Faculty of Textiles, Leather & Industrial Management Iasi, Romania www.tex.tuiasi.ro

The Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management        The Faculty is the first textile faculty in Romania and the only one until 1990; The Faculty of Textile and Leather Technology was founded in 1934 in Bucharest; Since 1952 it is located in Iasi and in 1955 it was incorporated within The “Gh.Asachi” Technical University Since 1995 it has been a member of AUTEX (Association of Textile Universities); Since 1999 our specializations are recognized by FEANI (European Federation of Naţional Engineering Associations); Starting with 2000, The Textile Institute of Manchester began to recognize our graduate diplomas.

Faculty of Textiles, Leather & Industrial Management 8 departments 1 doctoral school 9 research groups Over 1100 students Over 120 academic staff

Study at our Faculty

Bachelor of Science Programs Specializations Industrial Engineering Textile Technology and Design Knitting and Clothing Technology Footwear and Leather Goods Technology and Design Industrial Design Chemical Engineering Textile Chemical Technology Chemical Technology of Leather and Leather Substitutes Engineering & Management Industrial Business Engineering

Master Programs Industrial Textile Design Textiles Quality Insurance Advances in Knitting Technologies Innovative Systems for Clothing Manufacturing Clothing Design Apparel Designing and Modeling Advances in Footwear Design and Technology Eco-design in Textile Finishing Advanced Processing of Protein Resources Innovation and Entrepreneurship Industrial Marketing

Doctoral study programs: Industrial Engineering Chemical Engineering Engineering and Management Number of PhD students Total: 130 Full time: 44 Projects financed by the European Social Found: BRAIN, EURODOC, QUANTUM-DOC

Specialization TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

Laboratory equipment In spinning In weaving

Specialization KNITTING AND READY-MADE CLOTHING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Knitting machines Clothing equipment FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Laboratory equipment FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Practical training workshops ... in knitting ... and in clothing

Specialization FOOTWEAR AND LEATHER GOODS TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Facilities A. Lecture classes and laboratories equipped with: Equipment for educational communication; The components and parts of machines for footwear and leather goods manufacturing; Moulding devices; for testing the physical, mechanical and technological features of raw and auxiliary materials, components and shoes; Computer network with internet accessibility; Crispin Dynamic footwear CAD specialized software FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING B. Practical training workshops equipped with: Clicking machines; Skiving machines ; Upper and bottom stitching machines ; Lasting machines for toe, hell and side parts ; Counter activating and moulding machine ;

Specialization TEXTILE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Textile Chemical Technology Facilities Lecture classes and laboratories equipped with: Equipment essential for the analysis and study of textile fibres and materials; Dyeing and finishing equipment; Equipment for specific chemical processes; Modern equipment for physical and chemical investigation; Computers. FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Pilot plant for micro-production and research. Technical equipment: Polarizing microscope; Equipment to measure the shear resistance; UV-VIS spectrophotometer; Thin layer chromatograph; HT dyeing machine; Fabric air permeability tester; Datacolor Spectra flash computer colour matching system; X-ray difractometer; BOD analysis system and wastewater analysis equipment.

Specialization CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY OF LEATHER AND LEATHER SUBSTITUTES FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Laboratories - Small tanneries and processing units; - Raw materials collecting and trading societies; -Equipments for leather and furs processing trading societies; - Production and trading of chemical auxiliaries; - Dyeing and reconditioning works; -Reconditioning and revaluation of antique leather goods works; - Higher revaluation of protein-containing by-products works, for cosmetics and biomedical applications FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING Specialization BUSINESS ENGINEERING FACULTY OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER ENGINEERING

Research at our Faculty 9 researches groups Technologies and machinery for yarns processing Designing of technical and specialty weaving structures Optimization of textile processes Textile chemistry Knitting and clothing – machinery, technologies and design Design and technology of footwear and leather goods Leather processing.

Research fields New materials for innovative textiles Functional textiles and related processes Manufacturing systems and work study Fashion design and product development IT applications Design and technology of footwear and leather goods Tissues engineering Eco-design in textile chemistry Environment Management

Research projects financed through grants awarded in national competition (40 projects since 2006) - Selection - Research on decolourization of dyeing stuff by new oxidative, microbiological methods for rehabilitation and recycling used water from textile industry Textile composites for shielding Genetic algorithms for optimization of the processes in knitting industry Integrated multifunctional technology for conservation of national cultural patrimony Textiles with controlled release of medicine in treatment of dermatological diseases Intelligent textile structures for communicant clothing

International cooperation Bilateral research projects: Romania-Turkey (2008-2010, 2010-2012) Eureka projects InterReg projects CEEPUS programs Doctoral studies in co-supervising Long Life Learning Programms: Leonardo da Vinci programms, Bilateral academic mobilities exchanges - Erasmus

Inter-institutional Erasmus Agreements 2010-2011 University of Ghent, Belgium University of Gabrovo, Bulgaria University of Zagreb, Croatia Tampere University of Technology, Finland Universite de Haute Alsace, France ENSAIT – Roubaix, France Hochschule Niederhein, Germany Hochschule Reutlingen, Germany TEI Piraeus, Greece Aegean University, Greece Riga Technical University, Latvia Technical University of Lodz, Poland University of Minho, Portugal University of Maribor, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey Cukurova University, Turkey Namik Kemal University, Turkey Anadolu University, Turkey Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Ege University, Turkey Usak University, Turkey Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain

Evolution of Erasmus students mobilities at University level

Incoming students University 2010-2011

The 46th International Federation of Knitting Technologists Congress IFKT Romanian section www.ifkt.ro Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mirela BLAGA President of the IFKT Congress the 46th I\ongresaex.tuiasi.ro

Location of the IFKT Congress The IFKT Congress will be organised in Romania, Place: Sinaia, Date: 6th – 8th of September 2012 http://www.welcometoromania.ro/Sinaia/Sinaia_Lista_Obiective_e.htm Symbols of local history: Peles Castle

Innovation in knitting technology Innovation in machine building The Congress Topics Innovation in knitting technology Innovation in machine building Functional knitted materials Medical textiles. Comfort and wellbeing Technical textiles IT Applications CAD/CAM in knitting

Simulation and modeling Design, fashion in knitting and clothing The Congress Topics Simulation and modeling Design, fashion in knitting and clothing Finishing treatments of the knitted fabrics New fibers and materials Quality and testing in knitting Marketing and management in knitting Education in knitting

You are kindly invited in Sinaia, Romania for the next IFKT Congress – 2012, 6th – 8th of September 2012 mblaga@tex.tuiasi.ro