Online Learning

Overview of Surgical Mask and Respirator Requirements Webinar
July 9, 2020; 11:00AM (EDT)
Presented by Matthew McGarrity, SGS North America Inc.
AATCC is pleased to announce the PPE Testing Webinar Series will continue with a third webinar focusing on an overview of surgical mask and respirator requirements. This presentation will provide an overview of surgical masks and respirator industry standard, methods, and regulations. Also discussed will be the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s actions to help alleviate the shortage medical PPE through COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA’s) and Enforcement Policies. The interim policies specifically relating to surgical masks and respirators will be highlighted.

How to Reduce Risk in Major R&D Projects… With Confidence
July 23, 2020; 11:00 AM (EDT)
Presented by Dan Adams, President of The AIM Institute
Dan and his team have recently developed a whole new approach to managing large, high-impact R&D projects. With this method, you’ll confidently uncover and defuse “landmines” that blow up schedules, projects and careers. And you’ll completely change the conversation with management: No more, “Trust us, you’ll love our project.” Instead of judging your team, management will join it.

Training Your Visual Color Apparel Team Webinar
August 26, 2020; 11:00AM (EDT)
Presented by Jean Hoskin, former Director of Color Services at Macy’s
Visual approval of color for production requires the evaluation of lab dyeings, print strike offs, or woven pattern handlooms.  Preparing color technicians to perform these evaluations in a light booth includes understanding of the visual environment, sample positioning, and perception. This presentation will provide visual examples of color relativity important to color evaluation and the procedures color technicians can use to make confident color decisions.  Protocols for evaluation with explanations for training a color team, design colleagues, and customers will be discussed.  The what and why of color perception such as simultaneous contrast, gradation, after image, optical mixture, Bezold effect, and the Weber-Fechner Law will be demonstrated. 

Snippets of Recorded Webinars

Application of Fiber Reactive Dyes by the Exhaust Process
Doug Blanton, Lab Manager/Technical Specialist, Huntsman International, LLC

Basics of Mechanical Finishing
Leonard (Len) T. Farias, Senior Textile Chemist, Cotton Incorporated

Basics of Sulfur Dyeing
Leon Moser, Consultant

Chemical Finishing
Leonard (Len) T. Farias, Senior Textile Chemist, Cotton Incorporated

Color & Lighting: Best Practices Today
Ann C. Laidlaw, Global Supply Chain Program Manager, with X-Rite Inc.

Color Standards Update Webinar
Roland L. Connelly, Sr., RoLyn Group

Digital Textile Printing Part 1 – Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Kerry King, Manager of Product Development and Sustainability Initiatives, [TC]2 and Carly Spano, Research Associate in Digital Printing, Cotton Incorporated

Digital Textile Printing Part 2 – Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies
Mary Ankeny, Director Dyeing Research, Cotton Incorporated; Richard Malachowski, Retired from Cranston Print Works; and Chris Moore, Owner/Operator, Strada Verde

Drive Organic Growth… with B2B-optimized Customer Interviews
Dan Adams, President of The AIM Institute

Dyeing with Vat Dyes
Don Carrigan, Technical Representative, Passaic Color and Chemical Co.

Enzymes and Textiles Webinar
Ian R. Hardin, Georgia Power Professor Emeritus, The University of Georgia

Filtration by Fibrous Materials Webinar
Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor of Technical Textiles in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University

Fundamentals of Acid Dyes
Nelson E. Houser, Vice-President of Technical Services, M. Dohmen USA

Fundamentals of Cationic (Basic)Dyes
Nelson E. Houser, Vice-President of Technical Services, M. Dohmen USA

Fundamentals of Direct Dyes
Nelson E. Houser, Vice-President of Technical Services, M. Dohmen USA

Fundamentals of Disperse Dyes in Exhaust Application
Nelson E. Houser, Vice-President of Technical Services, M. Dohmen USA

Fundamentals of Yarn & Fabric Preparation Webinar
Edwin T. Turner, Associate Director, Technical Services, Cotton Incorporated

Hydrostatic Pressure Testing for Textiles Webinar
Erika Simmons, AATCC Technical Director

Impact Penetration Testing for Textiles Webinar
Diana Wyman, AATCC Executive Vice President

Introduction to Color Evaluation-Part 1
Ann C. Laidlaw, Global Supply Chain Program Manager, with X-Rite Inc.

Introduction to Color Evaluation-Part 2
Ann C. Laidlaw, Global Supply Chain Program Manager, with X-Rite Inc.

ITMA 2015: Advances in Textile Wet Processing
Peter Hauser, North Carolina State University

Merging Compliance and Regulatory Requirements into Textile R&D Webinar
Joe Walkuski, TEXbase

Nanotechnology in Textiles
Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor of Technical Textiles in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University

Natural Dyes and the “Farm to Fashion” Movement
Ajoy K. Sarkar and Jeffrey Silberman, Fashion Institute of Technology

Nonwovens Processes & Products Primer
Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor of Technical Textiles in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University

Pigment Applications for Textiles
Gerald Fitzpatrick and Doug Thompson, First Source Worldwide

Processing Fundamentals of Stretch Fabrics Containing Spandex
Nelson E. Houser, Vice-President of Technical Services, M. Dohmen USA

Protective Textiles
Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor of Technical Textiles in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University

Sustainable Approaches to Textile Processing: Where are We and What’s Next
Seshadri Ramkumar, Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Texas Tech University

Technical Textiles Opportunities
Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor of Technical Textiles in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University

Testing Stretch & Recovery – What Do the Numbers Mean Webinar
Louann Spirito, SGS Consumer Testing Services

Understanding High Visibility Safety Apparel – The ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 HVSA Performance Specification – Adam R. Varley and Patrick A. Ayers, Vartest Laboratories

UV Protective Clothing-Best Practices Webinar
Louann Spirito, SGS Consumer Testing Services

The registration fee is $149 for nonmembers and $99 for AATCC members (both individual and corporate*).

*If your company is a corporate member of AATCC, you must register offline to receive the corporate member discount. Please contact Kim Nicholson for details.