In the News
Industry Projects
9/4/08
University Education
Central Michigan University Evaluates Thermal Comfort in Three-Dimensional Knits
By Kathlyn Swantko for TextileInsight.com
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5/2/08
On Campus Report - High Tech Apparel
By Sarah Broadhead for WXMI - Fox 17 - Grand Rapids
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4/11/08
Have Your Body Scanned for Fashion and Science
By Crystal McMorris, The Bay City Times
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2/15/08
Designing for a Cause
By Bryan Brunner, News Central Magazine
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1/01/08
Keeping Cool on the Ice: Materials Scientists Design High Tech Hockey Jersey
(video available on the site)
By Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science / American Institute of Physics
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7/07/07
The Uniform Laboratory: A unique facility at Central Michigan University has become
a testing ground for the uniforms of the future
By Jay Gordon and Uniforms Magazine
http://www.uniformsmag.com/issues/0707/feat4.htm
2/09/07
No Sweat
By Staff and Science Magazine.
February 2007: Vol. 315. no. 5813, p. 743
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/315/5813/743c?maxtoshow=&HITS=10
1/18/07
Central Michigan and Reebok Team Up - New NHL Uniforms Promise Better Play
By Staff and News Wire Report
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3/09/06
Central Michigan and Reebok Team Up to Design Athletic Apparel
By Staff and News Wire Report
http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_5598.shtml
2/27/06
Art Department Lecture Series to Bring World-Renowned Designers to CMU
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?id=1175
2/03/06
CMU and Reebok Collaborate to Design Protective Athletic Clothing
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?path=search&id=1106
1/17/06
CMU Apparel Design Students Demonstrate Designs for Brooks Brothers
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?path=search&id=1076
Functional Apparel Design
7/15/09
On Campus Report - Custom Canine Clothing
Feature story by Discovery Channel: Daily Planet
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04/01/08
Unleashing Student Innovation
Article by Rose D'Acquisto, in Speciality Fabrics Review
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4/10/06
CMU Fashion Students Present Annual Threads Show
http://www.news.cmich.edu/news/index.asp?id=1307
Winners of 2005 Safety Products Student Design Challenge Announced:
CMU student wins award for children's viral/germ protection gown
http://www.ifai.com/content/view/799/182/
Also, see following site for other CMU entries in the 2005 competition
http://www.safetyfabrics.org/
11/23/04
CMU Professor Says Nanotechnology Boosts Apparel Design
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?id=382
11/22/04
Apparel Design Class Will Take on Winter Clothing Project
http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/22/41a168b0d611d
10/05/04
CMU Student Wins Award for Chest Protector Designed for Children
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?path=search&id=261
3/01/04
CMU Apparel Designers Learn High Tech Clothing Potential Unlimited
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?id=27
Body Scanner & Thermal Mapping
01/01/09
New Tools for Mass Customization: 2D/3D Body Mapping
Article by Tanya Domina, Patrick Kinnicutt, Maureen MacGillivray, and Terry Lerch at Central Michigan University
for AATCC Review: Journal for Textile Professionals
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9/28/05
Study combines body scanner and body image
http://www.cmich.edu/ResearchHighlights/domina.htm
9/15/05
CMU Body Scanner Opens Interdisciplinary Research Possibilities
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2/11/05
Tomorrow's Tailor
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Consumer Behavior
9/26/05
A major in shopping, a minor in debt. Some college kids today think nothing of putting a $500 shopping spree on a credit card. But paying it off? That's a secondary concern.
By Leonora LaPeter
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America the un-sized
Centralight Alumni Magazine, Vol 75 (2) 2005
http://www.alumni.cmich.edu/centralight/article.asp?item=79
7/22/05
NEWS TIP: Back-to-school fashion
http://www.news.cmich.edu/archived/index.asp?path=search&id=727
8/31/04
Campaign Casual
By Kristi Palma
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20040831/LI_001.htm
Books by CMDT Faculty
U4ia for Apparel Design (text and quick guide)
By Kathryn Koch and Tanya Domina
http://www.ecampus.com/bk_detail.asp?isbn=1563672901
Clothing, Culture, and Society
By Usha Chowdhary
New York: LINUS Publications
