| Start Date: | 9/26/2014 | Start Time: | 4:00 PM |
| End Date: | 9/26/2014 | End Time: | 5:30 PM |
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Event Description
Genevieve Dion, assistant professor of fashion design in the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, and director of the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Lab at ExCITe Center, Drexel University, will discuss the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Laboratory and its dedication to advancing the fields of wearable technology and cutting-edge textiles, by laying the foundation for digital fabrication of textile and garment devices. Dion and her team explore knitting as a method of production to create forms requiring little to no assembly after being knitted and experiment with new yarns to design innovative textile devices. 3D knit fabrication offers a future of many opportunities including sustainable methods of production and rapid prototyping. Multidisciplinary research, with strong support from industry partnerships, enables her and her team to investigate new materials and fabricate seamless forms that empower designers and researchers to invent and prototype products that can be readily scaled up for production. |
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Location:
Bossone Mitchell Auditorium, located at the corner of 32nd and Market Streets. |
Audience:
AlumniInternational StudentsCurrent StudentsFacultyProspective StudentsPublicStaffGraduate Students |
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