EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY of DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILES of FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING of UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA

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• EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY of DEPARTMENT
  OF TEXTILES of FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND
  ENGINEERING of UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA
• Andrej DEMŠAR
• Izmir, October 2009

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Slovenia
Area 20,273 km2 Population 2,039,399
(2008) Capital Ljubljana Official language
Slovene EU accession 2004 Government
Parliamentary republic
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Four Public Universities in Slovenia
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Four Public Universities in Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
University of Maribor
University of Nova Gorica
University of Primorska

• Established 1995
• Structure
• 6 schools
• 7 institutes
• Students 2,000

• Established 1919
• Structure
• 22 faculties
• 3 academies
• 1 university
• college
• Staff 3,500
• Students 64,000

• Established 1961
• Structure
• 12 faculties
• Staff 1,326
• Students 26,548

• Established 2003
• Structure
• 3 faculties
• 2 colleges
• 2 institutes
• Students 5,338

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University of Ljubljana - structure
University of Ljubljana
Academies
University college
Faculties

• ? Biotechnical Faculty
• ? Faculty of Economics
• ? Faculty of Architectures
• ? Faculty of Social Sciences
• ? Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• ? Faculty of Pharmacy
• ? Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy
• ? Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology ?
  Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport
• ? Faculty of Computer and Information Science
• ? Faculty of Social Work
• ? Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• ? Faculty of Sport
• ? Faculty of Administration
• ? Faculty of Arts
• ? Faculty of Medicine
• ? Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
• ? Faculty of Education
• ? Faculty of Law
• ? Faculty of Theology

• ? Academy of Music
• ? Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio
• and Television
• ? Academy of Fine Arts

? University College of Health Care
? Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
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Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering -
structure
Department of Textiles
Department of Geology
Department of Materials and Metallurgy
Department of Chemical Education and Information

Department of Geotechnology and Mining
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• Established 1956
• Staff 46
• Students 949 (2008/09)
• - textiles198
• - graphics 614
• - textile design 137
• Students 1010 (2009/10)
• - textiles222
• - graphics 610
• - textile design 178

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• Department of Textiles in Ljubljana - milestones
• 1956/57 Textile technology
• 1979/80 Textile and Fashion design
• 1996/97 Graphic engineering
• 2006/07 Bologna programmes

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Department of Textiles - structure
for graphics and textiles
Department of Textiles
Chair of Raw Materials and Textile Testing
Chair of Mechanical Textile Technology
Chair of Chemical Textile Technology
Cair of Textile and Fashion Design
Chair of Graphic and Interactive Communication
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Institute of Textile and Graphic Technology and
Design
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• EDUCATION ACTIVITY
• at the
• DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILES

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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FIELDS
Textiles
Design
Graphic
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Department of Textiles - Bologna Educational
Programs
for graphics and textiles
Scheme of the Bologna Programme
Bologna Programmes

• Doctors study programmes
• - Textiles
• - Graphics
• - Textile Design
• Masters study programmes
• - Planning Textiles and Clothing
• - Textile and Fashion Design
• - Graphic and Interactive Communication
• Undergraduate study programmes
• University
• - Planning Textiles and Clothing
• - Textile and Fashion Design
• - Graphic and Interactive Communication
• Higher professional education
• - Textile and Clothing Production
• - Graphic and Media Technology

• Third Level
• PhD Study
• 3 years 180 ECTS
• Second level
• MSc Study
• 2 years 120 ECTS
• First level
• BSc Study
• 3 years 180 ECTS

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• RESEARCH ACTIVITY
• at the
• DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILES

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Department of Textiles - research equipment
for graphics and textiles
UV/Vis spectrophotometer Eq.
for colour measurements
HPLC
FTIR
SEM
DMA
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Department of Textiles - research equipment
for graphics and textiles
Xenotest

Dynamometer
Network of infrastructure
research programmes plasma, NMR, ICP, XPS, TEM,
EDXS,
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• The chair of raw material and analyses
  research fields
• Origin of textile raw materials
• Structure and properties of textile raw materials
• Macro and micro level
• Textile testing
• Planning of textiles, materials and their
  suitableness for special applications
• Technical textiles
• Intelligent Textiles
• Electronic Textiles
• Composites

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• Melt spinning process (laboratory continuous
  spinning and drawing machine)
• Nylon 6, Nylon 66, PP, PE, PET, PBT, ..
• Micro fibres
• Self crimping PP fibres
• Special additives

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• PBT in woven and knitted fabrics.
• Biodegradability of fibres.
• Structure and properties of fibres and films.
• The development of high quality hygienic and
  medical textiles
• High-tech textiles for military purpose
• Morphology of High Conductive Composites on
  Porous PE films
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) of
  Electroconductive Composites on Poly(Vinylidene
  Fluoride) Films
• Rubber composites with textile load bearing core

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Non-invasive analyses of archaeological textiles

• Origin
• Structure
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Microscopy (SEM, OM)
• FT-IR
• Laser techniques

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Lasers in Conservation of Artworks

• Organics
• paper
• leather
• textiles
• wood
• bone and ivory
• paintings

• Non organics
• marble
• limestone and terracotta
• pottery and lead
• bronze and aluminum
• glass
• concrete

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• UV protection of textiles
• Absorption
• Transmittion
• Reflection
• Skin protection
• Weaving type
• Weaving density
• Textile material

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• Micro encapsulation
• Microcapsules with different properties
• Phase change materials
• Odour
• Anti microbe effect
• New fibre properties
• Intelligent textiles

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• The chair of Mechanical textile technology
  concerns with the field of mechanical textile
  technology and clothing.
• Research fields of the chair are
• Production and properties of yarns, woven and
  knitted fabrics, non-wovens and composites.
• Apparel manufacturing.
• Planning of textiles.
• Computer-assisted design of yarns and woven
  fabrics.
• Computer-assisted design of knitted fabrics and
  knitwear.
• Computer systems in apparel manufacturing.

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University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Natural Sciences and
Engineering Department of Textiles Snežniška 5,
SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Chemical textile technology research interests  
• Pretreatment of textiles
• Treatment of textiles with enzymes
• Bleaching oxidizing processes of cotton

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University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Natural Sciences and
Engineering Department of Textiles Snežniška 5,
SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Medical textiles, swelling agents of nano
  dimensions
• Thermodynamics of dye-surface active agent
  interactions in aqueous solutions
• Surface active agents and their application in
  textile
• Interactions between surfactants and fibers in
  aqueous solutions
• Chemical modification of textile surfaces
• Influence of chemical finishing on textile
  biodegradation
• Sol-gel applications

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Department of Textiles - Research Programme
for graphics and textiles

• RESEARCH PROGRAMME Textiles and Ecology
• Goals of the research programme
• ? Functionalization of textiles for products
  with new and improved properties
• (high added value products)
• ? Optimisation of the procedures for textile
  functionalization (preparation of textiles and
  auxiliaries)
• ? Rationalization of finishing processes and
  introduction of ecologically friendly
• processes
• ? Transfer of laboratory results into new
  industrial procedures
• ? Expanding the use of functional textiles into
  other economic fields

The programme includes basic (60 ), applied and
target oriented researches in all fields of
textile production and ecology. 16 researchers
included.
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• Chair of textile and fasion design
• Textiles
• Clothes

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• TEXTILE DESIGN
• FASHION DESIGN
• COSTUME DESIGN
• CREATIVE TEXTILE PRINTING AND DYEING
• CLOTHING THROUGH HISTORY
• PAINTING
• COLOR THEORY
• COMPUTER GENERATED DESIGNING
• VISUAL LANGUAGE AND DESIGN
• RECENT ART AND DESIGN
• ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
• MARKETING AND MERCHANDISING
• PHOTOGRAPY AND VIDEO...

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Department of Textiles - established
collaborations
for graphics and textiles
Established collaborations with other Slovene
faculties UL, universities and institutes UL
Biotechnical Faculty, Faculty of Economics,
Faculty of Architectures, Faculty of Social
Sciences, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemistry and
Chemical Technology, Faculty of Computer and
Information Science, Faculty of Social Work,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of
Arts, Faculty of Medicine. UM Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, Department of
Textiles National Institute of Chemistry
Slovenia, Ljubljana, Institute Jožef Stefan,
Ljubljana Agricultural Institute of Slovenia,
Ljubljana, Pulp and Paper Institute,
Ljubljana. Established collaboration with
foreign universities and institutes Institute
for high-molecular compounds, Russian Academy of
Science, Russia Tomsk VV Kuibyshev State
University, Russia North Carolina State
University, College of Textiles, NC, USA
University of Minho, Portugal University of
Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Croatia
University of Belgrade, Faculty of technology and
metallurgy, Serbia, Institute of Physics, Centre
for experimental physics, Serbia University of
St. Cyril Methodius, Faculty of Technology
Metallurgy, Macedonia Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Department of Physical
Chemistry and Materials, Politehnika, Hungary
Heriot Watt University School of Textiles,
Galashiels, Scotland, UK, University of Granada,
Spain, EMPA, Swiss federal Laboratories for
Materials Testing and Research Diploma,
Switzerland Kaunas University of Technology,
Faculty of Design and Technologies, Litva
University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland,
University of Reading, UK, Utrecht School of the
Arts, Faculty of Visual Art and Design,
Niderlands Verein Forschung für die Graphischen
Medien, Dunaj, Austria,. Bergische Universität
Wuppertal, Druck und Medientechnologie, Germany,
Designskolen Kolding, Denmark, Technical
University of Liberec, University of Pardubice
Chech, Artevelde Highschool in Mariakerke,
Graphical and Digital Media Department, Gent,
Belgium, University of Leeds, School of Design,
Leeds, UK,
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Department of Textiles - professional activities
for graphics and textiles
Organization of 2 international symposiums in
2010 41st International Symposium on Novelties
in Textiles 45th International Congress of the
IFKT (International Federation of
KnittingTechnologists), Ljubljana, June 2010
We cordially invite you to come to Ljubljana
and participate 41st ISNT!
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Department of Textiles - professional activities
for graphics and textiles

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