ΤΟ PAKISTAN IN THE FRAME OF THE PROJECT Participation of UNIWA project team representatives to staff exchange in the frame of SMARTEX project (P1 University of West Attica) During the period 8 to 14 May 2022, staff and students exchange was carried out in the frame of SMARTEX Project (Modernization of curriculum of Textile Engineering and Textile Technology in Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan) and more specifically, representative from European partners (University of West Attica (Greece) IDEC Company (Greece), University of Ghent [...]

Group of students and Professors from Oklahoma State University visit the IDPE at UNIWA On Thursday 19/5/2022 we had the pleasure to welcome to our Department a group of 33 students and 3 accompanying professors from Oklahoma State University. The purpose of their visit was to see the premises of the University of West Attica and more specifically of the Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering. The group was welcomed by the Professors of the Department, G. Priniotakis, M. Papoutsidakis and F. Azariadis, who presented to them the University, the activities of the Department, as well as [...]

DigiTEX project 2nd Transnational Project Meeting DigiTEX partnership holds its 2nd Transnational Project Meeting. On September 17th, DigiTEX partners met, virtually, for a project follow-up session. The meeting started with INCDTP, the project coordinator, pointing general management, dissemination, and implementation aspects of the project as well as COVID-19 situation affectation. Then, several quality to-follow guidelines were exposed by CRE.THI.DEV, to ensure a good implementation and results of the project. An update about all the advances done these last months, regarding the project communication and next steps to take, were presented by the partner in charge of the communication, AEI [...]

DIGITEX project starts with the aim of at addressing the innovation needs of smart textiles The kick-off meeting of DIGITEX project was held virtually last May 12th. The project main objective is to support innovative approaches and digital learning technologies to accelerate innovation, teaching and learning in the field of medical, protective, sensorial and smart textiles design, testing and manufacturing of the innovative advanced products for healthcare in the context of the digital economy. Please click below to read more about the kick-off DiGITEX meeting: Read more about the kick-off DiGITEX meeting [...]

Fostering innovation in the Jordanian and Moroccan textile industry – FOSTEX Please click the button below to download the FOSTEX newsletter No.4: Download pdf